23 febbraio 2023 ore 16:30 Aula didattica Fisica Tecnica
In this talk, Prof. Jing Jiang (Professor and NSERC/UNENE Senior Industrial Research Chair Western University, Canada) will discuss instrumentation and control issues associated with nuclear power plants and renewable resources in the form of microgrids.
One of significant problems of renewable resources is their intermittency (except hydro plants). Therefore, stable power sources are needed to support load demands while renewable supplies fluctuate.
From this prospect, nuclear power can be a viable choice, as nuclear power is stable, sustainable, and does not generate any Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. However, existing nuclear power plants cannot be easily integrated with renewable energy resources due to discrepancies in their respective power levels and mismatches in their dynamic characteristics. To deal with such issues, a new class of nuclear reactors, known as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), are being developed around the world to make nuclear energy more comparable with renewable resources in the form of microgrids. In this talk, we will look at different types of SMRs under development and some international efforts to integrate nuclear power with renewable resources to form hybrid energy systems.