A Multi-purpose electro-heat cogeneration plant

In China a test heating reactor has been built and a commercial demonsration heat plant is under construction. In order to increase the thermal efficiency of the existing heating reactor, an electro-heat cogeneration plant concept is presented. The cogeneration plant keeps the advantages of the existing heating reactor: compact arrangement (smaller sizes than ordinary facility), simpler systems, good safety, and makes some improvements. For example, introduce boiling in the reactor, the cogeneration plant can be used for ship propulsion, movable desalination on plant, and process heating plant. Several variants have been analyzed from the view point of thermodynamics. Main features and parameters of the plant are given in the paper.