An increased world energy demand coupled with decreasing sources of fossil fuels have sparked innovation in the energy industry throughout the past decade. Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) were studied in the 1960s and 70s at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, but research stopped on this nuclear technology for financial and technological reasons. This project revisited the ORNL design to create a steam generation system for WPI. A system including a primary heat exchanger and steam generator was designed to use ORNL’s reactor, meet WPI’s steam needs, and show the benefits of an MSR. This project will serve as a starting point for a cleaner, more efficient source of steam production at WPI, and will be a step-by-step guide for the design process.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Devaney, Kara Jade

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-122214-085446

Advisor

• Miraglia, Peter Quinn
• Thompson, Robert W.

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-12-22

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright