Control rod driven long-term load-follow operation in small modular reactor

K Park, T Park, SK Zee, BS Koo - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The need for extensive load following with Small Modular Reactor (SMR) is increasing as its
potential coupling with intermittent renewable energy sources increases. SMR is generally …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic algorithm-based non-synchronous unit-specific optimal load-following control of multi-unit small modular reactor

HH Byun, MS Yim - Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Small modular reactors (SMRs) serve as low-carbon energy sources with the advantage of
flexible construction within small-scale power grids. Particularly, they are promising …

[HTML][HTML] On load-following operations of small modular reactors

Z Zhang, J Jiang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Load-following capability is one of the distinguishing features between Small Modular
Reactors (SMRs) and traditional large-scale reactors in existing nuclear power plants. An …

[PDF][PDF] A physics study for passively-autonomous daily load-follow operation in soluble-boron-free SMR

AAE Abdelhameed, H ur Rehman… - Proceedings of ICAPP …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Load-following and improved power maneuvering capabilities are important features of next
generation reactors, as it is demanded that nuclear power plants (NPPs) should be able to …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of Automatic Control System for Long Term Load Following Operation using Control Rod for a SMR

K Park, TK Park, S Zee, BS Koo - … of the Korean …, 2021 - journal-home.s3.ap-northeast-2 …
Increasing global energy demand coupled with the need to reduce carbon and other
greenhouse gases make investments in new carbon-free energy technologies more …

A dynamic model of small modular reactor based nuclear plant for power system studies

B Poudel, K Joshi, R Gokaraju - IEEE Transactions on Energy …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small modular reactors (SMRs), an emerging nuclear power plant technology, are suitable
for large grids as well as remote load centers and offer load following and frequency …

[HTML][HTML] System Modeling-Based Investigation of SMR Operations Using Variable T-avg Control for Cost-Effective Electricity Generation in a Grid

HH Byun, MS Yim - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the importance of nuclear power as low carbon energy source, this study conducted
techno-economic evaluation of flexible use (baseload as well as load-following) of small …

Reactivity disturbance suppression method for small modular reactors based on core coolant flow control

H Xie, Q Duan, J Ping, C Lu, L Zhang, S Li - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Small modular reactors (SMR) have an exceptionally wide range of applications due to their
flexibility. But the reactivity of SMR is more susceptible to disturbance than that of large …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for Load-Following Capabilities

Y Ismail, BP Bromley - SMR, 2019 - researchgate.net
Load-following is varying the power output of a generating energy unit as the system power
demand changes over both short-term and long-term time periods [1]. Nuclear power plants …

A dynamic model of small modular reactor based nuclear plant for power system studies

B Poudel, K Joshi, R Gokaraju - 2022 IEEE Power & Energy …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small modular reactors (SMRs), an emerging nuclear power plant technology, are suitable
for large grids as well as remote load centers and offer load following and frequency …