Review of integration of small modular reactors in renewable energy microgrids

D Michaelson, J Jiang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Integration of renewable energy sources in the form of microgrids can increase the
resilience of power systems and decrease their carbon footprints. However, renewable …

Optimal dispatch of low-carbon integrated energy system considering nuclear heating and carbon trading

Y Li, F Bu, J Gao, G Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of miniaturized nuclear power (NP) units and the improvement of the
carbon trading market provide a new way to realize the low-carbon operation of integrated …

Review of the Requirements for Load Following of Small Modular Reactors

C Chang, HC Oyando - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
CO2 net neutralization by 2050 is a global target. Renewable energy and nuclear power
generation are emerging as major power sources for CO2 net neutralization. Therefore, this …

ESO-based adaptive event-triggered load following control design for a pressurized water reactor with samarium–promethium dynamics

J Hui, YK Lee, J Yuan - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional control systems used in nuclear reactors rely on real-time information
transmission between the controllers and the actuators, which is unnecessary and imposes …

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 …

Multi-timescale power system operations for electrolytic hydrogen generation in integrated nuclear-renewable energy systems

J Rahman, RA Jacob, J Zhang - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
This study explores how sector coupling via Integrated energy systems (IES) can improve
the operational flexibility of the power grid, while hydrogen is gaining traction as a versatile …

Detailed Multi-Domain Modeling and Faster-Than-Real-Time Hardware Emulation of Small Modular Reactor for EMT Studies

W Chen, V Dinavahi, N Lin - IEEE Transactions on Energy …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are gaining significant attention as a promising solution to
address the global energy demand and simulation is pivotal in expediting the construction of …

Small Modular Reactors: An Overview of Modeling, Control, Simulation, and Applications

Y Wang, W Chen, L Zhang, X Zhao, Y Gao… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A small modular reactor (SMR) is a nuclear reactor that is characterized by its smaller size
and capacity when compared to traditional large-scale nuclear reactors. An SMR is often …

A co-ordinated control methodology for rapid load-following operation of a pressurized water reactor based small modular reactor

D Bose, A Hazra, S Mukhopadhyay, A Gupta - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) based Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are
best suited to perform load-following operation because of their inherent self-stabilizing and …

Load-frequency control with multimodule small modular reactor configuration: Modeling and dynamic analysis

A Sabir, D Michaelson, J Jiang - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A small modular reactor (SMR) offers a promising means to produce carbon-free power.
Many SMR designs are intended for multiple module operation, whereby several units are …