Performance Analysis of Integrated System of Solid Waste Plasma Gasification and Small Modular Nuclear Power

ZHENG Hongxu; CHEN Heng; ZHOU Mingyuan; WU Haoran; PAN Peiyuan; XU Gang

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Performance Analysis of Integrated System of Solid Waste Plasma Gasification and Small Modular Nuclear Power

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- Performance Analysis of Integrated System of Solid Waste Plasma Gasification and Small Modular Nuclear Power
- Chinese Journal of Power Engineering Vol. 46, Issue 1, Pages: 157-168(2026)
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  华北电力大学能源动力与机械工程学院,北京,102206
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- DOI：10.19805/j.cnki.jcspe.2026.240645
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  Published：15 January 2026
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郑鸿旭,陈衡,周明源,武浩然,潘佩媛,徐钢. 固废等离子气化与小型模块化核电集成系统的性能分析动力工程学报, 2026, 46(1): 157-168 https://doi.

org/10.19805/j.cnki.jcspe.2026.240645
郑鸿旭,陈衡,周明源,武浩然,潘佩媛,徐钢. 固废等离子气化与小型模块化核电集成系统的性能分析动力工程学报, 2026, 46(1): 157-168 https://doi. DOI： 10.19805/j.cnki.jcspe.2026.240645.

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摘要

为实现医疗固废的清洁无害化处理

同时提升其资源化利用效率

本研究提出了一种由医疗固废等离子气化与小型模块化反应堆电厂耦合的新型发电系统。通过医疗固废等离子气化产生的合成气来驱动燃气轮机发电

与此同时

高温合成气与燃气轮机烟气热量用于加热小型模块化核反应堆电厂的蒸汽、给水以及工业用水。本研究还从热力学和经济学的角度对新系统进行了全面评估。结果表明:在新系统中

医疗固废产生了11.06 MW的电力

并额外提供1.16 MW的热量用于工业用水的加热;医疗固废的垃圾发电效率和能量效率分别为60.63%和69.02%;医疗固废的效率为63.52%;新设计动态投资回收期短(3.3 a)

20年生命周期内项目净现值可达90 052.89万元。

Abstract

In order to achieve clean and harmless treatment of medical solid waste while enhancing its resource utilization efficiency

a novel power generation system that coupled plasma gasification of medical solid waste with small modular reactor power plant was proposed. The synthesis gas generated by the plasma gasification of medical solid waste was used to drive the gas turbine to generate electricity. Meanwhile

the high-temperature synthesis gas and the heat of gas turbine exhaust were used to heat steam

feedwater and industrial water of the small modular nuclear reactor power plant. And

a comprehensive assessment of the new system from perspectives of thermodynamics and economics was conducted. Results show that medical solid waste generates 11.06 MW of electricity and provides an additional 1.16 MW of heat for heating of industrial water in the new system. Waste-to-power efficiency and energy efficiency of medical solid waste are 60.63% and 69.02%

respectively. Exergy efficiency of medical solid waste is 63.52%. Furthermore

the new design has a short dynamic investment payback period (3.3 a)

and the net present value of the project over 20 a life cycle is 900.528 9 million yuan.

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