Report
Program Overview
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems Program Management Plan | (November 2021) In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) initiated the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology Program, which includes the Crosscutting Technology Development (CTD) portfolio of subprograms, to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D). |
| program_overview | Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems | (September 2020) Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems provides a collection of technical analyses that, in the aggregate, demonstrate the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in providing power system flexibility to meet energy demands. While the data and analysis presented may reveal differences between sections due to individual authors’ perspectives or focus, collectively they seek to explore the value of flexible nuclear energy. |
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems: 2020 Roadmap | (September 2020) This roadmap defines potential industrial scale integrated energy systems (IES) and identifies key technology gaps to achieving commercial deployment of such systems. IES under consideration could include multiple energy generation resources and energy use paths, with a focus on low-emission technologies, such as nuclear and renewable generators. |
| program_overview | Report: Nuclear, flexibility needed in future renewables-led powergen sector | (September 2020) The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that renewables will supply nearly half of the world’s electricity by 2050. As higher penetrations of renewables (primarily wind and solar) are connected to the grid, traditional base load energy sources, like nuclear energy, will need to operate more flexibility to produce heat and electricity as needed. |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on Modeling & Analysis of Current & Future Energy Systems | (April 2019) The workshop identified how modeling and analysis can be used for energy system design, optimization, and planning to help identify opportunities to enhance the performance and potential of current and future energy systems, with a specific focus on integrated, hybrid energy systems. Comprehensive understanding of these systems requires models at different scales (from market to grid to process system to energy device). |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| program_overview | Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions | (December 2016) This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. |
| program_overview | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| program_overview | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
| program_overview | Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration | (October 2018) With more than 170 parties having ratified the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, viable, financially sound and integrated solutions for providing low carbon, affordable energy is of critical interest. This, by necessity, encompasses the development of resilient production processes for the generation of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels for deep decarbonization. |
| program_overview | International Workshop to Explore Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources as a Key Component in Developing Pathways to Decarbonization of the Energy Sector | (August 2016) An international workshop was organized in June 2016 to explore synergies between nuclear and renewable energy sources. Synergies crossing electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors were the focus of the workshop, recognizing that deep decarbonization will require efforts that go far beyond the electricity sector alone. |
| system_simulation | Literature Review of Advanced Reactor Cost Estimates | (June 2023) This report provides a comprehensive review of existing literature on advanced reactor cost estimations in the form of a ‘meta-study’. Over 30 references were evaluated and considered as part of this effort. The information is then distilled into different tiers, each with varying levels of detail and granularity. The recommendations consist of low/medium/high estimates for capital and operating costs that can be adjusted using various correction factors (based on learning, numbers of plants per site, etc.). In addition, reference breakdown in costs based on a code of account structure is provided for the main four types of advanced reactors. |
| system_simulation | First-Principles Cost Estimation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Nuclear Plant | (August 2023) A multi-tiered cost analysis is performed to estimate full costs of a nuclear power plant (NPP) based on sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology. To address the lack of fully transparent cost estimations from past undertakings for NPPs, we have developed a detailed and first-principles-based cost estimate for a generalized SFR NPP. Our intent is to achieve a high degree of transparency with our cost assumptions and develop a cost model that is flexible and easily extendable to variations in NPP design and other nuclear reactor types. Furthermore, we strive to achieve a clear organization of costs and complete identification of key cost drivers based on first principles. To this end, the cost results of our analysis as given in Table 24 and Table 25 are organized and categorized into a code of accounts (COA) under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Varying degrees of first-principles methods are employed, such as design for manufacture and assembly® (DFMA®), to elucidate costs in all process levels of the plant equipment, buildings and site structures, personnel, and other miscellaneous but significant cost elements. These approaches have been successfully applied in past cost analysis projects and are designed to enable rapid and flexible cost estimation. |
| system_simulation | Multilevel Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Coupling Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Thermal Energy Storage in an IES | (September 2022) This report discusses the different options for coupling thermal energy storage (TES) systems to advanced nuclear power plants (A-NPPs) in order to enable flexible and hybrid plant operation. |
| system_simulation | Phenomenon identification and ranking table analysis for thermal energy storage technologies integration with advanced nuclear reactors | (June 2022) This report provides an overview of the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) analysis of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for possible integration with various types of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). |
| system_simulation | Design for Carbon Conversion Product Pathways with Nuclear Power Plant Integration | (September 2022): This study presents a coal utilization option in which coal combustion is replaced with nuclear power plant and the coal is upgraded to valuable products for a variety of markets. |
| system_simulation | Development of Energy Storage: Cost Models | (March 2021) Energy storage technologies offer a promising solution to electric grid stability issues associated with the integration of variable renewable generators. The capability to match the electrical power output to instantaneous fluctuations in grid demand is crucial to ensure continuity of service. |
| system_simulation | Thermal Energy Storage Model Development within the Integrated Energy Systems Hybrid Repository | (July 2021) This publication details newly created energy storage models developed within the Hybrid Modelica repository as part of the Integrated Energy System (IES) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Model development has led to the creation of dynamic systems level models of concrete, latent heat, and packed bed thermocline technologies for deployment in the IES based Hybrid repository. |
| system_simulation | Characterizing US Wholesale Electricity Markets | (January 2021) The purpose of this report is to provide analysts seeking to conduct technoeconomic analysis studies (TEA) on energy systems in US Wholesale electricity markets with a starting point. This document provides an overview of the primary markets related to electricity generation, namely capacity markets and ancillary services markets. The report provides a summary of each of these then provides details on these markets in the context of the seven wholesale electricity markets in the US. The document also summarizes key documents, web resources, and textbooks that will provide useful data and economic understanding for the analyst conducting the TEA studies. |
| system_simulation | Development of the IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (March 2021) The status of the “plug-and-play” model development for IES design and analysis, including the deployment of methods, software infrastructures, guidelines, and a workflow for the construction and usage of models. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM Using the Functional Mock-Up Interface | (November 2021) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Validation and Demonstration of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (November 2021) The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Survey of Advanced Generation IV Reactor Parameters for Integrated Energy System Modeling Capabilities | (November 2021) This paper is to categorize and characterize advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors that are not water based according to the key parameters for the Integrated Energy Systems (IES) project. |
| system_simulation | Development of Electro-chemical Battery Model for Plug-and-Play Eco-system Library | (November 2021) This report describes a dynamic model that has been developed for an electrochemical battery. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell was selected as representative technology. |
| system_simulation | Integration of Dynamical System Scaling to RAVEN and Facility Application | (November 2021) The research to implement dynamical system scaling (DSS) code to RAVEN is funded under the Integrated Energy System program in collaboration with the Digital Reactor Technology & Development department. The DSS data processing algorithm has been coded within the RAVEN framework along with other metrics and postprocessing models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (November 2021) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2021) This report discusses the Functional Mock-Up Interface /Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) adaptors that have been created within the HYBRID repository to allow users to quickly export models as FMUs. |
| system_simulation | Development of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (September 2020) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. A new RAVEN (Risk Analysis Virtual ENvironment) plugin for grid and capacity optimization (HERON) has been developed for optimizing the production variables of the IES given the demand profile. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems Gap Analysis | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM using the Functional Mockup Interface | (December 2020) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2020) This report discusses the status of the flexible plug-and-play framework development currently ongoing that aims to integrate Modelica/Dymola with the Risk Analysis and Virtual ENviroment (RAVEN) software in terms of both Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI)/Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) construction and repository structures that aim to ease the sharing and simulation of complex dynamic models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Development of a Reference Governor-based Control Scheme for Integrated Energy Systems | (July 2019) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (June 2019) One of the goals of the Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) modeling and simulation (M&S) project is to assess the economic viability of N-R HES in a market that contains Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources like solar. |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Integrate Nuclear Water Desalination--Regional Potable Water in Arizona | (September 2019) The present study analyzes the economic viability of an Integrated Energy System (IES) that couples a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalination facility with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The case study is conducted in collaboration with Arizona Public Service (APS), the operating owner of the Palo Verde Generating Station (PVGS) NPP. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Ranking Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Integration with Light Water Reactors | (November 2019) This report provides an in-depth analysis of current thermal storage technologies in the marketplace as of 2019 and develops a phenomenological identification ranking table (PIRT) and Figure of Merit (FOM) study for near-term thermal energy storage technologies with light water reactor technology. |
| system_simulation | Assessment of Model-Based Schemes for Accelerating Optimization by RAVEN | (August 2018) Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) combine different energy technologies in a synergistic way with the objective of achieving a more economical energy production. In this report the particular hybrid system dealt with includes a PWR nuclear reactor, the associated Rankine-based energy conversion cycle (Balance of Plant, BOP), an Industrial Process (IP) for hydrogen production, a gas turbine (Second Energy Source, SES), and a battery (Energy Storage, ES). |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (September 2018) This document reports the application of the N-R HES software framework to a case study for Arizona Public Service (APS); the manager and part owner of the Palo Verde (PV) nuclear power plant. The case study is a work in progress of which this report presents a detailed description of the current model input data, assumptions and the corresponding results produced by the developed software framework. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning | (January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS). |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup | (November 2021) The thermal energy distribution system was started to demonstrate preliminary system operability. Some construction and warranty repairs remain before the system can be fully tested and certified for operation. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Delivery System | (January 2019) Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (NR-HES) is an area of current research interest as wind and solar grid penetrations continue to increase. The goal of these systems is to operate at ~100% capacity and store excess energy, when available, for later use. To store this excess energy some form of storage is needed. Sensible heat Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems have been shown to be an effective thermal load management strategy allowing nuclear reactor systems to operate at effectively 100% full power while storing excess thermal energy for recovery at a later time. |
| experimental_systems | High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report | (January 2017) A high-pressure, high-temperature water flow loop has been designed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for deployment in the INL Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration Laboratory (DETAIL) within the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) D100 northwest high bay. This loop is the first of three thermally coupled flow loops that will comprise the Advanced Reactor Technology Integral System Test (ARTIST) facility. |
| partner_activities | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| international_activities | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| international_activities | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
System Simulation
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems Program Management Plan | (November 2021) In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) initiated the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology Program, which includes the Crosscutting Technology Development (CTD) portfolio of subprograms, to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D). |
| program_overview | Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems | (September 2020) Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems provides a collection of technical analyses that, in the aggregate, demonstrate the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in providing power system flexibility to meet energy demands. While the data and analysis presented may reveal differences between sections due to individual authors’ perspectives or focus, collectively they seek to explore the value of flexible nuclear energy. |
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems: 2020 Roadmap | (September 2020) This roadmap defines potential industrial scale integrated energy systems (IES) and identifies key technology gaps to achieving commercial deployment of such systems. IES under consideration could include multiple energy generation resources and energy use paths, with a focus on low-emission technologies, such as nuclear and renewable generators. |
| program_overview | Report: Nuclear, flexibility needed in future renewables-led powergen sector | (September 2020) The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that renewables will supply nearly half of the world’s electricity by 2050. As higher penetrations of renewables (primarily wind and solar) are connected to the grid, traditional base load energy sources, like nuclear energy, will need to operate more flexibility to produce heat and electricity as needed. |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on Modeling & Analysis of Current & Future Energy Systems | (April 2019) The workshop identified how modeling and analysis can be used for energy system design, optimization, and planning to help identify opportunities to enhance the performance and potential of current and future energy systems, with a specific focus on integrated, hybrid energy systems. Comprehensive understanding of these systems requires models at different scales (from market to grid to process system to energy device). |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| program_overview | Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions | (December 2016) This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. |
| program_overview | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| program_overview | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
| program_overview | Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration | (October 2018) With more than 170 parties having ratified the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, viable, financially sound and integrated solutions for providing low carbon, affordable energy is of critical interest. This, by necessity, encompasses the development of resilient production processes for the generation of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels for deep decarbonization. |
| program_overview | International Workshop to Explore Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources as a Key Component in Developing Pathways to Decarbonization of the Energy Sector | (August 2016) An international workshop was organized in June 2016 to explore synergies between nuclear and renewable energy sources. Synergies crossing electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors were the focus of the workshop, recognizing that deep decarbonization will require efforts that go far beyond the electricity sector alone. |
| system_simulation | Literature Review of Advanced Reactor Cost Estimates | (June 2023) This report provides a comprehensive review of existing literature on advanced reactor cost estimations in the form of a ‘meta-study’. Over 30 references were evaluated and considered as part of this effort. The information is then distilled into different tiers, each with varying levels of detail and granularity. The recommendations consist of low/medium/high estimates for capital and operating costs that can be adjusted using various correction factors (based on learning, numbers of plants per site, etc.). In addition, reference breakdown in costs based on a code of account structure is provided for the main four types of advanced reactors. |
| system_simulation | First-Principles Cost Estimation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Nuclear Plant | (August 2023) A multi-tiered cost analysis is performed to estimate full costs of a nuclear power plant (NPP) based on sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology. To address the lack of fully transparent cost estimations from past undertakings for NPPs, we have developed a detailed and first-principles-based cost estimate for a generalized SFR NPP. Our intent is to achieve a high degree of transparency with our cost assumptions and develop a cost model that is flexible and easily extendable to variations in NPP design and other nuclear reactor types. Furthermore, we strive to achieve a clear organization of costs and complete identification of key cost drivers based on first principles. To this end, the cost results of our analysis as given in Table 24 and Table 25 are organized and categorized into a code of accounts (COA) under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Varying degrees of first-principles methods are employed, such as design for manufacture and assembly® (DFMA®), to elucidate costs in all process levels of the plant equipment, buildings and site structures, personnel, and other miscellaneous but significant cost elements. These approaches have been successfully applied in past cost analysis projects and are designed to enable rapid and flexible cost estimation. |
| system_simulation | Multilevel Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Coupling Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Thermal Energy Storage in an IES | (September 2022) This report discusses the different options for coupling thermal energy storage (TES) systems to advanced nuclear power plants (A-NPPs) in order to enable flexible and hybrid plant operation. |
| system_simulation | Phenomenon identification and ranking table analysis for thermal energy storage technologies integration with advanced nuclear reactors | (June 2022) This report provides an overview of the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) analysis of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for possible integration with various types of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). |
| system_simulation | Design for Carbon Conversion Product Pathways with Nuclear Power Plant Integration | (September 2022): This study presents a coal utilization option in which coal combustion is replaced with nuclear power plant and the coal is upgraded to valuable products for a variety of markets. |
| system_simulation | Development of Energy Storage: Cost Models | (March 2021) Energy storage technologies offer a promising solution to electric grid stability issues associated with the integration of variable renewable generators. The capability to match the electrical power output to instantaneous fluctuations in grid demand is crucial to ensure continuity of service. |
| system_simulation | Thermal Energy Storage Model Development within the Integrated Energy Systems Hybrid Repository | (July 2021) This publication details newly created energy storage models developed within the Hybrid Modelica repository as part of the Integrated Energy System (IES) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Model development has led to the creation of dynamic systems level models of concrete, latent heat, and packed bed thermocline technologies for deployment in the IES based Hybrid repository. |
| system_simulation | Characterizing US Wholesale Electricity Markets | (January 2021) The purpose of this report is to provide analysts seeking to conduct technoeconomic analysis studies (TEA) on energy systems in US Wholesale electricity markets with a starting point. This document provides an overview of the primary markets related to electricity generation, namely capacity markets and ancillary services markets. The report provides a summary of each of these then provides details on these markets in the context of the seven wholesale electricity markets in the US. The document also summarizes key documents, web resources, and textbooks that will provide useful data and economic understanding for the analyst conducting the TEA studies. |
| system_simulation | Development of the IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (March 2021) The status of the “plug-and-play” model development for IES design and analysis, including the deployment of methods, software infrastructures, guidelines, and a workflow for the construction and usage of models. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM Using the Functional Mock-Up Interface | (November 2021) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Validation and Demonstration of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (November 2021) The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Survey of Advanced Generation IV Reactor Parameters for Integrated Energy System Modeling Capabilities | (November 2021) This paper is to categorize and characterize advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors that are not water based according to the key parameters for the Integrated Energy Systems (IES) project. |
| system_simulation | Development of Electro-chemical Battery Model for Plug-and-Play Eco-system Library | (November 2021) This report describes a dynamic model that has been developed for an electrochemical battery. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell was selected as representative technology. |
| system_simulation | Integration of Dynamical System Scaling to RAVEN and Facility Application | (November 2021) The research to implement dynamical system scaling (DSS) code to RAVEN is funded under the Integrated Energy System program in collaboration with the Digital Reactor Technology & Development department. The DSS data processing algorithm has been coded within the RAVEN framework along with other metrics and postprocessing models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (November 2021) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2021) This report discusses the Functional Mock-Up Interface /Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) adaptors that have been created within the HYBRID repository to allow users to quickly export models as FMUs. |
| system_simulation | Development of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (September 2020) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. A new RAVEN (Risk Analysis Virtual ENvironment) plugin for grid and capacity optimization (HERON) has been developed for optimizing the production variables of the IES given the demand profile. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems Gap Analysis | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM using the Functional Mockup Interface | (December 2020) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2020) This report discusses the status of the flexible plug-and-play framework development currently ongoing that aims to integrate Modelica/Dymola with the Risk Analysis and Virtual ENviroment (RAVEN) software in terms of both Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI)/Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) construction and repository structures that aim to ease the sharing and simulation of complex dynamic models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Development of a Reference Governor-based Control Scheme for Integrated Energy Systems | (July 2019) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (June 2019) One of the goals of the Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) modeling and simulation (M&S) project is to assess the economic viability of N-R HES in a market that contains Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources like solar. |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Integrate Nuclear Water Desalination--Regional Potable Water in Arizona | (September 2019) The present study analyzes the economic viability of an Integrated Energy System (IES) that couples a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalination facility with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The case study is conducted in collaboration with Arizona Public Service (APS), the operating owner of the Palo Verde Generating Station (PVGS) NPP. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Ranking Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Integration with Light Water Reactors | (November 2019) This report provides an in-depth analysis of current thermal storage technologies in the marketplace as of 2019 and develops a phenomenological identification ranking table (PIRT) and Figure of Merit (FOM) study for near-term thermal energy storage technologies with light water reactor technology. |
| system_simulation | Assessment of Model-Based Schemes for Accelerating Optimization by RAVEN | (August 2018) Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) combine different energy technologies in a synergistic way with the objective of achieving a more economical energy production. In this report the particular hybrid system dealt with includes a PWR nuclear reactor, the associated Rankine-based energy conversion cycle (Balance of Plant, BOP), an Industrial Process (IP) for hydrogen production, a gas turbine (Second Energy Source, SES), and a battery (Energy Storage, ES). |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (September 2018) This document reports the application of the N-R HES software framework to a case study for Arizona Public Service (APS); the manager and part owner of the Palo Verde (PV) nuclear power plant. The case study is a work in progress of which this report presents a detailed description of the current model input data, assumptions and the corresponding results produced by the developed software framework. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning | (January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS). |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup | (November 2021) The thermal energy distribution system was started to demonstrate preliminary system operability. Some construction and warranty repairs remain before the system can be fully tested and certified for operation. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Delivery System | (January 2019) Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (NR-HES) is an area of current research interest as wind and solar grid penetrations continue to increase. The goal of these systems is to operate at ~100% capacity and store excess energy, when available, for later use. To store this excess energy some form of storage is needed. Sensible heat Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems have been shown to be an effective thermal load management strategy allowing nuclear reactor systems to operate at effectively 100% full power while storing excess thermal energy for recovery at a later time. |
| experimental_systems | High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report | (January 2017) A high-pressure, high-temperature water flow loop has been designed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for deployment in the INL Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration Laboratory (DETAIL) within the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) D100 northwest high bay. This loop is the first of three thermally coupled flow loops that will comprise the Advanced Reactor Technology Integral System Test (ARTIST) facility. |
| partner_activities | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| international_activities | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| international_activities | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
International Activities and Stakeholders Relations
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems Program Management Plan | (November 2021) In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) initiated the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology Program, which includes the Crosscutting Technology Development (CTD) portfolio of subprograms, to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D). |
| program_overview | Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems | (September 2020) Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems provides a collection of technical analyses that, in the aggregate, demonstrate the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in providing power system flexibility to meet energy demands. While the data and analysis presented may reveal differences between sections due to individual authors’ perspectives or focus, collectively they seek to explore the value of flexible nuclear energy. |
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems: 2020 Roadmap | (September 2020) This roadmap defines potential industrial scale integrated energy systems (IES) and identifies key technology gaps to achieving commercial deployment of such systems. IES under consideration could include multiple energy generation resources and energy use paths, with a focus on low-emission technologies, such as nuclear and renewable generators. |
| program_overview | Report: Nuclear, flexibility needed in future renewables-led powergen sector | (September 2020) The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that renewables will supply nearly half of the world’s electricity by 2050. As higher penetrations of renewables (primarily wind and solar) are connected to the grid, traditional base load energy sources, like nuclear energy, will need to operate more flexibility to produce heat and electricity as needed. |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on Modeling & Analysis of Current & Future Energy Systems | (April 2019) The workshop identified how modeling and analysis can be used for energy system design, optimization, and planning to help identify opportunities to enhance the performance and potential of current and future energy systems, with a specific focus on integrated, hybrid energy systems. Comprehensive understanding of these systems requires models at different scales (from market to grid to process system to energy device). |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| program_overview | Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions | (December 2016) This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. |
| program_overview | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| program_overview | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
| program_overview | Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration | (October 2018) With more than 170 parties having ratified the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, viable, financially sound and integrated solutions for providing low carbon, affordable energy is of critical interest. This, by necessity, encompasses the development of resilient production processes for the generation of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels for deep decarbonization. |
| program_overview | International Workshop to Explore Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources as a Key Component in Developing Pathways to Decarbonization of the Energy Sector | (August 2016) An international workshop was organized in June 2016 to explore synergies between nuclear and renewable energy sources. Synergies crossing electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors were the focus of the workshop, recognizing that deep decarbonization will require efforts that go far beyond the electricity sector alone. |
| system_simulation | Literature Review of Advanced Reactor Cost Estimates | (June 2023) This report provides a comprehensive review of existing literature on advanced reactor cost estimations in the form of a ‘meta-study’. Over 30 references were evaluated and considered as part of this effort. The information is then distilled into different tiers, each with varying levels of detail and granularity. The recommendations consist of low/medium/high estimates for capital and operating costs that can be adjusted using various correction factors (based on learning, numbers of plants per site, etc.). In addition, reference breakdown in costs based on a code of account structure is provided for the main four types of advanced reactors. |
| system_simulation | First-Principles Cost Estimation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Nuclear Plant | (August 2023) A multi-tiered cost analysis is performed to estimate full costs of a nuclear power plant (NPP) based on sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology. To address the lack of fully transparent cost estimations from past undertakings for NPPs, we have developed a detailed and first-principles-based cost estimate for a generalized SFR NPP. Our intent is to achieve a high degree of transparency with our cost assumptions and develop a cost model that is flexible and easily extendable to variations in NPP design and other nuclear reactor types. Furthermore, we strive to achieve a clear organization of costs and complete identification of key cost drivers based on first principles. To this end, the cost results of our analysis as given in Table 24 and Table 25 are organized and categorized into a code of accounts (COA) under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Varying degrees of first-principles methods are employed, such as design for manufacture and assembly® (DFMA®), to elucidate costs in all process levels of the plant equipment, buildings and site structures, personnel, and other miscellaneous but significant cost elements. These approaches have been successfully applied in past cost analysis projects and are designed to enable rapid and flexible cost estimation. |
| system_simulation | Multilevel Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Coupling Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Thermal Energy Storage in an IES | (September 2022) This report discusses the different options for coupling thermal energy storage (TES) systems to advanced nuclear power plants (A-NPPs) in order to enable flexible and hybrid plant operation. |
| system_simulation | Phenomenon identification and ranking table analysis for thermal energy storage technologies integration with advanced nuclear reactors | (June 2022) This report provides an overview of the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) analysis of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for possible integration with various types of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). |
| system_simulation | Design for Carbon Conversion Product Pathways with Nuclear Power Plant Integration | (September 2022): This study presents a coal utilization option in which coal combustion is replaced with nuclear power plant and the coal is upgraded to valuable products for a variety of markets. |
| system_simulation | Development of Energy Storage: Cost Models | (March 2021) Energy storage technologies offer a promising solution to electric grid stability issues associated with the integration of variable renewable generators. The capability to match the electrical power output to instantaneous fluctuations in grid demand is crucial to ensure continuity of service. |
| system_simulation | Thermal Energy Storage Model Development within the Integrated Energy Systems Hybrid Repository | (July 2021) This publication details newly created energy storage models developed within the Hybrid Modelica repository as part of the Integrated Energy System (IES) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Model development has led to the creation of dynamic systems level models of concrete, latent heat, and packed bed thermocline technologies for deployment in the IES based Hybrid repository. |
| system_simulation | Characterizing US Wholesale Electricity Markets | (January 2021) The purpose of this report is to provide analysts seeking to conduct technoeconomic analysis studies (TEA) on energy systems in US Wholesale electricity markets with a starting point. This document provides an overview of the primary markets related to electricity generation, namely capacity markets and ancillary services markets. The report provides a summary of each of these then provides details on these markets in the context of the seven wholesale electricity markets in the US. The document also summarizes key documents, web resources, and textbooks that will provide useful data and economic understanding for the analyst conducting the TEA studies. |
| system_simulation | Development of the IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (March 2021) The status of the “plug-and-play” model development for IES design and analysis, including the deployment of methods, software infrastructures, guidelines, and a workflow for the construction and usage of models. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM Using the Functional Mock-Up Interface | (November 2021) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Validation and Demonstration of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (November 2021) The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Survey of Advanced Generation IV Reactor Parameters for Integrated Energy System Modeling Capabilities | (November 2021) This paper is to categorize and characterize advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors that are not water based according to the key parameters for the Integrated Energy Systems (IES) project. |
| system_simulation | Development of Electro-chemical Battery Model for Plug-and-Play Eco-system Library | (November 2021) This report describes a dynamic model that has been developed for an electrochemical battery. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell was selected as representative technology. |
| system_simulation | Integration of Dynamical System Scaling to RAVEN and Facility Application | (November 2021) The research to implement dynamical system scaling (DSS) code to RAVEN is funded under the Integrated Energy System program in collaboration with the Digital Reactor Technology & Development department. The DSS data processing algorithm has been coded within the RAVEN framework along with other metrics and postprocessing models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (November 2021) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2021) This report discusses the Functional Mock-Up Interface /Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) adaptors that have been created within the HYBRID repository to allow users to quickly export models as FMUs. |
| system_simulation | Development of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (September 2020) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. A new RAVEN (Risk Analysis Virtual ENvironment) plugin for grid and capacity optimization (HERON) has been developed for optimizing the production variables of the IES given the demand profile. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems Gap Analysis | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM using the Functional Mockup Interface | (December 2020) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2020) This report discusses the status of the flexible plug-and-play framework development currently ongoing that aims to integrate Modelica/Dymola with the Risk Analysis and Virtual ENviroment (RAVEN) software in terms of both Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI)/Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) construction and repository structures that aim to ease the sharing and simulation of complex dynamic models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Development of a Reference Governor-based Control Scheme for Integrated Energy Systems | (July 2019) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (June 2019) One of the goals of the Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) modeling and simulation (M&S) project is to assess the economic viability of N-R HES in a market that contains Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources like solar. |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Integrate Nuclear Water Desalination--Regional Potable Water in Arizona | (September 2019) The present study analyzes the economic viability of an Integrated Energy System (IES) that couples a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalination facility with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The case study is conducted in collaboration with Arizona Public Service (APS), the operating owner of the Palo Verde Generating Station (PVGS) NPP. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Ranking Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Integration with Light Water Reactors | (November 2019) This report provides an in-depth analysis of current thermal storage technologies in the marketplace as of 2019 and develops a phenomenological identification ranking table (PIRT) and Figure of Merit (FOM) study for near-term thermal energy storage technologies with light water reactor technology. |
| system_simulation | Assessment of Model-Based Schemes for Accelerating Optimization by RAVEN | (August 2018) Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) combine different energy technologies in a synergistic way with the objective of achieving a more economical energy production. In this report the particular hybrid system dealt with includes a PWR nuclear reactor, the associated Rankine-based energy conversion cycle (Balance of Plant, BOP), an Industrial Process (IP) for hydrogen production, a gas turbine (Second Energy Source, SES), and a battery (Energy Storage, ES). |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (September 2018) This document reports the application of the N-R HES software framework to a case study for Arizona Public Service (APS); the manager and part owner of the Palo Verde (PV) nuclear power plant. The case study is a work in progress of which this report presents a detailed description of the current model input data, assumptions and the corresponding results produced by the developed software framework. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning | (January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS). |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup | (November 2021) The thermal energy distribution system was started to demonstrate preliminary system operability. Some construction and warranty repairs remain before the system can be fully tested and certified for operation. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Delivery System | (January 2019) Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (NR-HES) is an area of current research interest as wind and solar grid penetrations continue to increase. The goal of these systems is to operate at ~100% capacity and store excess energy, when available, for later use. To store this excess energy some form of storage is needed. Sensible heat Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems have been shown to be an effective thermal load management strategy allowing nuclear reactor systems to operate at effectively 100% full power while storing excess thermal energy for recovery at a later time. |
| experimental_systems | High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report | (January 2017) A high-pressure, high-temperature water flow loop has been designed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for deployment in the INL Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration Laboratory (DETAIL) within the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) D100 northwest high bay. This loop is the first of three thermally coupled flow loops that will comprise the Advanced Reactor Technology Integral System Test (ARTIST) facility. |
| partner_activities | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| international_activities | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| international_activities | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
Experimental Systems
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems Program Management Plan | (November 2021) In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) initiated the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology Program, which includes the Crosscutting Technology Development (CTD) portfolio of subprograms, to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D). |
| program_overview | Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems | (September 2020) Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems provides a collection of technical analyses that, in the aggregate, demonstrate the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in providing power system flexibility to meet energy demands. While the data and analysis presented may reveal differences between sections due to individual authors’ perspectives or focus, collectively they seek to explore the value of flexible nuclear energy. |
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems: 2020 Roadmap | (September 2020) This roadmap defines potential industrial scale integrated energy systems (IES) and identifies key technology gaps to achieving commercial deployment of such systems. IES under consideration could include multiple energy generation resources and energy use paths, with a focus on low-emission technologies, such as nuclear and renewable generators. |
| program_overview | Report: Nuclear, flexibility needed in future renewables-led powergen sector | (September 2020) The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that renewables will supply nearly half of the world’s electricity by 2050. As higher penetrations of renewables (primarily wind and solar) are connected to the grid, traditional base load energy sources, like nuclear energy, will need to operate more flexibility to produce heat and electricity as needed. |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on Modeling & Analysis of Current & Future Energy Systems | (April 2019) The workshop identified how modeling and analysis can be used for energy system design, optimization, and planning to help identify opportunities to enhance the performance and potential of current and future energy systems, with a specific focus on integrated, hybrid energy systems. Comprehensive understanding of these systems requires models at different scales (from market to grid to process system to energy device). |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| program_overview | Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions | (December 2016) This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. |
| program_overview | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| program_overview | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
| program_overview | Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration | (October 2018) With more than 170 parties having ratified the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, viable, financially sound and integrated solutions for providing low carbon, affordable energy is of critical interest. This, by necessity, encompasses the development of resilient production processes for the generation of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels for deep decarbonization. |
| program_overview | International Workshop to Explore Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources as a Key Component in Developing Pathways to Decarbonization of the Energy Sector | (August 2016) An international workshop was organized in June 2016 to explore synergies between nuclear and renewable energy sources. Synergies crossing electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors were the focus of the workshop, recognizing that deep decarbonization will require efforts that go far beyond the electricity sector alone. |
| system_simulation | Literature Review of Advanced Reactor Cost Estimates | (June 2023) This report provides a comprehensive review of existing literature on advanced reactor cost estimations in the form of a ‘meta-study’. Over 30 references were evaluated and considered as part of this effort. The information is then distilled into different tiers, each with varying levels of detail and granularity. The recommendations consist of low/medium/high estimates for capital and operating costs that can be adjusted using various correction factors (based on learning, numbers of plants per site, etc.). In addition, reference breakdown in costs based on a code of account structure is provided for the main four types of advanced reactors. |
| system_simulation | First-Principles Cost Estimation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Nuclear Plant | (August 2023) A multi-tiered cost analysis is performed to estimate full costs of a nuclear power plant (NPP) based on sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology. To address the lack of fully transparent cost estimations from past undertakings for NPPs, we have developed a detailed and first-principles-based cost estimate for a generalized SFR NPP. Our intent is to achieve a high degree of transparency with our cost assumptions and develop a cost model that is flexible and easily extendable to variations in NPP design and other nuclear reactor types. Furthermore, we strive to achieve a clear organization of costs and complete identification of key cost drivers based on first principles. To this end, the cost results of our analysis as given in Table 24 and Table 25 are organized and categorized into a code of accounts (COA) under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Varying degrees of first-principles methods are employed, such as design for manufacture and assembly® (DFMA®), to elucidate costs in all process levels of the plant equipment, buildings and site structures, personnel, and other miscellaneous but significant cost elements. These approaches have been successfully applied in past cost analysis projects and are designed to enable rapid and flexible cost estimation. |
| system_simulation | Multilevel Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Coupling Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Thermal Energy Storage in an IES | (September 2022) This report discusses the different options for coupling thermal energy storage (TES) systems to advanced nuclear power plants (A-NPPs) in order to enable flexible and hybrid plant operation. |
| system_simulation | Phenomenon identification and ranking table analysis for thermal energy storage technologies integration with advanced nuclear reactors | (June 2022) This report provides an overview of the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) analysis of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for possible integration with various types of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). |
| system_simulation | Design for Carbon Conversion Product Pathways with Nuclear Power Plant Integration | (September 2022): This study presents a coal utilization option in which coal combustion is replaced with nuclear power plant and the coal is upgraded to valuable products for a variety of markets. |
| system_simulation | Development of Energy Storage: Cost Models | (March 2021) Energy storage technologies offer a promising solution to electric grid stability issues associated with the integration of variable renewable generators. The capability to match the electrical power output to instantaneous fluctuations in grid demand is crucial to ensure continuity of service. |
| system_simulation | Thermal Energy Storage Model Development within the Integrated Energy Systems Hybrid Repository | (July 2021) This publication details newly created energy storage models developed within the Hybrid Modelica repository as part of the Integrated Energy System (IES) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Model development has led to the creation of dynamic systems level models of concrete, latent heat, and packed bed thermocline technologies for deployment in the IES based Hybrid repository. |
| system_simulation | Characterizing US Wholesale Electricity Markets | (January 2021) The purpose of this report is to provide analysts seeking to conduct technoeconomic analysis studies (TEA) on energy systems in US Wholesale electricity markets with a starting point. This document provides an overview of the primary markets related to electricity generation, namely capacity markets and ancillary services markets. The report provides a summary of each of these then provides details on these markets in the context of the seven wholesale electricity markets in the US. The document also summarizes key documents, web resources, and textbooks that will provide useful data and economic understanding for the analyst conducting the TEA studies. |
| system_simulation | Development of the IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (March 2021) The status of the “plug-and-play” model development for IES design and analysis, including the deployment of methods, software infrastructures, guidelines, and a workflow for the construction and usage of models. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM Using the Functional Mock-Up Interface | (November 2021) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Validation and Demonstration of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (November 2021) The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Survey of Advanced Generation IV Reactor Parameters for Integrated Energy System Modeling Capabilities | (November 2021) This paper is to categorize and characterize advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors that are not water based according to the key parameters for the Integrated Energy Systems (IES) project. |
| system_simulation | Development of Electro-chemical Battery Model for Plug-and-Play Eco-system Library | (November 2021) This report describes a dynamic model that has been developed for an electrochemical battery. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell was selected as representative technology. |
| system_simulation | Integration of Dynamical System Scaling to RAVEN and Facility Application | (November 2021) The research to implement dynamical system scaling (DSS) code to RAVEN is funded under the Integrated Energy System program in collaboration with the Digital Reactor Technology & Development department. The DSS data processing algorithm has been coded within the RAVEN framework along with other metrics and postprocessing models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (November 2021) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2021) This report discusses the Functional Mock-Up Interface /Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) adaptors that have been created within the HYBRID repository to allow users to quickly export models as FMUs. |
| system_simulation | Development of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (September 2020) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. A new RAVEN (Risk Analysis Virtual ENvironment) plugin for grid and capacity optimization (HERON) has been developed for optimizing the production variables of the IES given the demand profile. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems Gap Analysis | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM using the Functional Mockup Interface | (December 2020) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2020) This report discusses the status of the flexible plug-and-play framework development currently ongoing that aims to integrate Modelica/Dymola with the Risk Analysis and Virtual ENviroment (RAVEN) software in terms of both Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI)/Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) construction and repository structures that aim to ease the sharing and simulation of complex dynamic models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Development of a Reference Governor-based Control Scheme for Integrated Energy Systems | (July 2019) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (June 2019) One of the goals of the Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) modeling and simulation (M&S) project is to assess the economic viability of N-R HES in a market that contains Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources like solar. |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Integrate Nuclear Water Desalination--Regional Potable Water in Arizona | (September 2019) The present study analyzes the economic viability of an Integrated Energy System (IES) that couples a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalination facility with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The case study is conducted in collaboration with Arizona Public Service (APS), the operating owner of the Palo Verde Generating Station (PVGS) NPP. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Ranking Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Integration with Light Water Reactors | (November 2019) This report provides an in-depth analysis of current thermal storage technologies in the marketplace as of 2019 and develops a phenomenological identification ranking table (PIRT) and Figure of Merit (FOM) study for near-term thermal energy storage technologies with light water reactor technology. |
| system_simulation | Assessment of Model-Based Schemes for Accelerating Optimization by RAVEN | (August 2018) Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) combine different energy technologies in a synergistic way with the objective of achieving a more economical energy production. In this report the particular hybrid system dealt with includes a PWR nuclear reactor, the associated Rankine-based energy conversion cycle (Balance of Plant, BOP), an Industrial Process (IP) for hydrogen production, a gas turbine (Second Energy Source, SES), and a battery (Energy Storage, ES). |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (September 2018) This document reports the application of the N-R HES software framework to a case study for Arizona Public Service (APS); the manager and part owner of the Palo Verde (PV) nuclear power plant. The case study is a work in progress of which this report presents a detailed description of the current model input data, assumptions and the corresponding results produced by the developed software framework. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning | (January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS). |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup | (November 2021) The thermal energy distribution system was started to demonstrate preliminary system operability. Some construction and warranty repairs remain before the system can be fully tested and certified for operation. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Delivery System | (January 2019) Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (NR-HES) is an area of current research interest as wind and solar grid penetrations continue to increase. The goal of these systems is to operate at ~100% capacity and store excess energy, when available, for later use. To store this excess energy some form of storage is needed. Sensible heat Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems have been shown to be an effective thermal load management strategy allowing nuclear reactor systems to operate at effectively 100% full power while storing excess thermal energy for recovery at a later time. |
| experimental_systems | High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report | (January 2017) A high-pressure, high-temperature water flow loop has been designed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for deployment in the INL Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration Laboratory (DETAIL) within the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) D100 northwest high bay. This loop is the first of three thermally coupled flow loops that will comprise the Advanced Reactor Technology Integral System Test (ARTIST) facility. |
| partner_activities | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| international_activities | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| international_activities | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
Partner Activities
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems Program Management Plan | (November 2021) In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) initiated the Nuclear Energy Enabling Technology Program, which includes the Crosscutting Technology Development (CTD) portfolio of subprograms, to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D). |
| program_overview | Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems | (September 2020) Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems provides a collection of technical analyses that, in the aggregate, demonstrate the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in providing power system flexibility to meet energy demands. While the data and analysis presented may reveal differences between sections due to individual authors’ perspectives or focus, collectively they seek to explore the value of flexible nuclear energy. |
| program_overview | Integrated Energy Systems: 2020 Roadmap | (September 2020) This roadmap defines potential industrial scale integrated energy systems (IES) and identifies key technology gaps to achieving commercial deployment of such systems. IES under consideration could include multiple energy generation resources and energy use paths, with a focus on low-emission technologies, such as nuclear and renewable generators. |
| program_overview | Report: Nuclear, flexibility needed in future renewables-led powergen sector | (September 2020) The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that renewables will supply nearly half of the world’s electricity by 2050. As higher penetrations of renewables (primarily wind and solar) are connected to the grid, traditional base load energy sources, like nuclear energy, will need to operate more flexibility to produce heat and electricity as needed. |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on Modeling & Analysis of Current & Future Energy Systems | (April 2019) The workshop identified how modeling and analysis can be used for energy system design, optimization, and planning to help identify opportunities to enhance the performance and potential of current and future energy systems, with a specific focus on integrated, hybrid energy systems. Comprehensive understanding of these systems requires models at different scales (from market to grid to process system to energy device). |
| program_overview | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| program_overview | Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions | (December 2016) This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. |
| program_overview | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| program_overview | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
| program_overview | Nuclear–Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems for Decarbonized Energy Production and Cogeneration | (October 2018) With more than 170 parties having ratified the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, viable, financially sound and integrated solutions for providing low carbon, affordable energy is of critical interest. This, by necessity, encompasses the development of resilient production processes for the generation of electricity, heat, chemicals and fuels for deep decarbonization. |
| program_overview | International Workshop to Explore Synergies between Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources as a Key Component in Developing Pathways to Decarbonization of the Energy Sector | (August 2016) An international workshop was organized in June 2016 to explore synergies between nuclear and renewable energy sources. Synergies crossing electricity, transportation, and industrial sectors were the focus of the workshop, recognizing that deep decarbonization will require efforts that go far beyond the electricity sector alone. |
| system_simulation | Literature Review of Advanced Reactor Cost Estimates | (June 2023) This report provides a comprehensive review of existing literature on advanced reactor cost estimations in the form of a ‘meta-study’. Over 30 references were evaluated and considered as part of this effort. The information is then distilled into different tiers, each with varying levels of detail and granularity. The recommendations consist of low/medium/high estimates for capital and operating costs that can be adjusted using various correction factors (based on learning, numbers of plants per site, etc.). In addition, reference breakdown in costs based on a code of account structure is provided for the main four types of advanced reactors. |
| system_simulation | First-Principles Cost Estimation of a Sodium Fast Reactor Nuclear Plant | (August 2023) A multi-tiered cost analysis is performed to estimate full costs of a nuclear power plant (NPP) based on sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology. To address the lack of fully transparent cost estimations from past undertakings for NPPs, we have developed a detailed and first-principles-based cost estimate for a generalized SFR NPP. Our intent is to achieve a high degree of transparency with our cost assumptions and develop a cost model that is flexible and easily extendable to variations in NPP design and other nuclear reactor types. Furthermore, we strive to achieve a clear organization of costs and complete identification of key cost drivers based on first principles. To this end, the cost results of our analysis as given in Table 24 and Table 25 are organized and categorized into a code of accounts (COA) under development at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Varying degrees of first-principles methods are employed, such as design for manufacture and assembly® (DFMA®), to elucidate costs in all process levels of the plant equipment, buildings and site structures, personnel, and other miscellaneous but significant cost elements. These approaches have been successfully applied in past cost analysis projects and are designed to enable rapid and flexible cost estimation. |
| system_simulation | Multilevel Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Coupling Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Thermal Energy Storage in an IES | (September 2022) This report discusses the different options for coupling thermal energy storage (TES) systems to advanced nuclear power plants (A-NPPs) in order to enable flexible and hybrid plant operation. |
| system_simulation | Phenomenon identification and ranking table analysis for thermal energy storage technologies integration with advanced nuclear reactors | (June 2022) This report provides an overview of the Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) analysis of thermal energy storage (TES) systems for possible integration with various types of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs). |
| system_simulation | Design for Carbon Conversion Product Pathways with Nuclear Power Plant Integration | (September 2022): This study presents a coal utilization option in which coal combustion is replaced with nuclear power plant and the coal is upgraded to valuable products for a variety of markets. |
| system_simulation | Development of Energy Storage: Cost Models | (March 2021) Energy storage technologies offer a promising solution to electric grid stability issues associated with the integration of variable renewable generators. The capability to match the electrical power output to instantaneous fluctuations in grid demand is crucial to ensure continuity of service. |
| system_simulation | Thermal Energy Storage Model Development within the Integrated Energy Systems Hybrid Repository | (July 2021) This publication details newly created energy storage models developed within the Hybrid Modelica repository as part of the Integrated Energy System (IES) initiative at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Model development has led to the creation of dynamic systems level models of concrete, latent heat, and packed bed thermocline technologies for deployment in the IES based Hybrid repository. |
| system_simulation | Characterizing US Wholesale Electricity Markets | (January 2021) The purpose of this report is to provide analysts seeking to conduct technoeconomic analysis studies (TEA) on energy systems in US Wholesale electricity markets with a starting point. This document provides an overview of the primary markets related to electricity generation, namely capacity markets and ancillary services markets. The report provides a summary of each of these then provides details on these markets in the context of the seven wholesale electricity markets in the US. The document also summarizes key documents, web resources, and textbooks that will provide useful data and economic understanding for the analyst conducting the TEA studies. |
| system_simulation | Development of the IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (March 2021) The status of the “plug-and-play” model development for IES design and analysis, including the deployment of methods, software infrastructures, guidelines, and a workflow for the construction and usage of models. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM Using the Functional Mock-Up Interface | (November 2021) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Validation and Demonstration of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (November 2021) The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Survey of Advanced Generation IV Reactor Parameters for Integrated Energy System Modeling Capabilities | (November 2021) This paper is to categorize and characterize advanced Generation IV nuclear reactors that are not water based according to the key parameters for the Integrated Energy Systems (IES) project. |
| system_simulation | Development of Electro-chemical Battery Model for Plug-and-Play Eco-system Library | (November 2021) This report describes a dynamic model that has been developed for an electrochemical battery. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell was selected as representative technology. |
| system_simulation | Integration of Dynamical System Scaling to RAVEN and Facility Application | (November 2021) The research to implement dynamical system scaling (DSS) code to RAVEN is funded under the Integrated Energy System program in collaboration with the Digital Reactor Technology & Development department. The DSS data processing algorithm has been coded within the RAVEN framework along with other metrics and postprocessing models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (November 2021) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2021) This report discusses the Functional Mock-Up Interface /Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) adaptors that have been created within the HYBRID repository to allow users to quickly export models as FMUs. |
| system_simulation | Development of Control System Functional Capabilities within the IES Plug-and-Play Simulation Environment | (September 2020) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. A new RAVEN (Risk Analysis Virtual ENvironment) plugin for grid and capacity optimization (HERON) has been developed for optimizing the production variables of the IES given the demand profile. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems Gap Analysis | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Coupling of CTF and TRANSFORM using the Functional Mockup Interface | (December 2020) An in-memory coupling between the sub-channel thermal hydraulics code COBRA-TF (CTF), which is included in the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA), and the systems code Transient Simulation Framework of Reconfigurable Models (TRANSFORM) was developed in this work. |
| system_simulation | Status Report on IES Plug-and-Play Framework | (November 2020) This report discusses the status of the flexible plug-and-play framework development currently ongoing that aims to integrate Modelica/Dymola with the Risk Analysis and Virtual ENviroment (RAVEN) software in terms of both Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI)/Functional Mock-Up Unit (FMU) construction and repository structures that aim to ease the sharing and simulation of complex dynamic models. |
| system_simulation | Integrated Energy Systems White Paper | (October 2020) This analysis compares how the existing critical infrastructure continues to be vulnerable and with smart grid technologies being implemented exposes IES, power systems, the grid, and renewable energy in new ways. Continued work in cybersecurity will thwart efforts against adversaries having an opportunity to penetrate these systems. |
| system_simulation | Development of a Reference Governor-based Control Scheme for Integrated Energy Systems | (July 2019) The concept of an Integrated Energy System (IES) is meant to combine different energy technologies in synergistic ways to achieve a more secure and economical energy supply. The RAVEN-based HYBRID framework is used to find the optimal installed capacity and the optimal economical dispatch of each component of the IES. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (June 2019) One of the goals of the Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) modeling and simulation (M&S) project is to assess the economic viability of N-R HES in a market that contains Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sources like solar. |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Integrate Nuclear Water Desalination--Regional Potable Water in Arizona | (September 2019) The present study analyzes the economic viability of an Integrated Energy System (IES) that couples a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalination facility with a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The case study is conducted in collaboration with Arizona Public Service (APS), the operating owner of the Palo Verde Generating Station (PVGS) NPP. |
| system_simulation | Evaluation of Hydrogen Production Feasibility for a Light Water Reactor in the Midwest | (September 2019) Increased electricity production from renewable energy resources coupled with low natural gas prices has caused existing light-water reactor (LWRs) to experience ever diminishing returns from the electricity market. Via partnership among Idaho National Laboratory (INL), The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Exelon, and Fuel Cell Energy a techno-economic analysis on the viability of retrofitting existing pressurized water reactors (PWRs) to produce hydrogen (H2) via high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) has been conducted. |
| system_simulation | Ranking Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Integration with Light Water Reactors | (November 2019) This report provides an in-depth analysis of current thermal storage technologies in the marketplace as of 2019 and develops a phenomenological identification ranking table (PIRT) and Figure of Merit (FOM) study for near-term thermal energy storage technologies with light water reactor technology. |
| system_simulation | Assessment of Model-Based Schemes for Accelerating Optimization by RAVEN | (August 2018) Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (N-R HES) combine different energy technologies in a synergistic way with the objective of achieving a more economical energy production. In this report the particular hybrid system dealt with includes a PWR nuclear reactor, the associated Rankine-based energy conversion cycle (Balance of Plant, BOP), an Industrial Process (IP) for hydrogen production, a gas turbine (Second Energy Source, SES), and a battery (Energy Storage, ES). |
| system_simulation | Case Study: Nuclear-Renewable-Water Integration in Arizona | (September 2018) This document reports the application of the N-R HES software framework to a case study for Arizona Public Service (APS); the manager and part owner of the Palo Verde (PV) nuclear power plant. The case study is a work in progress of which this report presents a detailed description of the current model input data, assumptions and the corresponding results produced by the developed software framework. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning | (January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS). |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup | (November 2021) The thermal energy distribution system was started to demonstrate preliminary system operability. Some construction and warranty repairs remain before the system can be fully tested and certified for operation. |
| experimental_systems | Thermal Energy Delivery System | (January 2019) Nuclear Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems (NR-HES) is an area of current research interest as wind and solar grid penetrations continue to increase. The goal of these systems is to operate at ~100% capacity and store excess energy, when available, for later use. To store this excess energy some form of storage is needed. Sensible heat Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems have been shown to be an effective thermal load management strategy allowing nuclear reactor systems to operate at effectively 100% full power while storing excess thermal energy for recovery at a later time. |
| experimental_systems | High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report | (January 2017) A high-pressure, high-temperature water flow loop has been designed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for deployment in the INL Dynamic Energy Transport and Integration Laboratory (DETAIL) within the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) D100 northwest high bay. This loop is the first of three thermally coupled flow loops that will comprise the Advanced Reactor Technology Integral System Test (ARTIST) facility. |
| partner_activities | Summary Report of the Tri-Lab Workshop on R&D Pathways for Future Energy Systems | (July 2018) Under Secretary of Energy Menezes called for an integrated view of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) applied energy activities and requested that the three applied energy laboratories—Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—take a fresh look at their portfolios for gaps and coordination opportunities. |
| international_activities | Global National Laboratories IES Collaboration - Recommendations for Advancing RD&D | (November 2022) Integrated Energy Systems (IES) will be essential to the delivery of net zero, enabling renewables, nuclear and energy storage technologies to work together to provide clean electricity, heat, hydrogen and more. A group of eight national laboratories across five countries are collaborating on this important topic and here we share highlights of our work and recommendations for advancing RD&D in IES. |
| international_activities | Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems: FY17 Stakeholder Engagement and International Activities | (October 2017) A summary of stakeholder engagement associated with the nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HES) program is provided in this report, highlighting both previous and ongoing interactions for the INL-led program funded via the Crosscutting Technologies Office in the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy. |
