​​​​​​Reports - Experimental Systems


  
  
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Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning2021

(January 2021) A brief report documenting the startup and shakedown testing of the Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS).

Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup and Commissioning
Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup2021

(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.

Thermal Energy Distribution System (TEDS) Startup
Thermal Energy Delivery System2019

(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.​​

Thermal Energy Delivery System
High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status Report2017

(January 2017A 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.

High-Pressure, HighTemperature Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility for Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System Studies; Facility Design Description and Status  Report