EBManPower - Cost effective fabrication of Nuclear Micro-Reactors

EBManPower - 具有成本效益的核微反应堆制造

• 批准号: 104220
• 金额: $ 195.79万
• 依托单位: CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPREPAIRERS & SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104220
• 关键词: EBManPower; Cost; effective; fabrication; Nuclear

"Globally 79% of electricity is generated by thermal processes, in which conventional power plants provide over 62% of global electricity supply and the remaining 17% is by nuclear fusion processes and this is expected to increase (IEA, 2015). Thermal power plants make use of a large number of thick section (\>20mm) components for many parts of the primary circuit; pump and valve bodies, ancillary systems and other safety critical components. Furthermore, off-shore wind demand in the UK requires \>1,000 structures (towers and foundations) or 1m tonnes of steel p.a. to be cost-effectively fabricated.**_The demand for 'thick section' steel structures in power generation is strong & growing._**The ability to fabricate these thick section structures cost-effectively is (in part) limited by the welding time and associated cost; to produce a typical 40m long monopile (60mm thick) takes ~6,000 hrs of 'arc-on' welding time.**_To reduce cost this manufacturing time needs to be significantly reduced._**Aquasium technology has developed the 'EBFlow' system, based on high productivity electron beam welding which can reduces this welding time to <200 hrs, equivalent to a reduction in cost of over 85%.**The EBManPower project will implement and validate the first EBFlow system within a large-scale fabrication facility to enable cost-effective manufacture of large scale power generation infrastructure.**Cammell Laird is one of the UKs last heavy fabrication ship yards and is the manufacturing partner for the U-Battery micro modular reactor (MMR) system. This project will focus on using the EBFlow system deployed at our site in Birkenhead to demonstrate the viability to fabricate MMRs in a cost-effective manner. Being able to achieve this will be critical to drive widespread deployment of new, cost-effective, nuclear fission solutions to meet low-carbon energy needs both within the UK and across the globe.Through this project our partnership believe we can increase revenues, grow exports and secure high value jobs in manufacturing and low-carbon energy sectors."

“全球79%的电力是通过热过程产生的，其中传统发电厂提供了超过62%的全球电力供应，其余17%是通过核聚变过程产生的，预计这一比例将增加（IEA， 2015年）。火电厂一次回路的许多部位采用大量厚截面（\>20mm）元器件；泵和阀体，辅助系统和其他安全关键部件。此外，英国的海上风电需求需要每年100万吨的结构（塔和基础）或100万吨的钢材才能经济有效地制造出来。发电领域对“厚截面”钢结构的需求强劲且不断增长。_**成本有效地制造这些厚截面结构的能力（部分）受到焊接时间和相关成本的限制；生产一个典型的40米长（60毫米厚）的单桩需要约6000小时的“弧接”焊接时间。为了降低成本，制造时间需要大大缩短。_**Aquasium技术开发了“EBFlow”系统，该系统基于高生产率电子束焊接，可将焊接时间缩短至<200小时，相当于降低成本85%以上。** EBManPower项目将在大型制造工厂内实施和验证首个EBFlow系统，以实现大规模发电基础设施的成本效益制造。**Cammell Laird是英国最后一家重型造船船厂之一，是U-Battery微型模块化反应堆（MMR）系统的制造合作伙伴。该项目将重点使用部署在Birkenhead工厂的EBFlow系统，以证明以经济有效的方式制造mmr的可行性。能够实现这一目标对于推动新的、具有成本效益的核裂变解决方案的广泛部署，以满足英国乃至全球的低碳能源需求至关重要。通过这个项目，我们的合作伙伴相信我们可以增加收入，增加出口，并确保制造业和低碳能源领域的高价值就业机会。”