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Main design aspects of an advanced nuclear plant for the Venezuelan Orinoco Oil Belt development

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The main design aspects of a steam-supply advanced nuclear plant proposed for both the extraction and the preprocessing of extra-heavy oil from the Orinoco Oil Belt (OOB) are presented. The model consists of a nuclear power plant in cogeneration mode able to supply a large fraction of the energy demand of an oil field producing 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Three 1200 MW(th) high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, built successively, supply a great portion of the process heat, the injection steam and the electricity required. Steam conditions are: for process heat, a pressure of 10 MPa at 500 °C, and for injection steam, pressure between 12 and 17 MPa at saturation temperatures.

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  • Carvajal-Osorio, Hernan, 1991. "Main design aspects of an advanced nuclear plant for the Venezuelan Orinoco Oil Belt development," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 555-564.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:16:y:1991:i:1:p:555-564
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(91)90134-8
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