Imagine a small, safe nuclear battery that doesn't just make electricity, but also heats homes and produces hydrogen. This project creates the digital blueprints and safety rules to plug these reactors into a city's power grid or a big factory. It's like creating a master manual for how to mix nuclear power with other green energy sources without any risks.
Integrating nuclear reactors into hybrid energy systems is a new R&D challenge. Companies lack the tools to safely and efficiently combine SMRs with other energy sources, storage, and hydrogen production.
An open-source Modelica-based library of HES components and two specific simulators for urban district heating and industrial energy hubs.
If you are a utility provider dealing with the need to decarbonize a large urban area — this project developed simulation tools and methodologies that ensure the safe integration of SMRs to provide both heat and power.
If you are a harbour operator dealing with high energy demands for industrial hubs — this project developed a specific energy hub configuration that uses SMRs to provide electricity and hydrogen for shipping and logistics.
If you are a factory owner dealing with carbon taxes and energy instability — this project developed an open-source Modelica library that helps you simulate how a hybrid nuclear system would behave before you build it.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided; the project focuses on providing methodologies to ensure cost-effective integration.
The project focuses on the near-term deployment of SMRs in Europe targeted for the 2030s, providing the simulation tools and safety assessments needed for that scale.
The TANDEM open-source Modelica-based library is publicly available in a git repository under a slightly modified 3-clause BSD-license.
The project studied European energy policies and market projections to ensure the proposed hybrid energy systems align with the goal of climate-neutrality by 2050.
You can use the TANDEM open-source library and the developed simulators to model the dynamic physical behavior of your specific hybrid energy configuration.
The consortium is well-balanced for technology transfer, featuring 19 partners across 8 countries. With a 37% industry ratio (7 companies), the project blends academic research (2 universities, 8 research centers) with commercial application, ensuring that the simulation tools are grounded in industrial reality.
Contact the Commissariat a l Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) in France.
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