Patent ID: 11879385
Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 15:
16. A method of operating a power-generation system for a nuclear reactor, the method comprising,
compressing air with a compressor of a turbine engine,
heating the compressed air with a reactor heat exchanger that is in thermal communication with the nuclear reactor,
mixing a fuel with the compressed air in an auxiliary combustor located external to the turbine engine and igniting the fuel and compressed air to increase a temperature of the compressed air,
conducting the compressed air through a turbine,
driving a generator with the turbine to produce electrical power, and
controlling a flow rate of the fuel provided to the auxiliary combustor with a controller based on at least one of the temperature of the compressed air received by the turbine and a load demand on the generator.