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Václav Novotný

Czech Technical University in Prague

Thakurova 2077/7

Prague 6, 16629

Czech Republic

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

3

DOWNLOADS

171

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (3)

A Technology Assessment of Heat Exchangers and Compressors to Enable High Efficiency Brayton Cycle Designs for Nuclear Power Plants

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 05 Jan 2026
Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Czech Technical University in Prague, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory and Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory
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Nuclear Power, Brayton cycles, power conversion, efficiency optimization, cycle design, advanced reactors

A Technology Assessment of Heat Exchangers and Compressors to Enable High Efficiency Brayton Cycle Designs for Nuclear Power Plants

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 2025
Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Czech Technical University in Prague, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory and Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory
Downloads 39 (1,238,337)
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nuclear power, Brayton cycles, power conversion, efficiency optimization, cycle design, advanced reactors

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Design Assessment of Brayton Cycles for Combined Heat and Power from Nuclear Power Plants

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Oct 2025
Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory and Czech Technical University in Prague
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nuclear power, Brayton cycle, combined heat and power, high temperature reactor

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Adding Carnot battery functionality to combined-cycle gas turbine power and cogeneration plants

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Apr 2026
Václav Novotný, Albert Vocel and Jan Spale
Czech Technical University in Prague, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Carnot battery, Combined-cycle gas turbine, Combined heat and power, Thermal energy storage, Power-to-heat, District heating