3.2.2 Electric Power Transport ............................................................................ 60 3.3 Heat Engine....................................................................................................................64 3.3.1 Brayton Heat Engine.............................................................................................. 64 3.3.2 Rankine Heat Engine.............................................................................................. 68 3.3.2.1 Rankine Plant Performance.............................................................................68 3.3.2.2 Rankine Plant Costs.......................................................................................... 72 IV. System Performance............................................................................................................... 75 4.1 Brayton Distributed Generation System............................................................. 75 4.1.1 Sizing for Optimum Performance and Cost..................................................... 75 4.1.2 Preliminary Impact Characteristics ...................................................... 82 4.2 Central Generation ............................................................................................. 85 4.2.1 System Performance and Economics .......................................................... 86 4.2.1.1 Water Transport..................................................................................................88 4.2.1.2 Steam Transport.................................................................................................. 91 4.2.1.3 NaK and Helium Transport ....................................................................... 95 4.2.2 Impact Characteristics ............................................................................... 97 V. References................................................................................................................................ 100 VI. Appendix.................................................................................................................................... 102
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