Nuclear Production of Hydrogen
Fourth Information Exchange Meeting, Oakbrook, Illinois, USA , 14-16 April 2009
Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. This report describes the scientific and technical challenges associated with the production of hydrogen using heat and/or electricity from nuclear power plants, with special emphasis on recent developments in high-temperature electrolysis and the use of different chemical thermodynamic processes. Economics and market analysis as well as safety aspects of the nuclear production of hydrogen are also discussed.
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Transient modelling of sulphur-iodine cycle thermochemical hydrogen generation coupled to pebble bed modular reactor
Nuclear Energy Agency
A transient control volume model of the sulphur iodine (S-I) and Westinghouse hybrid sulphur (HyS) cycles is presented. These cycles are some of the leading candidates for hydrogen generation using a high temperature heat source. The control volume models presented here are based on a heat and mass balance in each reaction chamber coupled to the relevant reaction kinetics. The chemical kinetics expressions are extracted from a relevant literature review.
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