High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Projected Markets and Preliminary Economics

Larry Demick

关键词: AMMONIA;    AVAILABILITY;    CAPITALIZED COST;    COAL;    COGENERATION;    ECONOMICS;    ELECTRICITY;    ELECTROLYSIS;    GAS COOLED REACTORS;    HYDROGEN;    MARKET;    PROCESS HEAT;    PRODUCTION;    STEAM;    HTGR TYPE REACTORS NEAC;    Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project;    NGNP;    Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1031697
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-10-19037
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1031697
Others  :  TRN: US1200208

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This paper summarizes the potential market for process heat produced by a high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), the environmental benefits reduced CO2 emissions will have on these markets, and the typical economics of projects using these applications. It gives examples of HTGR technological applications to industrial processes in the typical co-generation supply of process heat and electricity, the conversion of coal to transportation fuels and chemical process feedstock, and the production of ammonia as a feedstock for the production of ammonia derivatives, including fertilizer. It also demonstrates how uncertainties in capital costs and financial factors affect the economics of HTGR technology by analyzing the use of HTGR technology in the application of HTGR and high temperature steam electrolysis processes to produce hydrogen.