Modular Helium Reactor for Hydrogen Production.

Richards, M. ; Shenoy, A. ; Schultz, K. ; Brown, L. ; Fukuie, M.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Hydrogen production;    Reactors;    Efficiency;    Hydrogen;    Gas cooled reactors;   

RP-ID  :  DE2007911857

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

For electricity and hydrogen production, an advanced reactor technology receiving considerable international interest is a modular, passively-safe version of the high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), known in the U.S. as the Modular Helium Reactor (MHR), which operates at a power level of 600 MW(t). For hydrogen production, the concept is referred to as the H2-MHR. Two concepts that make direct use of the MHR high-temperature process heat are being investigated in order to improve the efficiency and economics of hydrogen production. The first concept involves coupling the MHR to the Sulfur-Iodine (SI) thermochemical water splitting process and is referred to as the SI-Based H2-MHR. The second concept involves coupling the MHR to high-temperature electrolysis (HTE) and is referred to as the HTE-Based H2-MHR.