Design Configurations and Coupling High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor and Hydrogen Plant.

Oh, C. H. ; Kim, E. S. ; Sherman, S.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Nuclear reactors;    Gas-cooled reactors;    High temperature;    Hydrogen plant;    Thermonuclear cycles;   

RP-ID  :  DE2008936631

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The US Department of Energy is investigating the use of high-temperature nuclear reactors to produce hydrogen using either thermochemical cycles or high-temperature electrolysis. Although the hydrogen production processes are in an early stage of development, coupling either of these processes to the high-temperature reactor requires both efficient heat transfer and adequate separation of the facilities to assure that off-normal events in the production facility do not impact the nuclear power plant. An intermediate heat transport loop will be required to separate the operations and safety functions of the nuclear and hydrogen plants. A next generation hightemperature reactor could be envisioned as a singlepurpose facility that produces hydrogen or a dualpurpose facility that produces hydrogen and electricity. Early plants, such as the proposed Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP), may be dual-purpose facilities that demonstrate both hydrogen and efficient electrical generation. Later plants could be singlepurpose facilities. At this stage of development, both single- and dual-purpose facilities need to be understood.