High-temperature gas-cooled reactors — energy source for industrial production of hydrogen.

Autor: Mitenkov, F., Kodochigov, N., Vasyaev, A., Golovko, V., Ponomarev-Stepnoi, N., Kukharkin, N., Stolyarevskii, A.
Zdroj: Atomic Energy; Dec2004, Vol. 97 Issue 6, p829-840, 12p
Abstrakt: High-temperature helium-cooled reactors are the best understood nuclear technology that can supply high-temperature heat for thermal processes for producing hydrogen. The GT-MGR reactor — an innovative international modular design of a helium-cooled reactor with a gas-turbine cycle — best meets the requirements for hydrogen production and is proposed as a basis for a nuclear energy source. In this paper, the technical aspects of the proposed application of HTGR as a source of energy for producing hydrogen are analyzed. The required parameters of the energy obtained from HTGR for the presently completed and future hydrogen-production technology are examined. The problems and additional R&D work on the use of HTGR at high helium temperatures are indicated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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