Coal gasification system using nuclear heat for ammonia production

Autor:	Yutaka Takenaka, Motoo Fumizawa, Makoto Tonogouchi, Yoshitomo Inaba
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Waste management business.industry Chemistry Mechanical Engineering Fossil fuel Building and Construction Management Monitoring Policy and Law Nuclear reactor law.invention Steam reforming General Energy Energy development Electricity generation law Coal gasification Coal business Thermal energy
Zdroj:	Applied Energy. 67:395-406
ISSN:	0306-2619
Popis:	Utilization of nuclear energy is an effective way of solving the global warming resulting from CO 2 emissions. Thermal energy accounts for more than two thirds of total energy utilization at present and therefore it is significant to extend the utilization of nuclear heat for the effective reduction of CO 2 emissions in the world. This paper describes a coal gasification system using HTGR nuclear heat in an ammonia production plant in terms of industrial utilization of the nuclear heat. The system uses the nuclear heat directly in addition to generating electricity. A steam reforming method using a two-stage coal gasifier is employed: it improves the heat utilization efficiency of the secondary helium gas from the HTGR. Finally, the paper clarifies that the nuclear gasification system can reduce CO 2 emissions by about five hundred thousand tons per year from that of a conventional system using fossil fuel.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::8a274ed9f6ce6b826f1717a3f9cb80cb https://doi.org/10.1016/s0306-2619(00)00037-4 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Full Text from ScienceDirect