Nuclear Hydrogen Production Based on High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor in China

Ping Zhang; Jingming Xu; Lei Shi; Zuoyi Zhang

doi:10.15302/J-SSCAE-2019.01.004

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Strategic Study of CAE ›› 2019, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1) : 20-28. DOI: 10.15302/J-SSCAE-2019.01.004

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Nuclear Hydrogen Production Based on High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor in China

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Nuclear hydrogen production is one of the most prospective approaches for efficient, massive and CO2-free hydrogen production, while the high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR) which has been intensively developed in China is considered as the most suitable reactor type for nuclear hydrogen production. Currently, the HTGR demonstration plant, HTR-PM, is under construction under the framework of the National Science and Technology Major Project. The principles and main routes for nuclear hydrogen production, including the iodine-sulfur thermochemical water-splitting process, the hybrid sulfur process, as well as the high temperature steam electrolysis, are introduced. The progress of the nuclear hydrogen production technologies both in the world and China are shortly presented and reviewed, and its safety analysis and techno-economic assessment are discussed. In addition, the potential technologies for coupling to the reactor are discussed, and the industrial application of the nuclear hydrogen production based on HTGR is prospected, taking steelmaking by hydrogen as an example. Finally, the development strategy and prospects of nuclear hydrogen production technology in China are proposed.

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high temperature gas cooled reactor / nuclear hydrogen production / thermochemical cycle / high temperature steam electrolysis / technology route

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Ping Zhang, Jingming Xu, Lei Shi, Zuoyi Zhang. Nuclear Hydrogen Production Based on High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor in China. Strategic Study of CAE, 2019, 21(1): 20‒28 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-SSCAE-2019.01.004

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