Analysis of tritium behavior in very high temperature gas-cooled reactor coupled with thermochemical iodine-sulfur process for hydrogen production

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1215-1227

  Ohashi, Hirofumi ^a   Sakaba, Nariaki ^a   Nishihara, Tetsuo ^a   Tachibana, Yukio ^a   Kunitomi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GTHTR300C; HTGR; HTTR; Hydrogen; Intermediate heat exchanger; IS process; Splitting; Thermochemical water; Tritium; Very high temperature gas cooled reactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMBUSTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COUPLED CIRCUITS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GRAPHITE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INERT GASES; IODINE; MIXED CONVECTION; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDE FILMS; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; SILICON CARBIDE; SULFUR; TRITIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

GTHTR300C; HTGR; HTTR; INTERMEDIATE HEAT EXCHANGER; IS PROCESS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 56149086090     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2008.9711909     Document Type: Article

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