Development of an evaluation method for the HTTR-IS nuclear hydrogen production system

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 956-965

  Sato, Hiroyuki ^a   Kubo, Shinji ^a   Sakaba, Nariaki ^a   Ohashi, Hirofumi ^a   Tachibana, Yukio ^a   Kunitomi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LOADS; AQUEOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CHEMISTRY MODELS; DECOMPOSER; DEW POINTS; EVALUATION METHOD; HTTR-IS SYSTEM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; INTERFACE SCHEMES; IS DESIGN; IS PROCESS; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MITIGATION EFFECTS; MODEL INTERFACE; NUCLEAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; PRESSURE CONTROL VALVES; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEST REACTOR; THERMOCHEMICAL MODELS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

BOILING POINT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; GAS PRODUCERS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; IODINE; MODEL STRUCTURES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REACTION KINETICS; REACTOR OPERATION; STANDARDIZATION; SULFUR; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 67349122270     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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