Commercial scale performance predictions for high-temperature electrolysis plants coupled to three advanced reactor types

International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2008

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2295-2306

  O'Brien, J E ^a   McKellar, M G ^a   Herring, J S ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED REACTORS; BRAYTON POWER CYCLE; HELIUM-COOLED REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; LOW HEATING VALUES; OPERATING CONDITION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; POWER CYCLE; PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS; PROCESS LOOPS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RECOMPRESSION; SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTOR; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; GAS PRODUCERS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SODIUM; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

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EID: 70349880851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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