Integrated scheme analysis and thermodynamic performance study of advanced nuclear-driven hydrogen-electricity co-production systems with iodine-sulfur cycle and combined cycle

Wei Xiong, Qi Wang, Rafael Macián-Juan, Ping Zhang, Xiaoguang Liu, Bo Yang, Ru Li, Ying Wang, Sheng Fang and Mingde Yang

Energy, 2024, vol. 308, issue C

Abstract: A promising method for massive clean hydrogen production is the Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR)-driven Nuclear Hydrogen Production (NHP) system using the Iodine–Sulfur (IS) cycle. Research on integrated scheme and thermodynamic performance of the VHTR-driven NHP system using the IS cycle has, however, received little attention up to this point, particularly when the combined cycle is employed as the power generation cycle. In order to bridge this research gap, this work proposed and studied two distinct VHTR-driven hydrogen-electricity co-production systems with the IS cycle and combined cycle: the independent operating system and the coupled operating system. Thermodynamics was used to model these two systems, and system thermodynamic performance was examined under the baseline operating conditions. A parametric study was further conducted on how two important operating parameters affected system thermodynamic performance. The primary findings indicated that the coupled operating system outperformed the independent operating system in terms of thermodynamic performance. Additionally, both the independent and coupled operating systems could produce hydrogen at the same rate of 289.8 mol/s, with net electrical power outputs of 61.07 MW and 102.7 MW, respectively, under the baseline operating conditions. Furthermore, it was discovered that a rise in the mass flow ratio for both operating systems would result in a notable reduction in system efficiency.

Keywords: Combined cycle; Hydrogen-electricity co-production; Iodine–sulfur cycle; System integrated scheme; Very high temperature reactor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132825

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