Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle
The use of nuclear reactors is a large studied possible solution for thermochemical water splitting cycles. Nevertheless, there are several problems that have to be solved. One of them is to increase the efficiency of the cycles. Hence, in this paper, a thermal energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine...
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| author | L.C. Juárez-Martínez G. Espinosa-Paredes A. Vázquez-Rodríguez H. Romero-Paredes |
| author_facet | L.C. Juárez-Martínez G. Espinosa-Paredes A. Vázquez-Rodríguez H. Romero-Paredes |
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| description | The use of nuclear reactors is a large studied possible solution for thermochemical water splitting cycles. Nevertheless, there are several problems that have to be solved. One of them is to increase the efficiency of the cycles. Hence, in this paper, a thermal energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine nuclear hydrogen production cycle was performed by means a heuristic method with the aim of minimizing the energy targets of the heat exchanger network at different minimum temperature differences. With this method, four different heat exchanger networks are proposed. A reduction of the energy requirements for cooling ranges between 58.9-59.8% and 52.6-53.3% heating, compared to the reference design with no heat exchanger network. With this reduction, the thermal efficiency of the cycle increased in about 10% in average compared to the reference efficiency. This improves the use of thermal energy of the cycle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d1c06148eb1426189a91c9cfafdc3672022-12-21T22:02:42ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332021-06-0153620662073Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycleL.C. Juárez-Martínez0G. Espinosa-Paredes1A. Vázquez-Rodríguez2H. Romero-Paredes3Área de Ingeniería en Recursos Energéticos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México City, 09340, MexicoCorresponding author.; Área de Ingeniería en Recursos Energéticos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México City, 09340, MexicoÁrea de Ingeniería en Recursos Energéticos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México City, 09340, MexicoÁrea de Ingeniería en Recursos Energéticos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México City, 09340, MexicoThe use of nuclear reactors is a large studied possible solution for thermochemical water splitting cycles. Nevertheless, there are several problems that have to be solved. One of them is to increase the efficiency of the cycles. Hence, in this paper, a thermal energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine nuclear hydrogen production cycle was performed by means a heuristic method with the aim of minimizing the energy targets of the heat exchanger network at different minimum temperature differences. With this method, four different heat exchanger networks are proposed. A reduction of the energy requirements for cooling ranges between 58.9-59.8% and 52.6-53.3% heating, compared to the reference design with no heat exchanger network. With this reduction, the thermal efficiency of the cycle increased in about 10% in average compared to the reference efficiency. This improves the use of thermal energy of the cycle.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573320309827Nuclear hydrogen productionEnergy integrationHeat exchanger networkSulfur–iodine cycle |
| spellingShingle | L.C. Juárez-Martínez G. Espinosa-Paredes A. Vázquez-Rodríguez H. Romero-Paredes Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle Nuclear Engineering and Technology Nuclear hydrogen production Energy integration Heat exchanger network Sulfur–iodine cycle |
| title | Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| title_full | Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| title_fullStr | Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| title_short | Energy optimization of a Sulfur–Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| title_sort | energy optimization of a sulfur iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle |
| topic | Nuclear hydrogen production Energy integration Heat exchanger network Sulfur–iodine cycle |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573320309827 |
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