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Energy optimization of a Sulfur-Iodine thermochemical nuclear hydrogen production cycle

  • Juarez-Martinez, L.C. (Area de Ingenieria en Recursos Energeticos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa) ;
  • Espinosa-Paredes, G. (Area de Ingenieria en Recursos Energeticos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa) ;
  • Vazquez-Rodriguez, A. (Area de Ingenieria en Recursos Energeticos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa) ;
  • Romero-Paredes, H. (Area de Ingenieria en Recursos Energeticos, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa)
  • Received : 2020.03.04
  • Accepted : 2020.12.13
  • Published : 2021.06.25
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Abstract

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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Acknowledgement

The authors acknowledge the financial support received from the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education SEP, under the project 12513383, entitled; Energy Optimization of the Hydrogen Production Process with New Generation of Nuclear Reactors, by which it was possible to develop this research work. The authors are very grateful for the comments and discussions of the Reviewers.

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