Initial Operation of the High Temperature Electrolysis Integrated Laboratory Scale Experiment at INL
An integrated laboratory scale, 15 kW high-temperature electrolysis facility has been developed at the Idaho National Laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative. Initial operation of this facility resulted in over 400 hours of operation with an average hydrogen production rate of approximately 0.9 Nm3/hr. The integrated laboratory scale facility is designed to address larger-scale issues such as thermal management (feed-stock heating, high-temperature gas handling), multiple-stack hot-zone design, multiple-stack electrical configurations, and other “integral” issues. This paper documents the initial operation of the ILS, with experimental details about heat-up, initial stack performance, as well as long-term operation and stack degradation.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE - NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-99ID-13727
- OSTI ID:
- 940057
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-08-13745; TRN: US0806973
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2008 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '08),Anaheim, California,06/08/2008,06/12/2008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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