A viable process for producing hydrogen synfuel using nuclear fusion heat

Conference · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5696264

Galloway, T R; Brown, L C

This paper describes the results of a two-year program to develop a viable process for the production of hydrogen synfuel from water using the General Atomic Sulfur-Iodine thermochemical cycle, driven by thermal and electrical energy supplied by a Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor. This is the first process to be evolved that has both an attractive thermal efficiency of around 50% and attractive H2 fuel costs of around $10/GJ. The authors show that the key to their TMR/Synfuels plant concept is the development of an interface between the TMR and the cycle that uses as much of the thermal energy as possible and in the most cost-effective manner. At every step in the chemical engineering design development the authors were sensitive to cost issues and thermodynamic availability, simultaneously. There was no single innovation that allowed them to complete the design successfully, but a whole series of small contributions all taken together.

• Research Organization: Mittelhauser Corporation, Berkeley, CA 94705
• OSTI ID: 5696264
• Report Number(s): CONF-820814-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
080102* -- Hydrogen-- Production-- Thermochemical Processes
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200 -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
HALOGENS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
IODINE
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESS HEAT REACTORS
REACTORS
SULFUR
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TMR REACTORS
USES
WATER