Chemical engineering challenges in driving thermochemical hydrogen processes with the tandem mirror reactor

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6932495

Galloway, T R; Werner, R W

The Tandem Mirror Reactor is described and compared with Tokamaks, both from a basic physics viewpoint and from the suitability of the respective reactor for synfuel production. Differences and similarities between the TMR as an electricity producer or a synfuel producer are also cited. The Thermochemical cycle chosen to link with the fusion energy source is the General Atomic Sulfur-Iodine Cycle, which is a purely thermal-driven process with no electrochemical steps. There are real chemical engineering challenges of getting this high quality heat into the large thermochemical plant in an efficient manner. We illustrate with some of our approaches to providing process heat via liquid sodium to drive a 1050 K, highly-endothermic, catalytic and fluidized-bed SO/sub 3/ Decomposition Reactor. The technical, economic, and safety tradeoffs that arise are discussed.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6932495
• Report Number(s): UCRL-84632; CONF-801104-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DESIGN
ELEMENTS
HALOGENS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
IODINE
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
NONMETALS
SULFUR
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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