Integrated laboratory scale demonstration experiment of S-I cycle
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique DEN/VRH/DTEC BP17171 - Marcoule - 30207 BAGNOLS SUR CEZE Cedex (France)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, DEN/DANS/DPC - Centre de Saclay - 91191 GIF-SUR YVETTE Cedex (France)
The Sulfur Iodine thermochemical cycle for the production of hydrogen is one of the promising approaches for use with next generation high temperature advanced nuclear reactors. Within the framework of an international collaboration (I-NERI project) between the American DOE and the French CEA, the development of a laboratory scale hydrogen production loop using the sulfur iodine cycle will be performed under prototypic conditions to demonstrate the key chemical processes, to check the materials and to provide the technical basis for evaluating the S-I cycle for nuclear hydrogen production (process efficiency and preliminary costs). The S-I cycle has been split into three sections. Each must complete stand alone tests prior to closed loop operation. CEA is responsible for the development, construction and operation of the Bunsen section where hydro-iodic acid and sulfuric acid are generated. After a general description of the loop and its objectives, a focus is made on the section provided by CEA, its design and the first tests performed in stand-alone mode. Reflexions on a preliminary scale up of major components for an industrial unit are also discussed. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 20979746
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Advanced nuclear fuel cycles and systems (GLOBAL 2007), Boise - Idaho (United States), 9-13 Sep 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France; 2 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of GLOBAL 2007 conference on advanced nuclear fuel cycles and systems, 1873 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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