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Can hydrogen be the transportation fuel in an otherwise nuclear economy?
Let’s face it: The global economy should be powered primarily by nuclear power. And it probably will by the end of this century, with a still-significant assist from renewables and hydro. Once nuclear systems are dominant, the costs come down to where gas is now; and when carbon emissions are reduced to a small portion of their present state, it will become obvious that most other sources are only good in niche settings. I mean, why use small modular reactors to load-follow when they can just produce that power instead of buffering it?
V.D. Trenin, I.A. Alekseev, I.A. Baranov, S.D. Bondarenko, S.P. Karpov, K.A. Konoplev, T.V. Vasyanina, O.A. Fedorchenko, V.S. Kortikov, A.S. Bronstein, A.K. Golovchenko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 761-766
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30496
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The full scale experimental assembly for study of the hydrogen isotope separation by cryogenic distillation is described. The cryogenic column has the diameter up to 300 mm, height of 5,5 m and place in the vacuum jacket diameter of 1200 mm and height of 6,5 m. There is a possibility to change the mass exchange sections of the column with various packings replacing of sections with diameter from 80 to 300 mm. Circulation gas flow in the column is up to 10 kMol per hour. Hydraulic and separation characteristics of the mass exchange packings of various types were studied by using the next working mixtures: Ar-O2, o-p-H2, H2-HD-D2, HD-D2-DT. The best values of the height transfer unit (HTU) were obtained for the packing produced from copper wire and put through chemical treatment and plate type with a small distance between plates. HTU was equal respectively 5–6 cm and 7–8 cm. A set of experiments was carried out for the improvement and understanding of the problems connected with safety of detritiation plant, for example, the freezing of air on the cryogenic surfaces of the column when in the jacket the microcrack is formed during operation and et. al.