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Terrestrial Energy, Schneider partner on molten salt reactor
Terrestrial Energy and Schneider Electric are teaming to deploy Terrestrial Energy's integral molten salt reactor (IMSR) to provide zero-emission power to industrial facilities and large data centers.
The companies signed a memorandum of understanding in April to jointly develop commercial opportunities with high-energy users looking for reliable, affordable, and zero-carbon baseload supply. Terrestrial Energy said that working with Schneider “offers solutions to the major energy challenges faced by data center operators and many heavy industries operating a wide range of industrial processes such as hydrogen, ammonia, aluminum, and steel production.”
Francesco Celani, Antonio Spallone, Paolo Tripodi, Alessandra Petrocchi, Daniele di Gioacchino, Massimiliano Boutet, Paolo Marini, Vittorio Di Stefano, Marco Diociaiuti, William Collis
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 29 | Number 3 | May 1996 | Pages 398-404
Technical Paper | Electrolytic Devices for Energy Generation | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A30727
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A high-current (up to 100 A), short-pulse (1-µs duration) electrolysis technique is presented that permits high loading (D/Pd up to 1.2) of deuterium in palladium cathodes. Several different cold-worked palladium plates were used as cathodes, and some underwent surface treatments (oxidation or addition of intermetallic compounds). The surface-treated plates showed atypical deuterium absorption dynamics, and the D/Pd loading ratio exceeded 1. Moreover, during initial loading, these cathodes showed anomalous excess heat (up to 80%) far greater than the absorption enthalpy. The pure palladium surface plates did not show this effect.