The problems of using a high-temperature sodium coolant in nuclear power plants for the production of hydrogen and other innovative applications

The intensity of the hydrogen sources arriving from the third contour of installation in second in comparison with the hydrogen sources on NPP BN-600 increases by two - three order at using of high-temperature nuclear power plants with the sodium coolant (HT-NPP) for drawing of hydrogen and other in...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2017-11, Vol.891 (1), p.12086
Main Authors: Sorokin, A.P., Alexeev, V.V., Kuzina, Ju.A., Konovalov, M.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cesium
Chemical industry
Coolants
Food processing industry
Gasification
High temperature
Hydrogen
Hydrogen production
Liquefaction
Liquid fuels
Maintenance
Metallurgy
Niobium
Nuclear fuel elements
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear power plants
Petroleum refining
Physics
Processing industry
Sodium
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Summary:The intensity of the hydrogen sources arriving from the third contour of installation in second in comparison with the hydrogen sources on NPP BN-600 increases by two - three order at using of high-temperature nuclear power plants with the sodium coolant (HT-NPP) for drawing of hydrogen and other innovative applications (gasification and a liquefaction of coal, profound oil refining, transformation of biomass to liquid fuel, in the chemical industry, metallurgy, the food-processing industry etc.). For these conditions basic new technological solutions are offered. The main condition of their implementation is raise of hydrogen concentration in the sodium coolant on two - three order in comparison with the modern NPP, in a combination to hydrogen removal from sodium and its pumping out through membranes from vanadium or niobium. The researches with use diffusive model have shown possibility to expel a casium inflow in sodium through a leakproof shell of fuel rods if vary such parameters as a material of fuel rods shell, its thickness and maintenance time at design of fuel rods for high-temperature NPP. However maintenance of high-temperature NPP in the presence of casium in sodium is inevitable at loss of leakproof of a fuel rods shell. In these conditions for minimisation of casium diffusion in structural materials it is necessary to provide deep clearing of sodium from cesium.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/891/1/012086