Status and research of highly efficient hydrogen production through high temperature steam electrolysis at INET

Hydrogen generation through high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) has recently received increasingly international interest in the large-scale, highly efficient nuclear hydrogen production field. The research and development of HTSE technology was ini...

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Published in:International journal of hydrogen energy 2010-04, Vol.35 (7), p.2829-2835
Main Authors: Bo, Yu, Wenqiang, Zhang, Jingming, Xu, Jing, Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative fuels. Production and utilization
Applied sciences
Construction equipment
Electrolysis
Electrolytic cells
Energy
Energy (nuclear)
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Fission nuclear power plants
Fuels
High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR)
High Temperature Steam Electrolysis (HTSE)
Hydrogen
Hydrogen production
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
Nuclear Hydrogen Production
Oxides
Process heat
Quantitative analysis
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC)
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Summary:Hydrogen generation through high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) has recently received increasingly international interest in the large-scale, highly efficient nuclear hydrogen production field. The research and development of HTSE technology was initiated in INET of Tsinghua University from 2005 as one of the approaches in National Key Special Projects for HTGR which aims at promoting highly efficient and sustainable application of nuclear process heat in the future. In the past three years, the research team mainly focused on preliminary investigation, feasibility study, equipment development and fundamental research. Currently, two bench-scale equipments for the study of HTSE process and SOEC components have been designed and constructed. In addition, the research group made rapid progress in the development of novel anode materials, effective microstructure control of cathodes and theoretically quantitative analysis of hydrogen production efficiency through HTSE coupled with HTGR.
ISSN:0360-3199
1879-3487
DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.037