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A Review on Nuclear Energy-Based Hydrogen Production Methods

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The majority of the world hydrogen production today is introduced through a more CO2 intensive process from fossil fuels by steam reforming, coal gasification and methane partial oxidation followed by electrolysis of water and biomass gasification. The intense research should be triggered to find out better energy options with low emission, increasing global warming caused by the combustion of fossils fuel. The requirement for the climate action now, therefore, is based on nuclear energy, and this present review presents the recent advances in green H2 production and introduces one of the attractive approaches to achieve large quality of hydrogen by using efficient ways for commercial applications in the near future. Producing a large-scale source of H2 from nuclear energy has potential to play without greenhouse gas emission. Among nuclear energy methods of hydrogen production, (Cu–Cl) cycle is preferred as its lower temperature requirement, safe operation and better overall efficiency than the rest thermochemical cycles.

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Abbreviations

GHG:

Greenhouse gas emission

SFR:

Sodium cooled fast reactor

Ni–YSZ:

Nickel–zirconia

Ir:

Iridium

Pt:

Platinum

LSM:

Strontium-doped lanthanum magnate

UOIT:

Ontario Institute of Technology

MWth:

Megawatt × Million times

HYTHEC:

Hydrogen thermochemical cycles

JAEA:

Japan Atomic Energy Agency

LCA:

Life Cycle Assessment

GWP:

Global warming potential

AP:

Acidification potential

kg CO2 eq:

Kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent

kg SO2-eq:

Kilogram of sulfur dioxide equivalent

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  1. Languages Center, Yangon, Myanmar

    Kyu Kyu Tin

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, 110042, India

    Saumya Swarup

  3. Department of Mechanical, Production & Industrial and Automobile Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, 110042, India

    Anil Kumar

  4. Center for Energy and Environment, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, 110042, India

    Anil Kumar

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  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

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Tin, K.K., Swarup, S., Kumar, A. (2021). A Review on Nuclear Energy-Based Hydrogen Production Methods. In: Kumar, A., Pal, A., Kachhwaha, S.S., Jain, P.K. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering . ICRAME 2020. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_11

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