Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room 250 D (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Topical G: Nuclear Energy and the Hydrogen Economy (TG)

#166 - Developments in Thermochemical and Electrolytic Routes to Hydrogen Production: Part I (TG000)
This symposium focuses on nontraditional methods for generating hydrogen that would reduce reliance on fossil fuels. A leading candidate is the use of heat from an advanced, high temperature nuclear reactor to dissociate water into hydrogen and oxygen. However, papers on any novel process for generating hydrogen, whether based on a nuclear energy source or otherwise, are encouraged. Typical processes include: * thermochemical cycles (e.g. Sulfur-Iodine); * hybrid cycles (e.g. Hybrid Sulfur); * electrolysis; * photoelectrochemical methods; * photobiological methods. Session I focuses on the Sulfur-Iodine cycle.
Chair:Maximilian B. Gorensek
CoChair:Daniel M. Ginosar
CoSponsor(s):Nuclear Engineering Division (14)
8:30 AMStatus of the Sulfur-Iodine Integrated Lab Scale Experiment
Benjamin E. Russ, Robert T. Buckingham, Lloyd Brown, Gottfried Besenbruch, Paul Pickard, M. Helie
8:55 AMContinuous Flow Operation of a Bunsen Reactor in the Iodine-Sulfur Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycle
Alberto Giaconia, Salvatore Sau, Giampaolo Caputo, Claudio Felici, Pietro Tarquini
9:20 AMTitania-Supported Platinum-Group Metal Catalysts For Sulfur-Based Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycles
Lucia M. Petkovic, Daniel M. Ginosar, Kyle C. Burch
9:45 AMSupported Metal Particle Catalysts For Sulfuric Acid Decomposition Reaction
Sergey N. Rashkeev, Daniel M. Ginosar, Lucia M. Petkovic, Helen H. Farrell
10:10 AMActivated Carbon Catalysts For Hydrogen Production In The Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle
Daniel M. Ginosar, Lucia M. Petkovic, Kyle C. Burch
10:35 AMDecomposition of Hydrogen Iodide in the S-I Thermochemical Cycle Ni Catalyst Systems
Annarita Spadoni, Michela Lanchi, Claudio Felici, Paolo Favuzza, Raffaele Liberatore, Pietro Tarquini, Carlo Mazzocchia, Carmen Alina Tito
11:00 AMMembrane Separations Technology for the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle
Frederick F. Stewart, Christopher J. Orme

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