Reaction and Separations for Thermochemical Cycles

Thursday, November 12, 2009: 3:15 PM
Pres. Boardroom A (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:
This session focuses on recent developments that advance hydrogen production by novel water splitting processes that reduce reliance on fossil fuels. The primary area for this session will be thermochemical cycles but the session will focus specifically on reaction and separation process, including reactive distillation, that are either necessary for reactions within the cycles or that improve efficiency or operability of the cycles. Contributions related to all thermochemical cycles as well as other water-splitting methods, including photoelectrochemical, and photobiological are encouraged.


Sponsor:
Topical 8: Hydrogen Production for a Hydrogen Economy
Co-Sponsor(s):
Nuclear Engineering Division (14)


Chair:
Daniel M. Ginosar
Email: daniel.ginosar@inl.gov


3:15 PM
(631a) Carbon Catalysts for Hydrogen Iodide (HI) Decompostion Inside the S-I Thermochemical Cycle
Paolo Favuzza, Luigi Bimbi, Claudio Felici, Luigi Nardi, Annarita Spadoni and Pietro Tarquini

4:05 PM
(631c) Experimental Studies of the Bunsen Reaction in the Sulfur-Iodine Process
Mariapaola Parisi, Alberto Giaconia, Salvatore Sau, Annarita Spadoni, Giampaolo Caputo and Pietro Tarquini

4:30 PM
(631d) Efficient Hydrogen Production with the Reformer Sponge Iron Cycle (RESC)
Markus Thaler, Viktor Hacker and Matthaeus Siebenhofer

4:55 PM
(631e) H2 Generation From Water-Splitting Using Novel Ferrite Foam Materials
Rajesh Shende, Jan A. Puszynski, Rahul Bhosale and Michael Opoku