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LAPSE:2023.16827
Economic Dispatch Model of Nuclear High-Temperature Reactor with Hydrogen Cogeneration in Electricity Market
James Richards, Cristian Rabiti, Hiroyuki Sato, Xing L. Yan, Nolan Anderson
March 3, 2023
Hydrogen produced without carbon emissions could be a useful fuel as nations look to decarbonize their electricity, transport, and industry sectors. Using the iodine−sulfur (IS) cycle coupled with a nuclear heat source is one method for producing hydrogen without the use of fossil fuels. An economic dispatch model was developed for a nuclear-driven IS system to determine hydrogen sale prices that would make such a system profitable. The system studied is the HTTR-GT/H2, a design for power and hydrogen cogeneration at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor. This study focuses on the development of the economic model and the role that input data plays in the final calculated values. Using a historical price duration curve shows that the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) or breakeven sale price of hydrogen would need to be 98.1 JPY/m3 or greater. Synthetic time histories were also used and found the LCOH to be 67.5 JPY/m3. The price duration input was found to have a significant effect on the LCOH. As such, great care should be used in these economic dispatch analyses to select reasonable input assumptions.
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economic dispatch, Hydrogen, integrated energy systems, iodine–sulfur cycle, Nuclear, Stochastic Optimization
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Richards J, Rabiti C, Sato H, Yan XL, Anderson N. Economic Dispatch Model of Nuclear High-Temperature Reactor with Hydrogen Cogeneration in Electricity Market. (2023). LAPSE:2023.16827
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Richards J: Nuclear Science and Technology Directorate, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, USA; Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, USA
Rabiti C: Nuclear Science and Technology Directorate, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, USA
Sato H: Sector of Fast Reactor and Advanced Reactor Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
Yan XL: Sector of Fast Reactor and Advanced Reactor Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai 319-1195, Japan
Anderson N: Nuclear Science and Technology Directorate, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83402, USA
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Energies
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14
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24
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8289
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2021
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2021-12-09
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1996-1073
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