Considerations on hydrogen as a future energy carrier and its production by nuclear power: an overview compiled
Considerations on hydrogen as a future energy carrier and its production by nuclear power: an overview compiled
1. Introduction: In 1996, the $\textit{world's consumption of primary energy}$ amounted to 8380 MTOE, where 90 % originated from fossil fuels and the remainder from nuclear power and renewale energies. Currently hydro (20%) and nuclear (17%) are the only significant non-fossil contributors to e...
| Personal Name(s): | Verfondern, Karl (Corresponding author) |
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| Contributing Institute: |
Publikationen vor 2000; PRE-2000; Retrocat |
| Imprint: |
Jülich
Institut für Sicherheitsforschung und Reaktortechnik
1997
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| Physical Description: |
XXXIII, 281 S. |
| Document Type: |
Internal Report |
| Research Program: |
ohne Topic |
| Link: |
OpenAccess |
| Publikationsportal JuSER |
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1. Introduction: In 1996, the $\textit{world's consumption of primary energy}$ amounted to 8380 MTOE, where 90 % originated from fossil fuels and the remainder from nuclear power and renewale energies. Currently hydro (20%) and nuclear (17%) are the only significant non-fossil contributors to electricity production. Burning hydrocarbons means liberation of carbonoxide gases with undesirable side effects: CO$_{2}$ is currently labeled as one of the primary causes of the $\textit{greenhouse effect}$. The second thought on hydrocarbons is its limited supply on earth. The future energy supply mix will depend on the magnitude of the demand growth, changing objectives and social priorities, and the technologies to meet them. A strong demand for more energy (plus 1,6 %yr) is expected, but no significant change in the world's energy-mix. Facing future with an arrayy of options and flexible strategies is recommended. Limited resources of fossil energy resources and pending environmental issues are likely to increase the significance of non-fossil energies - water, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal - in the long run. $\textit{Nuclear power}$ is considered by many to be the most promising CO$_{2}$-free energy technology. Principally used as a base load power plants, nuclear off-peak electricity could be taken for $\textit{hydrogen}$ production. Nuclear hydrocarbon refinement and conversion contributes to fundamental objectives of energy policy: energy security, saving of resources, protection of the environment. In a future low-emission energy economy, the energy carrier hydrogen could become a strong contender using its advantages compared to other elternatives. |