Development of hydrogen production technology using FBR (planning report)

Ono, Kiyoshi ; Ohtaki, Akira ; Chikazawa, Yoshitaka  ; Nakagiri, Toshio  ; not registered; Sekine, Takashi ; not registered

This report describes the features of technology, the schedule and the organization for the research and development regarding the hydrogen production technology using FBR thermal energy. Now, the hydrogen production system is proposed as one of new business models for FBR deployment. This system is the production of hydrogen either thermal energy at approximately 500deg-C or electricity produced by a sodium cooled FBR. Hydrogen is expected to be one of the future dean secondary energies without carbon-dioxide emission. Meanwhile the global energy demand will increase, especially in Asian countries, and the energy supply by fossil fuels is not the best choice considering the green house effect and the stability of energy supply. The development of the hydrogen technology using FBR that satisfies "sustainable energy development" and "utilization of energies free from environmental pollution" will be one of the promising options. Based on the above mentioned recognition, we propose the direction of the development, the issues to be solved, the time schedule, the budget, and the organization for R&D of three hydrogen production technologies, the thermochemical hybrid process, the low temperature steam reforming process, and the high temperature steam electrolysis process in JNC.