Title :
Hydrogen Production from Biomass using Nuclear Fusion Energy
Author :
Kimura, Hiroki ; Takeuchi, Yuto ; Yamamoto, Yasushi ; Konishi, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Adv. Energy, Kyoto Univ.
Abstract :
Hydrogen deserves of a future energy medium in terms of global environmental issues and fossil resource constraints. This study intends to examine the feasibility of hydrogen production process by nuclear fusion heat. This process potentially provides hydrogen at significantly better efficiency than other proposed reaction such as electrolysis from renewable source with little CO2 emission, and is formulated as (C6H10O5)n+mH2Orarr6nH 2+6nCO-n814 kJ. The experimental result at 1273 K showed complete gasification of cellulose, and hydrogen was obtained at the conversion efficiency of respectively 40 percent of material and 50% of heat. A concept of a reactor and fusion-hydrogen plant is presented
Keywords :
bioenergy conversion; fusion reactor design; hydrogen economy; nuclear power; organic compounds; reaction kinetics; 6nCO; 6nH2; C6H10O5)n+mH2O reaction; CO2 emission; cellulose; complete gasification; electrolysis; fossil resource constraints; fusion-hydrogen plant design; global environmental issues; hydrogen production process; nuclear fusion heat; renewable source; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Electrochemical processes; Fusion power generation; Fusion reactors; Hydrogen; Infrared heating; Production; Temperature; Water heating; biomass; component; fusion energy; hydrogen;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering 2005, Twenty-First IEEE/NPS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
Print_ISBN :
0-4244-0150-X
Electronic_ISBN :
0-4244-0150-X
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2005.252960
