Experimental Performance Evaluation of a Multi-stream Heat Exchanger for Integration of High-Temperature Steam Electrolysis with Nuclear Reactor Systems
Sin-Yeob Kim, Byung Ha Park, Sung-Deok Hong, Chan Soo Kim
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Abstract
Printed-circuit type multi-stream heat exchanger was designed and fabricated to produce high-temperature steam and air simultaneously from high-temperature helium heated using the helium loop, which is simulating VHTR (Very-High Temperature gas-cooled Reactor). This study describes the design methodology and the heat transfer performance evaluation results of the multi-stream heat exchanger for stable supply of high temperature steam and air to a 30 kWe SOEC (solid-oxide electrolyzer cell) system to produce hydrogen with high-temperature nuclear reactor systems. In order to control the steam supply above 700 ℃, the steam supply control methodology was established with a pressure control valve between the multi-stream heat exchanger and a steam generator. In this study, 20 kg/hr of steam over 800 ℃ and 110 SLPM of air over 750 ℃ were supplied stably with the multi-stream heat exchanger using helium loop. The heat transfer performance evaluation for steam is 1.1% below the design condition, which meets the design value within the error range. However, for air, the heat transfer was found to be 50.6% less than the design value due to a decrease in flow rate and reduced heat transfer performance caused by the formation of a deposition layer along the flow path. This high-temperature steam and air supply system will be connected with a high-temperature steam electrolysis system to perform the integral hydrogen production test using helium loop.
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The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering provides a global forum for the dissemination of research in chemical engineering. The Journal publishes significant research results obtained in the Asia-Pacific region, and simultaneously introduces recent technical progress made in other areas of the world to this region. Submitted research papers must be of potential industrial significance and specifically concerned with chemical engineering. The editors will give preference to papers having a clearly stated practical scope and applicability in the areas of chemical engineering, and to those where new theoretical concepts are supported by new experimental details. The Journal also regularly publishes featured reviews on emerging and industrially important subjects of chemical engineering as well as selected papers presented at international conferences on the subjects.