(226c) Identifying Opportunities and Recommendations for the Integration of Nuclear Integrated Energy Systems with Industrial Heat Users
AIChE Annual Meeting
2023
2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
Environmental Division
Design and Optimization of Integrated Energy Systems
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 4:06pm to 4:24pm
The industrial processes are prioritized by: operational heat characteristics that can be provided by nuclear systems, sufficient energy requirements to merit nuclear plant construction, and environmental benefit of replacing existing energy production with carbon-free nuclear power. Other decarbonization opportunities considered include the addition of nuclear-powered electrolysis processes for hydrogen-intense industries or high-temperature electric heating where thermal requirements exceed nuclear generation conditions. Through the selection of a few technologies, INL will focus on documenting and characterizing selected technologies to develop preliminary but detailed information of what energy streams within the industrial process may be replaced by a nuclear source. To promote integrated energy system deployments, the identification of generalized requirements within specific industries will support preliminary designs for thermal and electrical integration of nuclear power with industrial applications.