Comparative analysis of associated cost of nuclear hydrogen production using IAEA hydrogen cost estimation program |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Abuja, Nigeria;2. Department of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria;1. Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, 34110, Qatar;2. Oxford Thermofluids Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, OX2 OES, UK;3. Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar;4. Gas Processing Center, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, 2713, Qatar;1. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, Fujian, China;2. Department College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, Shandong, China;3. National Engineering Research Center of Chemical Fertilizer Catalyst, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China;1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Hazardous Chemical Safety and Control, College of Safety Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China;2. School of Safety Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China;3. Zhejiang Institute of Tianjin University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China;1. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China;3. National Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metals Materials and Products for New Energy, GRINM Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100088, China;4. GRIMAT Engineering Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing, 101407, China;5. School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK |
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| Abstract: | The interest in non-electric applications of nuclear energy is rising ranging from hydrogen production, district heating, seawater desalination, and various industrial applications to provide long-term answers for a variety of energy issues that both present and future generations will confront. Hydrogen is a dynamic fuel that can be used across all industrial sectors to lower carbon intensity. This study, therefore, aims at estimating the cost of nuclear hydrogen production from some light water reactors using International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Hydrogen Calculator (HydCalc) program and comparing the result with similar existing studies conducted by other scholars using the Hydrogen Economic Evaluation Program (HEEP) program. The study employs six existing Light Water Reactors (LWRs) comprised of Korea Advanced Power Reactor 1400 MW electricity (APR1400), Russian VVER-1200, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio, Prairie Island NPP in Minnesota, Nine Mile Point NPP in New York, and Arizona Public Service's Palo Verde NPP to evaluate the Levelized cost of nuclear hydrogen production. Estimation of hydrogen demand was performed without carbon dioxide (CO2) tax since nuclear power has zero CO2 emission. The Levelized costs obtained using IAEA HydCalc and HEEP Programme were compared as follows; APR1400 cost are 2.6$/kg and 3.18$/kg, VVER1200 cost are 3.8$/kg and 3.44$/kg; Exelon cost are 1.7$/kg and 4.85$/kg; Davis Besse cost are 3.9$/kg and 3.09$/kg; Parlo Verde cost are 3.5$/kg and 4.77$/kg; Xcel Energy cost are 3.63$/kg and 0.69$/kg. The cost of hydrogen production using HEEP for Xcel Energy's Prairie Island NPP is 0.69 $/kg. This is because the reactor utilizes High Temperature Steam Electrolysis, method of hydrogen production, while the other methods employs Low Temperature Electrolysis. The results shows that the final price of the hydrogen for each reactor technology depends not only on the production method but also on the cost of the nuclear power plant and the production rate of the hydrogen plant. |
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| Keywords: | Nuclear hydrogen production Hydrogen economic evaluation program Hydrogen calculator Temperature electrolysis Feedstock Levelized Cost of Electricity |
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