Argentine Co-Generation: Energy and Hydrogen Production by Two Different Processes

ANA ESTER BOHE; H.E.P.NASSINI

Viena

Encuentro; IAEA Technical Meeting on The Socio-Economic Aspects of Nuclear Cogeneration; 2016

IAEA

Cogeneration is currently considered as an optimal approach to produce both heat and electricity simultaneously in power generating plants aiming at achieving considerable saving on cost of energy. Meanwhile, cogeneration is also gaining greater attention worldwide due to its role reducing environmental impact of the energy consumption.The purpose of this meeting is to exchange information on the common concerns and challenges related to nuclear cogeneration including design, coupling, operation, and impact of such projects on the economic, social, and environmental aspects, facilitate the exchange of operating experiences generated from nuclear cogeneration demonstrated projects, mainly on desalination, district heating, and hydrogen production applications, and discuss prospects of future nuclear cogeneration using advanced nuclear reactor technologies, mainly small modular reactorsThe techno-economical feasibility of nuclear hydrogen production through the coupling of the three nuclear power plants presently in operation in Argentine with co-located hydrogen generation plants using low-temperature electrolysis was analyzed with the IAEA HEEP software.