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Assessment of Very High-Temperature Reactors in Process Applications.
Appendix III. Engineering Evaluation of Process Heat Applications for very-High Temperature Reactors - 1977

Wiggins, D. S.
Williams, J. J.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1
1.1 Authorization 1-1
1.2 General Conclusions 1-2
1.3 Scope of Evaluation 1-3
1.4 Results and Specific Conclusions 1-5
2 Basis of Study 2
2.1 Base Case - GA/S&W Synthetic Pipeline Gas Process 2-1
2.2 Comparable Coal-Fueled Coal Conversion Processes 2-1
2.3 Sources of Cost Data 2-1
2.4 Cost Factors and Methods Used 2-2
2.5 Scaling Factors 2-3
2.6 Types of Coal Used 2-3
2.7 Efficiency 2-4
2.8 Product Pressure 2-4
3 Nuclear-Heated Coal Gasification Processes 3
3.1 GA/S&W Pipeline Gas Plan 3-1
3.2 GA/S&W Synthesis Gas Plant 3-10
3.3 GA/S&W Hydrogen Plant 3-16
4 Coal-Fueled Coal Conversion Processes 4
4.1 Lurgi Synthetic Pipeline Gas Plant 4-1
4.2 Hygas Pipeline Gas Plant 4-9
4.3 Koppers-Totzek Synthesis Gas Plant 4-25
4.4 Koppers-Totzek Hydrogen Plant 4-34
5 Coal Liquefaction 5
5.1 Description of the Process 5-1
5.2 Economic Evaluation 5-4
5.3 Major Pollution Outputs 5-6
5.4 References 5-7
6 Application of Synthesis Gas to Methanol Production 6
6.1 Methanol Process Requirements 6-1
6.2 Synthesis Gas Suitability 6-2
6.3 Costs of Methanol from Selected Synthesis Gases 6-4
6.4 References 6-6
7 Application to Steel Production 7
7.1 Nuclear Energy Applications in Steel Making 7-1
7.2 Economics of Nuclear Steel Making 7-3
7.3 Pollution 7-8
7.4 Reference 7-10
8 Westinghouse Hydrogen Production Process 8
8.1 Description of the Process 8-1
8.2 Major Pollution Outputs 8-4
8.3 Process Thermal Efficiency 8-4
8.4 Costs 8-5
8.5 References 8-7