To: HereInTheHeartland; neutronsgalore
Time for many new nuke plants here in the US with hydrogen splitting plants next to them.
Here is an
article on the subject. I think that hydrogen itself will make a poor transport fuel due to its energy density (half the BTU's by volume as gasoline) and need for cryogenic storage, but will make a valuable feedstock. The reactors that generate heat this high could also be used to provide the process heat for other types of synthetic fuel production.
214 posted on
01/27/2006 9:12:44 PM PST by
fallujah-nuker
(America needs more SAC and less empty sacs.)
To: fallujah-nuker
" .. think that hydrogen itself will make a poor transport fuel due to its energy density (half the BTU's by volume as gasoline) "
Correct point, and enough to tell us that hydrogen-powered cars is a pipe dream. It's either gasoline, LPG, electricity or bio-fuels.
"The reactors that generate heat this high could also be used to provide the process heat for other types of synthetic fuel production."
Possible, so you may have hydrogen from nuclear plants feeding a coal syngas plant.
281 posted on
01/28/2006 12:09:08 PM PST by
WOSG
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