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Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po... by analog31 on Saturday August 10, 2024 @09:46PM (#41213465)
You pipe it somewhere and burn it, in a heater, or an engine, or a smaller generator, the way natural gas is used today. Or fill a tank with it and power a vehicle.

However, I appreciate the point made about hydrogen escaping and causing embrittlement of materials.

Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po... by g15jv2dp on Sunday August 11, 2024 @01:18AM (#41214135)
You want to use thermal energy to make hydrogen, then burn that hydrogen to make thermal energy, possibly even to harvest that thermal energy to produce electricity...
Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po... by analog31 on Sunday August 11, 2024 @09:59AM (#41216201)
The idea is that nuclear fission produces thermal energy, the production of hydrogen provides a means of storing and transporting that energy to its point of use. It might be useful to draw a diagram.

Electricity is really just another means to the same end. You can't use all of the energy generated by a power plant, at the plant site, so you transport the energy to places where it's needed.