Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po...
by g15jv2dp on Sunday August 11, 2024 @01:18AM
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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...
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Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po...
by analog31 on Sunday August 11, 2024 @09:59AM
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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.