You could use an organic Rankine cycle or boiling water reactor to generate a little electricity from a similar design.
A On 18 Sep 2017 14:34, "David Sevier" <[email protected]> wrote: > In light of the thermal energy burden, I am wondering if you could combine > a small nuclear pile such as a small modular swimming pool reactor (once > described as the only nuclear power plant design that anyone ever made > profit from) as a heat source without generating electricity with DAC. A > number of DAC processes need heat either at or below 1000C. A small > nuclear reactor should be able to supply this. If the requirement to raise > steam and generate electricity are removed, the cost of the plant and the > cost per KWH of heat should be significantly lower. Such an operation would > not make sense in the early years of DAC but later when scale up becomes > much larger and the world gets serious about DAC, then this could make > sense. Look forward to comments and discussion. Swimming pool reactors had > a good safety record (as far as I am aware), were not that expensive to > build and were not terrible to decommission. > > > > > > David Sevier > > Carbon Cycle Limited > > 248 Sutton Common Road > <https://maps.google.com/?q=248+Sutton+Common+Road+Sutton,+Surrey+SM3+9PW+England&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Sutton, Surrey SM3 9PW > <https://maps.google.com/?q=248+Sutton+Common+Road+Sutton,+Surrey+SM3+9PW+England&entry=gmail&source=g> > > England > <https://maps.google.com/?q=248+Sutton+Common+Road+Sutton,+Surrey+SM3+9PW+England&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Tel 44 (0)208 288 0128 > > Fax 44 (0)208-288 0129 > > > > This email is private and confidential > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
