A hybrid thermochemical electrolytic process for hydrogen production based on the reverse Deacon reaction

Potential thermochemical and hybrid cycles for nuclear-based hydrogen production

“…The simple concepts of low-temperature cycles are illustrated in Figure 3(a-d), respectively, which are drawn based on some literature data and information, as reported elsewhere [30,41,[43][44][45][46].…”

“…The magnesium-chloride cycle. The magnesium-chloride (Reverse Deacon Cycle) has been developed by Simpson et al [44] at Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The magnesium-chloride cycle basically consists of three reactions: two thermochemical and one electrolytic.…”

“…Further proof-of-principle tests must be run to establish the viability of this process. Furthermore, Simpson et al [44] analyzed preliminarily the efficiency aspects. The proof-of-concept and lab-scale experiments have been performed.…”

Performance assessment of solar-driven integrated Mg–Cl cycle for hydrogen production

“…The magnesiumechlorine (based on Reverse Deacon Cycle) was studied by Simpson et al [28] at Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The hybrid MgeCl cycle is a three step process which consists of two thermochemical and one electrochemical reaction.…”

“…Furthermore, it is important to note that one of the co-product of the chlorination step is oxygen, which has a commercial value. The given first and second steps sums to the reverse Deacon reaction which requires relatively low temperatures [28].…”