Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor

The aim of this study is to investigate the hydrogen production potential of the Mg-Cl (magnesium chloride) cycle in the SOMBRERO fusion reactor. Three different percentages of UO2 nuclear fuel, namely 2%, 6% and 10%, have been used while keeping the fuel zone thickness constant. The performance of...

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Main Authors: Gamze Şener, Adem Acır
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Published: Gazi University 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gujsc/issue/85642/1487776
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description The aim of this study is to investigate the hydrogen production potential of the Mg-Cl (magnesium chloride) cycle in the SOMBRERO fusion reactor. Three different percentages of UO2 nuclear fuel, namely 2%, 6% and 10%, have been used while keeping the fuel zone thickness constant. The performance of the SOMBRERO fusion reactor has been considered statically. The neutronic calculations have performed with Monte Carlo neutron transport code. Firstly, it has been determined that the tritium breeding ratio (TBR) and energy multiplication factor (M) values depends on neutronically. Secondly, the amount of hydrogen production with by using energy multiplication factor (M) have been performed. The highest hydrogen production has been obtained as 8,12687 kg/s for 10% UO2 fuel ratio.
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spelling doaj-art-1c7ceb8e4b514b7cbe038b99f0143a3a2025-08-20T03:09:54ZengGazi UniversityGazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi2147-95262024-06-0112259660410.29109/gujsc.1487776Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion ReactorGamze Şener0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-879XAdem Acır1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-3623GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİThe aim of this study is to investigate the hydrogen production potential of the Mg-Cl (magnesium chloride) cycle in the SOMBRERO fusion reactor. Three different percentages of UO2 nuclear fuel, namely 2%, 6% and 10%, have been used while keeping the fuel zone thickness constant. The performance of the SOMBRERO fusion reactor has been considered statically. The neutronic calculations have performed with Monte Carlo neutron transport code. Firstly, it has been determined that the tritium breeding ratio (TBR) and energy multiplication factor (M) values depends on neutronically. Secondly, the amount of hydrogen production with by using energy multiplication factor (M) have been performed. The highest hydrogen production has been obtained as 8,12687 kg/s for 10% UO2 fuel ratio.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gujsc/issue/85642/1487776sombrero fusion reactormg-clhydrogenneutronictritium
spellingShingle Gamze Şener
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Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
Gazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi
sombrero fusion reactor
mg-cl
hydrogen
neutronic
tritium
title Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
title_full Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
title_fullStr Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
title_short Utilization of Magnesium Chloride (Mg-Cl) cycle for Hydrogen Production of SOMBRERO Fusion Reactor
title_sort utilization of magnesium chloride mg cl cycle for hydrogen production of sombrero fusion reactor
topic sombrero fusion reactor
mg-cl
hydrogen
neutronic
tritium
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gujsc/issue/85642/1487776
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