Shutdown energy optimal

Short residence time of the product in the evaporator Close correlation between operating parameter and product specs Optimized energy consumption Easy startup/shutdown operations... 

At the Weizmann Institute in Israel, the closed-cycle CO2 reforming process of natural gas has been adapted and modified to solar energy as the primary heat input. The use of gaseous CO2 eases the daily startup / shutdown cycles. A lab-scale facility with 5-10 kW power was successfully operated. A scale-up plant designed for 480 kW heat input to the reforming reaction and 250 kW heat output in the methanation step is being tested since 1994. Catalysts are rhodium and ruthenium. So far 150 cycles have been completed [3]. The solar power absorbed was 97 kW, a methane conversion rate of 70 % maximum was achieved. A computer code has been developed for loop design and optimization purposes [9]. 

Assuming that, at any time in the future, here in the first half of the 22" century, France resolves to dispense from the production of fission-based nuclear energy, the scenario ends with the introduction of burners with a view to optimizing the end of game and further reducing the final TRU inventories after MSFR shutdown. Note that the end-of-game situation would not be different if it occurred after hundreds of years of operation it depends only on the installed power. 

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