Clean hydrogen production with the CueCl cycle e Progress of international consortium, II: Simulations, thermochemical data and materials G.F. Naterer a, *, S. Suppiah b , L. Stolberg b , M. Lewis c , M. Ferrandon d , Z. Wang a , I. Dincer a , K. Gabriel a , M.A. Rosen a , E. Secnik a , E.B. Easton e , L. Trevani e , I. Pioro f , P. Tremaine g , S. Lvov h , J. Jiang i , G. Rizvi a , B.M. Ikeda f , L. Lu f , M. Kaye f , W.R. Smith e , J. Mostaghimi j , P. Spekkens k , M. Fowler l , J. Avsec m a Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1H 7K4 b Hydrogen Isotopes Technology Branch, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, K0J 1J0 c Cemeglas Inc., 1930 Eldridge Loop, The Villages, FL, 32162, USA d Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA e Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1H 7K4 f Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, L1H 7K4 g Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 h Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 207 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA i Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B9 j Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3E5 k Ontario Power Generation (OPG), 889 Brock Road, Pickering, Ontario, Canada, L1V 2R5 l Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1 m Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor, Hocevarjev trg 1, 8270 Krsko, Slovenia article info Article history: Received 3 July 2011 Received in revised form 29 July 2011 Accepted 4 August 2011 Available online 6 September 2011 Keywords: Hydrogen production Thermochemical copperechlorine cycle Simulation abstract This second of two companion papers presents the latest advances of an international team on the thermochemical copperechlorine (CueCl) cycle of hydrogen production. It specifically focuses on simulations, thermochemical data, advanced materials, safety, reliability and economics of the CueCl cycle. Aspen Plus simulations of various system configurations are performed to improve the cycle efficiency. In addition, simulations based on exergo-economic and exergy-cost-energy-mass (EXCEM) methods for system design are presented. Modeling of the linkage between nuclear and hydrogen plants demonstrates how the CueCl cycle would be integrated with an SCWR (Super Critical Water Reactor; Canada’s Generation IV reactor). Chemical potentials, solubilities, forma- tion of Cu(I) and Cu(II) complexes and properties of Cu 2 OCl 2 , Cu(I) and Cu(II) chloride species are reported. In addition, the development of new advanced materials with improved corrosion resistance is presented. In particular, the performance of new anode * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ1 905 721 8668x2810; fax: þ1 905 721 3370. E-mail address: greg.naterer@uoit.ca (G.F. Naterer). Available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/he international journal of hydrogen energy 36 (2011) 15486 e15501 0360-3199/$ e see front matter Copyright ª 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.08.013