Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia

Mogbil Alrushaid; Seraj Albahrani; Mohammed Bushafia; Ali Alkhalifa; Abdulwahab Alhamdi; Zain Yamani; Afaque Shams

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-64362-0_74

Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia

Mogbil Alrushaid^*, Seraj Albahrani, Mohammed Bushafia, Ali Alkhalifa, Abdulwahab Alhamdi, Zain Yamani, Afaque Shams

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Abstract

Saudi Arabia has developed a plan to reach carbon neutrality following The Paris Agreement and hydrogen fuel is an essential part of that plan. It has also established its Saudi National Atomic Energy Project (SNAEP) and is looking towards adding nuclear power to the energy mix. This paper begins by exploring the energy landscape in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, it elaborates on different methods to produce hydrogen, and specifically how nuclear energy can be utilized to produce hydrogen. The feasibility study provides an economic assessment that compares the operation cost of producing hydrogen using different technologies and energy sources. It was concluded that using nuclear energy in producing hydrogen gives the lowest levelized cost of hydrogen compared to other clean sources. Furthermore, it was found that implementing a high temperature electrolysis process that uses electricity from a nuclear power plant along with heat can lead to higher economic and technical efficiencies compared to other electrolysis processes because it uses 26% less electricity. With the construction of a nuclear power plant in Saudi Arabia, the country has the chance to build a hydrogen production infrastructure with advanced technologies that might greatly aid in optimizing its position as a worldwide energy leader.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems - Proceedings of Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering SCOPE
Editors	Afaque Shams, Khaled Al-Athel, Iztok Tiselj, Andreas Pautz, Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	833-842
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783031643613
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64362-0_74
State	Published - 2024
Event	Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering, SCOPE 2023 - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Duration: 13 Nov 2023 → 15 Nov 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering, SCOPE 2023
Country/Territory	Saudi Arabia
City	Dhahran
Period	13/11/23 → 15/11/23

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Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

Keywords

Feasibility Study
Hydrogen Economy
Hydrogen Fuel
Nuclear Energy
Saudi Arabia
Sustainable Energy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Automotive Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

UN SDGs

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Alrushaid, M., Albahrani, S., Bushafia, M., Alkhalifa, A., Alhamdi, A., Yamani, Z., & Shams, A. (2024). Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia. In A. Shams, K. Al-Athel, I. Tiselj, A. Pautz, & T. Kwiatkowski (Eds.), Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems - Proceedings of Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering SCOPE (pp. 833-842). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64362-0_74

Alrushaid, Mogbil ; Albahrani, Seraj ; Bushafia, Mohammed et al. / Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia. Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems - Proceedings of Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering SCOPE. editor / Afaque Shams ; Khaled Al-Athel ; Iztok Tiselj ; Andreas Pautz ; Tomasz Kwiatkowski. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. pp. 833-842 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Alrushaid, M, Albahrani, S, Bushafia, M, Alkhalifa, A, Alhamdi, A, Yamani, Z & Shams, A 2024, Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia. in A Shams, K Al-Athel, I Tiselj, A Pautz & T Kwiatkowski (eds), Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems - Proceedings of Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering SCOPE. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 833-842, Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering, SCOPE 2023, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 13/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64362-0_74

Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia. / Alrushaid, Mogbil; Albahrani, Seraj; Bushafia, Mohammed et al.
Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems - Proceedings of Saudi International Conference on Nuclear Power Engineering SCOPE. ed. / Afaque Shams; Khaled Al-Athel; Iztok Tiselj; Andreas Pautz; Tomasz Kwiatkowski. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024. p. 833-842 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Feasibility Study of Using Nuclear Energy to Produce Hydrogen Fuel in Saudi Arabia

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