Maximizing thermal power output of an ammonia synthesis reactor for a solar thermochemical energy storage system

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-82

  Kreetz, H ^a   Lovegrove, K ^a   Luzzi, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia synthesis; Exergy analysis; Reactor modeling; Thermochemical solar energy storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035337033     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1352737     Document Type: Article

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