Parametric study of sulfuric acid decomposer for hydrogen production

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 427-433

  Ponyavin, Valery ^a   Chen, Yitung ^a   Mohamed, Taha ^a   Trabia, Mohamed ^a   Hechanova, Anthony E ^b   Wilson, Merrill ^c  

^a University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical decomposition; Heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Silicon carbide; Stress analysis; Weibull probabilistic failure analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECOMPOSITION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PROBABILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CYCLE PORTION; CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; SULFUR TRIOXIDE; WEIBULL PROBABILISTIC FAILURE ANALYSIS;

SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 39549113167     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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