Systematic generation of thermochemical cycles for water splitting

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1625-1634

  Fishtik, Ilie ^a   Datta, Ravindra ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction thermodynamics; Hydrogen production; Reaction route theory; Thermochemical cycles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; SET THEORY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL REACTION THERMODYNAMICS; REACTION ROUTE THEORY; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SET THEORY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 42949133229     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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