Sustainability assessment of hydrogen production by steam reforming

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4345-4357

  Tugnoli, Alessandro ^a   Landucci, Gabriele ^b   Cozzani, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Inherent safety; Process development; Steam reforming; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROGEN; ISOMERS; NONMETALS; SEPARATION; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; INHERENT SAFETY; INNOVATIVE PROCESSES; KEY ELEMENTS; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS SCHEMES; PRODUCT STREAMS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; STEAM REFORMING; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 50449086723     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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