Energy and exergy assessments of the hydrogen production step of a copper-chlorine thermochemical water splitting cycle driven by nuclear-based heat

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6456-6466

  Orhan, Mehmet F ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Nuclear; Thermochemical water decomposition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; COPPER; CURING; DEWATERING; EXERGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS PRODUCERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGIES; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESSES; NUCLEAR; OXYGEN PRODUCTIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; REACTION HEATS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION; WATER DECOMPOSITIONS; WATER SPLITTING CYCLES; YIELDING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 55049102265     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.08.035     Document Type: Article

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