The oxygen production step of a copper-chlorine thermochemical water decomposition cycle for hydrogen production: Energy and exergy analyses

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 860-869

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHLORINE; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; EXERGY; GAS FUEL MANUFACTURE; GAS TURBINES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; NUCLEAR; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; REACTION TEMPERATURES; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 58749087690     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.047     Document Type: Article

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