Recent Canadian advances in nuclear-based hydrogen production and the thermochemical Cu-Cl cycle

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2901-2917

  Naterer, G ^a   Suppiah, S ^b   Lewis, M ^c   Gabriel, K ^a   Dincer, I ^a   Rosen, M A ^a   Fowler, M ^d   Rizvi, G ^a   Easton, E B ^a   Ikeda, B M ^a   Kaye, M H ^a   Lu, L ^a   Pioro, I ^a   Spekkens, P ^e   Tremaine, P ^f   Mostaghimi, J ^g   Avsec, J ^h   Jiang, J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO POWER GENERATION   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrolysis; Nuclear based hydrogen production; Thermochemical copper chlorine cycle

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COPPER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS PRODUCERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; GENERATION IV; HYDROGEN PLANTS; NUCLEAR-BASED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGENS; THERMOCHEMICAL COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 63249095218     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.01.090     Document Type: Article

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