A closed-loop proposal for hydrogen generation using steel waste and a prototype solar concentrator

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-498

  Azad, Abdul Majeed ^a   Kesavan, Sathees ^a   Al Batty, Sirhan ^a  

^a Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Hydrogen generation; Metal steam reforming; Mill scale; Nanoscale zerovalent iron; Solar concentrator; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ACID DISSOLUTION; ALUMINUM COATING; BODY CENTERED CUBIC IRON; CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION; CLOSED-LOOP; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; FIRST ORDER KINETIC; HYDROGEN GENERATION; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; IRON PRECURSORS; IRON SOURCES; MICRO-SCALE; MILL-SCALE; NANOSCALE IRON PARTICLES; NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON; PEMFC STACK; PROCESS CONDITION; REDUCTANT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SOLVOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; STEAM REFORMING; STEEL INDUSTRY;

ACIDS; ALUMINA; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFRACTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROPLATING; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDRAZINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEAM; STEAM ENGINEERING; STEEL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 64749111607     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1491     Document Type: Article

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