Energy and exergy analyses of the drying step of a copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 793-808

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Evaporator; Exergy; Flash dryer; Hydrogen; Nuclear; Thermochemical water decomposition

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; DRYING; EVAPORATORS; EXERGY; HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FLASH DRYERS; NUCLEAR; REFERENCE ENVIRONMENTS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 70349449281     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2009.028574     Document Type: Article

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