Life cycle assessment of hydrogen production using nuclear energy: An application based on thermochemical water splitting

2008 Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 191-198

  Lubis, Luthfi L ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Nuclear; Thermochemical water splitting

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PLANTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PLANT; IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR PLANT; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING;

CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS PRODUCERS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 70349916242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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