Hydrogen production via water splitting process in a molten-salt fusion breeder

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 7357-7368

  Özişik, Gülşah ^a   Demir, Nesrin ^a,b   Übeyli, Mustafa ^c   Yapici, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clean energy; Fusion breeder; High temperature electrolysis; Hydrogen production; Molten salt; Sulfur iodine cycle

Indexed keywords

CLEAN ENERGY; FISSILE FUELS; FORCE-FREE HELICAL REACTORS; FUSION BREEDER; FUSION BREEDER REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NEUTRONIC CALCULATIONS; NEUTRONICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SALT MIXTURES; SULFUR IODINES; SULFUR-IODINE CYCLES; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING; WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS PRODUCERS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SALT DEPOSITS; SULFUR;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77953912094     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.171     Document Type: Article

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