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

Journal of Energy Resources Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lubis, L L ^a   Dincer, I ^a   Rosen, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955800456     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001603     Document Type: Article

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