Nuclear power: Fueling the hydrogen economy

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Summers, William A ^a  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN ECONOMY; NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION; NUCLEAR POWER; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

PRODUCTION;

EID: 79952934514     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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