Technical and economic evaluation of solar hydrogen production by supercritical water gasification of biomass in China

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 14349-14359

  Lu, Youjun ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Guo, Liejin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cost; Solar hydrogen production; Supercritical water; Thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVENUE; BIOMASS GASIFICATION; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; POWER ENGINEERING; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR THERMAL; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER GASIFICATION; THERMOCHEMICAL METHOD; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT CAPACITY; WET BIOMASS; XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; GASIFICATION; HYDROGEN; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 80054043311     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.138     Document Type: Article

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