Energy and exergy analyses of magnesium-chlorine (Mg-Cl) thermochemical cycle

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4855-4862

  Balta, M Tolga ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Hepbasli, Arif ^c  

^a AKSARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Magnesium chlorine cycle

Indexed keywords

COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; CYCLE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; HIGH ENERGY; HYBRID CYCLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNESIUM-CHLORINE CYCLE; OPERATING CONDITION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES;

CHLORINE; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MAGNESIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EXERGY;

EID: 84857646009     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.044     Document Type: Article

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