Exergetic life cycle assessment of a hydrogen production process

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5665-5675

  Ozbilen, Ahmet ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Exergetic life cycle assessment; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ANALYTICAL TOOL; COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; EXERGETIC LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PLANT; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IRREVERSIBILITY; OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PLANT LIFETIME; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; PROCESS STEPS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; URANIUM PROCESSING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; EUTROPHICATION; EXERGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URANIUM;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84858285661     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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