Production of hydrogen via an Iron/Iron oxide looping cycle: Thermodynamic modeling and experimental validation

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7442-7450

  Singh, A ^a   Al Raqom, F ^a   Klausner, J ^a   Petrasch, J ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Hydrogen; Iron oxide; Looping cycle; Syngas; Thermochemical

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GAS RESIDENCE; HYDROGEN YIELDS; INNER DIAMETERS; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; LOOPING CYCLE; MODEL APPROXIMATES; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; REACTANT GAS FLOW; SMALL FLOW-RATE; SPECIES TRANSPORT; STATIONARY SOLIDS; STEAM FLOW RATE; SYN-GAS; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THERMOCHEMICAL; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; TIME CONSTANTS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COAL; FLOW RATE; FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON OXIDES; REACTION KINETICS; STEAM; SYNTHESIS GAS; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84860270602     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.074     Document Type: Article

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