Hydrogen and boric acid production via boron hydrolysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-15

  Wahbeh, Bara ^a   Hamed, Tareq Abu ^b,c   Kasher, Roni ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Tamar Regional Council   (Israel)

^c ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boron; Boron oxide gasification; Hydrogen; Thermochemical cycle

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACIDS; BORON OXIDES; BORON PARTICLE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; IN-LINE; ORTHOBORIC ACIDS; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; REACTION TEMPERATURE; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; REACTOR WALLS; SET-POINT TEMPERATURES; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; TUBULAR REACTORS; WATER FLOW RATE;

BORIDE COATINGS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASIFICATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROLYSIS; INORGANIC ACIDS;

BORON;

BORON; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84861334475     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.04.043     Document Type: Article

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