Efficiency comparison of various design schemes for copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) hydrogen production processes using Aspen Plus software

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-86

  Orhan, Mehmet F ^a   Dinçer, Ibrahim ^b   Rosen, Marc A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus; Copper chlorine cycle; Design; Hydrogen production; Nuclear; Simulation; Thermochemical water decomposition; Thermoeconomic analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; NUCLEAR; SIMULATION; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DESIGN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84866985104     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.01.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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