A small scale H2NG production plant in Italy: Techno-economic feasibility analysis and costs associated with carbon avoidance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6497-6517

  De Santoli, Livio ^a   Lo Basso, Gianluigi ^a   Bruschi, Daniele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; HOMER; Hydrogen natural gas blends; Renewable hydrogen

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EVALUATION CRITERIA; HOMER; HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM; OPTIMAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; RENEWABLE HYDROGENS; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION; TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897425113     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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