Development of new heat exchanger network designs for a four-step Cu-Cl cycle for hydrogen production

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 338-351

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen Plus; Copper chlorine cycle; Exergy; Heat exchanger network; Hydrogen production; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COPPER; EXERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PILOT PLANTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; ASPEN PLUS; ASPEN PLUS PROCESS SIMULATIONS; COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; CU-CL THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HYDROGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84909586678     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.051     Document Type: Article

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