Multi-objective optimization of an ocean thermal energy conversion system for hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7601-7608

  Ahmadi, Pouria ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a,b   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Electrolysis; Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Ocean thermal energy conversion; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYSIS; EXERGY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTIMIZATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CLOSED-FORM EQUATIONS; ELITIST NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGIES; OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSIONS (OTEC); PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84930349576     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.10.056     Document Type: Article

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