Development and analysis of an integrated photovoltaic system for hydrogen and methanol production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 11140-11153

  Esmaili, P ^a,b   Dincer, I ^b   Naterer, G F ^c  

^a WSP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Exergy; Hydrogen; Methanol; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS GAS MANUFACTURE;

EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PLANT; METHANOL CONVERSION; METHANOL PRODUCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84954360433     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.04.077     Document Type: Article

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