Hydrogen production using high temperature nuclear reactors: Efficiency analysis of a combined cycle

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 7861-7871

  Jaszczur, Marek ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^b   Śliwa, Tomasz ^a   Dudek, Michał ^a   Pieńkowski, Ludwik ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined cycle; Hydrogen production; Nuclear energy; Very high temperature reactor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS TURBINES; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS REACTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STEAM TURBINES; TEMPERATURE;

COMBINED CYCLE; DIRECT THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; HIGH TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR REACTORS; LOW- TEMPERATURE PROCESS; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84961775092     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.11.190     Document Type: Article

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