A novel hydrogen liquefaction process configuration with combined mixed refrigerant systems

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2017, Pages 15564-15585

  Asadnia, Majid ^a   Mehrpooya, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cascade refrigeration; Cryogenic; Deep refrigeration; Hydrogen liquefier; Large scale hydrogen liquefaction; Mixed refrigerant

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; CRYOGENICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EXERGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIQUEFACTION; LIQUEFACTION OF GASES; LIQUEFIED GASES; REFRIGERANTS; TEMPERATURE;

BRAYTON-REFRIGERATION CYCLE; CASCADE REFRIGERATION; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR; LARGE SCALE HYDROGEN; LIQUID HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MIXED REFRIGERANTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 85019693612     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.04.260     Document Type: Article

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