Sustainability of a wind-hydrogen energy system: Assessment using a novel index and comparison to a conventional gas-fired system

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 8376-8385

  Hacatoglu, Kevork ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environmental impact; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Sustainability; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; OZONE LAYER; THERMOANALYSIS; WIND TURBINES;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN STORAGE CAPACITIES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85027958863     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.01.135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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