Computational model of a sulfur-iodine thermochemical water splitting system coupled to a VHTR for nuclear hydrogen production

Energy

Volumn 147, Issue , 2018, Pages 1165-1176

  González Rodríguez, Daniel ^a   Brayner de Oliveira Lira, Carlos Alberto ^a   García Parra, Lázaro Roger ^b   García Hernández, Carlos Rafael ^b   de la Torre Valdés, Raciel ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Process efficiency; Thermochemical water splitting cycle; Very high temperature nuclear system

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOWCHARTING; HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTORS; IODINE; SULFUR;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; SULPHUR IODINE; THERMO-CHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER-SPLITTING CYCLE; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR SYSTEM;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CHEMICAL PROCESS; COGENERATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 85041637701     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.031     Document Type: Article

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