Reducing the exergy destruction in the cryogenic heat exchangers of hydrogen liquefaction processes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 5033-5047

  Wilhelmsen, Øivind ^a,b   Berstad, David ^a   Aasen, Ailo ^a,b   Nekså, Petter ^a,b   Skaugen, Geir ^a  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Heat exchanger; Hydrogen; Liquefaction; Ortho para reaction kinetics; Plate fin

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CRYOGENICS; EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDES; LIQUEFACTION; REACTION KINETICS; REFRIGERANTS; SILICA; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; HIGH POWER CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION; LARGE SCALE HYDROGEN; ORTHO-PARA CONVERSION; ORTHO-PARA HYDROGEN; PLATE FINS; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 85042034490     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.094     Document Type: Article

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