Analysis and assessment of the integrated generation IV gas-cooled fast nuclear reactor and copper-chlorine cycle for hydrogen and electricity production

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 205, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Al Zareer, Maan ^a,b   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Rosen, Marc A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper chlorine cycle; Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen; Nuclear

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; CHLORINE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COPPER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; EXERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; WASTE HEAT;

COPPER-CHLORINE CYCLE; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; GENERATION IV NUCLEAR; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK; NUCLEAR; THERMOCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85077438268     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.112387     Document Type: Article

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