Comparing exergy losses and evaluating the potential of catalyst-filled plate-fin and spiral-wound heat exchangers in a large-scale Claude hydrogen liquefaction process

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 6663-6679

  Skaugen, Geir ^a   Berstad, David ^a   Wilhelmsen, Øivind ^a,b  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coil wound; Heat exchanger; Hydrogen; Liquefaction; Plate fin; Spiral wound

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; EXERGY; GEOMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; LIQUEFACTION; REFRIGERANTS;

COIL-WOUND; EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITIONS; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; MIXED REFRIGERANT CYCLES; PLATE FINS; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; SPIRAL WOUND;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 85077927070     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.12.076     Document Type: Article

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