A new integrated renewable energy system for clean electricity and hydrogen fuel production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 41, 2020, Pages 20944-20955

  Qureshy, Ali M M I ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Hydrogen production; Rankine cycle; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENTROPY; EXERGY; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; RANKINE CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STEAM; THERMOANALYSIS;

COGENERATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTROLYSIS OF WATERS; ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; INTEGRATED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRIC RECEIVERS;

STEAM REFORMING;

EID: 85088222988     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.218     Document Type: Article

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