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Thermochemical water decompositionAt present, nearly all of the hydrogen consumed in the world is produced by reacting hydrocarbons with water. As the supply of hydrocarbons diminishes, the problem of producing hydrogen from water alone will become increasingly important. Furthermore, producing hydrogen from water is a means of energy conversion by which thermal energy from a primary source, such as solar or nuclear fusion of fission, can be changed into an easily transportable and ecologically acceptable fuel. The attraction of thermochemical processes is that they offer the potential for converting thermal energy to hydrogen more efficiently than by water electrolysis. A thermochemical hydrogen-production process is one which requires only water as material input and mainly thermal energy, or heat, as an energy input. Attention is given to a definition of process thermal efficiency, the thermodynamics of the overall process, the single-stage process, the two-stage process, multistage processes, the work of separation and a process evaluation.
Document ID
19780069546
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Funk, J. E.
(Kentucky, University Lexington, Ky., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1977
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Accession Number
78A53455
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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