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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 44, Issue 16, Pages 7958-7968Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.249
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Copper-chlorine cycle; Hydrogen production; Thermochemical water splitting; Energy; Exergy; Efficiency
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The thermochemical Cu-Cl cycle has received greater attention by numerous researchers during the past decade as a promising hydrogen production method because of some operational advantages. The present paper analyzes three different configurations of the Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle, namely three, four and five step ones thermodynamically. Some comparative parametric studies are conducted in order to investigate the overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the cycles considered. The Aspen plus is the software tool employed for the modeling and simulation of the cycles. The energy and exergy efficiencies of the five-step CuCl cycle are found to be 38.8% and 70.2% while the three-step CuCl cycle has an energy efficiency of 39.6% and an exergy efficiency of 68.1%, respectively. On the other hand, the four-step CuCl cycle provides the highest energy and exergy efficiencies of 41.9% and 75.7%. A parametric study is also conducted to investigate the effect of varying ambient temperature on the exergy efficiencies of all three cycles. The present study results further reveal that the cycle performance can be enhanced by improving the thermal management and reducing the exergy destructions. (C) 2019 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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