Author : Nathan Michael Knapp
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (771 download)
Book Synopsis Using a Membrane Reactor for the Sulfur-sulfur Thermochemical Water-splitting Cycle by : Nathan Michael Knapp
Download or read book Using a Membrane Reactor for the Sulfur-sulfur Thermochemical Water-splitting Cycle written by Nathan Michael Knapp and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hydrogen economy is a possible component of an energy future based on use of alternative and renewable energy sources, deemed desirable from the general consensus of the worldwide community that we do not want to further exacerbate the climate problems that we have introduced over the last two centuries from burning fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels emits toxic pollutants into the air, such as sulfur compounds and oxidized forms of nitrogen (NOx) but also emit copious amounts of the inert carbon dioxide. The latter is widely recognized as the major cause of the global warming phenomenon. For a hydrogen economy to develop, efficient means of hydrogen generation are required. Thermochemical cycles were conceived in the 1960s but only one operating pilot plant and no commercial installations based on the processes have been built. In the present work the use of a membrane reactor to enable the newly conceived Sulfur-Sulfur cycle, based on equations 1 - 3 is modeled.