A theoretical study of molten carbonate fuel cell combined with a solar power plant and Cu–Cl thermochemical cycle based on techno-economic analysis

A perspective on three sustainable hydrogen production technologies with a focus on technology readiness level, cost of production and life cycle environmental impacts

“…The Cu–Cl and S–I cycles are currently the most promising low-temperature and high-temperature cycles respectively [ 171 ]. The LCOH of S–I and Cu–Cl cycles is suggested to lie between 6.72 and 10.15 € 2021 /kg H 2 [ [172] , [173] , [174] ] and 5.54–7.58 € 2021 /kg H 2 [ 175 , 176 ], respectively, with averages of 8.44 € 2021 /kg H 2 and 6.56 € 2021 /kg H 2 . Due to the lack of large-scale industrial application of water thermochemical cycles, the LCOH values from literature are mostly based on software simulations and assume an ideal environment; such assessments must be seen as relatively indicative as they may not include for inefficiencies across the system such as heat loss and pressure drop in the transfer process [ 177 ]).…”

Potential Role of Green Hydrogen in Decarbonization of District Heating Systems: A Review

“…MCFC operates at a temperature of 600-700 °C and makes direct transformation of chemical energy (natural gas, methanol, hydrogen) into electrical energy and by-product heat [103]. An additional benefit of using the technology is that it also acts as a CCS [104]-Environmental and Climate Technologies ____________________________________________________________________________ 2023 / 27 552 [106].…”