Balta, M. TolgaDinçer, İbrahimHepbaşlı, Arif13.07.20192019-07-2913.07.20192019-07-2920140360-31991879-3487https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.133https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/5797The present study develops a new solar energy system integrated with a Mg-Cl thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production and analyzes it both energetically and exergetically for efficiency assessment. The solar based integrated Mg-Cl cycle system considered here consists of five subsystems, such as: (i) heliostat field subsystem, (ii) central receiver subsystem, (iii) steam generation subsystem, (iv) conventional power cycle subsystem and (v) Mg-Cl subsystem. Also, the inlet and outlet energy and exergy rates of all of subsystems are calculated and illustrated accordingly. We also undertake a parametric study to investigate how the overall system performance is affected by the reference environment temperature and operating conditions. As a result, the overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the considered system are found to be 18.18% and 19.15%, respectively. The results show that the Mg-Cl cycle has good potential and attractive overall cycle efficiencies over 50%. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSolar TowerHydrogenMg-Cl CycleEnergyExergyEfficiencyArticle3935206522066110.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.133Q1WOS:000347017200092N/A