Solar thermal production of zinc: Program strategy and status of research

High Temperature Material Processes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-416

  Steinfeld, A ^a,b   Weidenkaff, A ^b   Brack, M ^b   Moller S ^b   Palumbo, R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Natural gas; Solar chemistry; Solar hydrogen; Synthesis gas; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034376783     PISSN: 10933611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/hightempmatproc.v4.i3.80     Document Type: Article

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