The development of a solar chemical reactor for the direct thermal dissociation of zinc oxide

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 83-90

  Moller S ^a,b   Palumbo, R ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition of zinc oxide; Solar chemistry; Solar energy; Solar reactor; Volume model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035337440     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1349717     Document Type: Article

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