Solar upgrading of fuels for generation of electricity

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 160-163

  Tamme, Rainer ^a   Buck, Reiner ^a   Epstein, Michael ^b   Fisher, Uriyel ^c   Sugarmen, Chemi ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar reforming; Solar thermal electricity generation; Upgrading of fuels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035339003     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1353177     Document Type: Article

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