Solar thermal reduction of ZnO using CH4:ZnO and C:ZnO molar ratios less than 1

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-62

  Wieckert, Christian ^a   Steinfeld, Aldo ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC OXIDE;

EXERGY EFFICIENCY; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; SOLAR CHEMISTRY; SOLAR FUELS; THERMAL;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0347350793     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1434980     Document Type: Article

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