Reflections on the design of solar thermal chemical reactors: Thoughts in transformation

Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 727-744

  Palumbo, R ^a,b   Keunecke, M ^a   Moller S ^c   Steinfeld, A ^a,d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR THERMAL CHEMICAL REACTORS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CHEMICAL REACTOR; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 1342332316     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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