A two-cavity reactor for solar chemical processes: Heat transfer model and application to carbothermic reduction of ZnO

Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 771-787

  Wieckert, Christian ^a   Palumbo, Robert ^a,b   Frommherz, Ulrich ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDUCTION;

RADIOSITY EXCHANGE METHOD; SOLAR FLUX;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CHEMICAL REACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REACTOR; REDUCTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 1442289436     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00183-X     Document Type: Article

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