Fluid-wall effectiveness for preventing oxidation in solar-thermal ZnO reactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1830-1844

  Perkins, Christopher ^a   Lichty, Paul ^a   Weimer, Alan W ^a   Bingham, Carl ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Fluid mechanics; Fluid wall; Mathematical modeling; Solar

Indexed keywords

FLUID-WALL; PREVENTING OXIDATION; SOLAR REACTOR;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34447509792     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11203     Document Type: Article

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