Dynamic modeling of a volumetric solar reactor for volatile metal oxide reduction

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1216-1222

  Charvin, Patrice ^a   Abanades, Stéphane ^a   Neveu, Pierre ^a   Lemont, Florent ^b   Flamant, Gilles ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic modeling; Solar energy; Thermochemical cycle; Water splitting; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION RATIO; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; REACTOR TEMPERATURES; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; WATER SPLITTING; WATER SPLITTING CYCLES;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 53249138208     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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