Assessing the feasibility of separating a stoichiometric mixture of zinc vapor and oxygen by a fast quench - Model calculations

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 959-964

  Alxneit, Ivo ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol synthesis; Nanoparticles; Numerical modelling; Solar chemistry; Thermochemical cycles; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INERT GASES; MIXTURES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; RATE CONSTANTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS; ZINC OXIDE;

AEROSOL SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SOLAR CHEMISTRY; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES; ZNO;

ZINC;

AEROSOL; CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATION; SOLAR POWER; STOICHIOMETRY; VAPOR PRESSURE; ZINC;

EID: 53349151886     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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