Computational modeling of a multiple tube solar reactor with specularly reflective cavity walls. Part 2: Steam gasification of carbon

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 285-297

  Martinek, Janna ^a   Bingham, Carl ^b   Weimer, Alan W ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactor; Gasification; Heat transfer; Mathematical modeling; Radiative transfer; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ACETYLENE BLACK; CARBON CONVERSIONS; CAVITY WALL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; FEED-RATES; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-ASH COAL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PET COKE; POPULATION BALANCES; RADIATIVE ABSORPTION; REACTION CONVERSION; SOLAR REACTORS; SOLAR RECEIVER; STEADY STATE; STEAM GASIFICATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMOPHORETIC; TUBE WALLS;

ACETYLENE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHEMICAL REACTORS; GASIFICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84864501716     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.06.065     Document Type: Article

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