THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF SYNGAS USING CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-275

  Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL; METAL-OXIDE; PROCESS HEAT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPLITTINGS; SYN GAS; THERMO-CHEMICALLY; THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; THERMOCHEMICALS;

REDOX REACTIONS;

EID: 84889020616     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2012004537     Document Type: Chapter

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