Transient simulation of a tubular packed bed solar receiver for hydrogen generation via metal oxide thermochemical cycles

Solar Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 613-631

  Martinek, Janna ^a   Viger, Rachel ^a   Weimer, Alan W ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Hydrogen production; Mathematical modeling; Solar reactor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; ISOTHERMAL OPERATIONS; SOLAR REACTORS; TEMPERATURE SEPARATION; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84901029143     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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