Cobalt oxide based structured bodies as redox thermochemical heat storage medium for future CSP plants

Solar Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-163

  Pagkoura, Chrysoula ^a   Karagiannakis, George ^a   Zygogianni, Alexandra ^a   Lorentzou, Souzana ^a   Kostoglou, Margaritis ^a,b   Konstandopoulos, Athanasios G ^a,b   Rattenburry, Michael ^c   Woodhead, James W ^c  

^a Centre for Research Technology Hellas   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Molycorp Chemicals and Oxides Europe Ltd Unit 3   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalt oxide; Monolithic structured reactor; Redox reactions; Thermochemical heat storage

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHARACTERIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; IRON OXIDES; PELLETIZING; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; STABILITY; ZIRCONIA;

COBALT OXIDES; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; REDUCTION-OXIDATION; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; STRUCTURED REACTORS; THERMO-CHEMICAL HEAT STORAGES; THERMOMECHANICAL STABILITY;

COBALT;

AIRFLOW; COBALT; FUTURE PROSPECT; POWER PLANT; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOLAR POWER; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84904898629     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.06.034     Document Type: Article

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