Pore-level engineering of macroporous media for increased performance of solar-driven thermochemical fuel processing

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 688-698

  Suter, Silvan ^a,b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^b,c   Haussener, Sophia ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Heat and mass transfer; Morphology; Porous media; Solar energy; Solar fuels

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE PROCESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSPORTS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SOLAR REACTORS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; POROUS CERAMIC MATERIALS; SOLAR FUELS; FUEL PROCESSING; MACROPOROUS;

LOADING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84907345212     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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