Transient heat and mass transfer analysis in a porous ceria structure of a novel solar redox reactor

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-149

  Chandran, Rohini Bala ^a   Bader, Roman ^a,b   Lipiński, Wojciech ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceria; Fuels; Porous; Redox; Solar; Thermal; Transient

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CERIUM OXIDE; FUELING; HEAT TRANSFER; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSIENTS;

HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; NET RADIATION METHOD; OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; POROUS; REDOX; SOLAR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 84923830147     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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