Effect of Flow Rates on Operation of a Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Splitting CO2 Via the Isothermal Ceria Redox Cycle

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hathaway, Brandon J ^a   Chandran, Rohini Bala ^a   Sedler, Stephen ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Gladen, Adam ^a   Chase, Thomas ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF GASES; FUELS; GASES; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRODUCTIVITY; REDOX REACTIONS; WASTE HEAT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; EXTERNAL ENERGY; FUEL PRODUCTION; GAS SEPARATIONS; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; THERMAL IMPACTS; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84949516688     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4032019     Document Type: Article

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