Model of transport and chemical kinetics in a solar thermochemical reactor to split carbon dioxide

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 302-315

  Bala Chandran, Rohini ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceria; Heat exchanger; Kinetics; Packed bed; Radiation; Solar reactor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RADIATION; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PACKED BEDS; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

GLOBAL REACTION RATE; MASS TRANSPORT RATE; SOLAR REACTORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONCENTRATION; SPECIFIC REACTION RATES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMO-CHEMICAL REACTOR;

REACTION RATES;

EID: 84960846816     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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