Experimental Demonstration of the Thermochemical Reduction of Ceria in a Solar Aerosol Reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 10618-10625

  Welte, Michael ^a   Barhoumi, Rafik ^a   Zbinden, Adrian ^a   Scheffe, Jonathan R ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALUMINA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOW OF GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; REDOX REACTIONS;

CAVITY RECEIVER; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LARGE AGGLOMERATE; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RADIATIVE FLUXES; THERMAL REDUCTION; THERMOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84992735832     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02853     Document Type: Article

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