Reticulated porous ceria undergoing thermochemical reduction with high-flux irradiation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2017, Pages 439-449

  Ackermann, Simon ^a   Takacs, Michael ^a   Scheffe, Jonathan ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Porous ceria; Redox cycle; Solar; Thermochemistry

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROSITY; RAY TRACING; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; REDOX CYCLES; SOLAR; TRANSIENT HEAT-AND-MASS TRANSFER MODEL;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84997787396     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.11.032     Document Type: Article

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