Heat and mass transfer model of a packed-bed reactor for solar thermochemical CO2 capture

Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Reich, Leanne ^a   Bader, Roman ^b   Simon, Terrence W ^a   Lipiński, Wojciech ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon emission mitigation; Carbonation calcination cycle; Chemical reactor modeling; Radiation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT RADIATION; LIME; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; RAY TRACING; SOLAR ENERGY;

CALCINATION CYCLE; CARBON EMISSIONS; CHEMICAL REACTOR MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MONTE CARLO RAY TRACING METHOD; RADIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 85088057226     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1615/ihtc15.pmd.008893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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