...Majk Brkic; Erik Koepf; Anton Meier A solar-driven aerosolized particle reactor under vacuum was tested for carbothermal reduction of zinc oxide using concentrated solar power. The reactor concept is based on the downward flow of zinc oxide and carbon particles, which are indirectly heated...

... Chemical Reactor for the Thermal Reduction of Metal Oxides: Case Study of Zinc Oxide Dissociation ,” Chem. Eng. Sci. , 62 ( 22 ), pp. 6323 – 6333 . 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.042 [20] Schunk , L. , Haeberling , P. , Wepf , S. , Wuillemin , D. , Meier , A. , and Steinfeld...

...-temperature solar reduction step, where ZnO is thermally dissociated to Zn and O 2 ; and (2) the subsequent exothermic oxidation step, where Zn reacts with H 2 O and CO 2 to form H 2 and CO, and the initial ZnO that is recycled to the first step solar reactor zinc oxide thermochemical radiative...

... ). solar energy hydrogen zinc zinc oxide reactor thermochemical cycle water splitting chemical reactors computational fluid dynamics dissociation heat transfer solar power solar radiation thermal insulation zinc compounds 14 05 2007 28 08 2007 11 03 2008...

... thermochemistry zinc compounds solar thermal water splitting aerosol hydrogen zinc oxide As gas prices and global temperatures rise, a strong case can be made for an economy built on clean hydrogen fuels. The Zn ∕ ZnO solar thermochemical cycle provides a clean, sustainable...