Title: High temperature solar reactors for hydrogen production
Abstract: It has been shown recently that one-step, direct decomposition of water and two-step thermochemical cycles are feasible processes to produce hydrogen by using concentrated solar energy. The temperature level required for direct decomposition is above 2500 K in order to have a reasonable hydrogen yield. The temperature level for two- or three-step cycles may be about 1800 K. These temperatures can easily be obtained in industrial solar furnaces. Although the equilibrium temperatures at the receiver can be estimated, the precise information regarding the receiver efficiency at high temperatures is not readily available in the literature. In this paper, the receiver efficiency is analysed and the theoretical results are compared to experimental findings.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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