...Brandon J. Hathaway; Jane H. Davidson; David B. Kittelson The use of concentrated solar energy as a heat source for pyrolysis and gasification of biomass is an efficient means for production of hydrogen rich synthesis gas. Utilizing molten alkali carbonate salts as a reaction and heat transfer...

... mixtures heat transfer hydrogen production pyrolysis solar energy conversion surface chemistry Reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons with steam presently provides nearly 95% of the world’s industrial hydrogen. Commonly, the energy required for this process is provided by burning...

... oxidation platinum pyrolysis reduction (chemical) solar cells spin coating substrates 26 11 2007 04 12 2007 05 09 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... constructed of an oxidation-sensitive material would not be a viable choice for a high temperature solar reactor. 24 10 2006 10 05 2007 aerosols computational fluid dynamics dissociation flow simulation laminar flow pipe flow pyrolysis solar heating thermochemistry zinc compounds...

... by combining the spray pyrolysis and the sol-gel techniques (spray-gel). Depending on the sol conditions, our technique allowed very rough morphologies to be obtained. The initially deposited films were amorphous, however, after an annealing process at 450 ° C for 1 h they crystallized...

... solar energy needed to perform pyrolysis reactions in the high-temperature liquid phase. A lab-scale reactor filled with carbonates of potassium and sodium was set up to study the kinetics of fast pyrolysis and the characteristics of transient heat transfer for cellulose particles (few millimeters size...

... at the solar furnace, the carbon was assumed to be sold in the carbon black market. hydrogen economy carbon solar energy concentrators solar absorber-convertors fuel pyrolysis 01 June 2002 01 January 2003 08 05 2003 Contributed by the Solar Energy Division...

...; final revision Mar. 2001. Associate Editor: D. M. Blake. 01 Nov 2000 01 Mar 2001 zinc compounds solar energy concentrators solar heating pyrolysis stoichiometry fuel cells energy storage In the emerging discipline of solar chemistry , endothermic chemical reactions...