High Efficiency Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1562408· OSTI ID:1562408

McDaniel, Anthony H. ^[1]; Stechell, Ellen ^[2]; Johnson, Nathan ^[2]; Siegel, Nathan ^[3]; O'Hayre, Ryan ^[4]; Sanders, Michael ^[4]; Wolverton, Christopher ^[5]; Chueh, William ^[6]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
3. Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA (United States)
4. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
5. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
6. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Overall objectives of the project were: Verify the potential for solar thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production to be competitive in the long term and by 2020, develop this technology to produce hydrogen with a projected cost of $3.00/gge at the plant gate; and, Develop a high-efficiency particle bed reactor for producing hydrogen via a thermochemical water-splitting (WS) cycle, and demonstrate eight continuous hours of operation on a solar simulator producing greater than 3 L of H₂.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fuel Cell Technologies Program (EE-2H)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1562408
• Report Number(s): SAND--2016-9299R; 647557
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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