Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof
Patent
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OSTI ID:1805443
Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Assignee:
- University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, FL)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,906,017
- Application Number:
- 15/645,239
- OSTI ID:
- 1805443
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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