Solar solids reactor
A solar powered solids reactor is described comprising: walls forming a chamber having rearward and forward end portions, side portions, and a top and bottom; means supporting the walls in a substantially fixed position so the chamber cannot continually rotate; means for feeding solid material which is to be thermally reacted into the rearward end portion of the chamber; means coupled to the forward end portion of the chamber for receiving solid material after it has been at least partially reacted in the chamber. The chamber walls have an aperture which passes solar radiation into the forward end portion of the chamber means for directing concentrated solar radiation through the aperture onto at least the top of the chamber; means located in the top of the chamber for receiving the solar radiation and for directing heat created by the solar radiation towards the bottom of the chamber; and linear conveyor means located adjacent the bottom of the chamber for moving material received at the rearward end portion of the chamber, in a layer, along the bottom of the chamber to the forward end portion, while maintaining a top of the layer exposed to receive the heat created by the solar radiation.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4706651
- OSTI ID:
- 5859715
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Feb 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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