Title: Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof

Abstract

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.

Inventors:

Klausner, James F.; Petrasch, Joerg; AuYeung, Nicholas; Momen, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh; Mishra, Rishi; Lu, Jinchao; Hahn, David Worthington; Sehgal, Nikhil; Mei, Renwei; Greek, Benjamin; Al-Raqom, Fotouh A.; Allen, Kyle

Issue Date:

2021-02-02

Research Org.:

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1805443

Patent Number(s):

10906017

Application Number:

15/645,239

Assignee:

University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, FL)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

B01J19/127 - {Sunlight
B01J19/242 - {in series}
B01J2208/00451 - Sunlight
B01J2208/065 - Heating or cooling the reactor
B01J2219/00144 - Sunlight
B01J2219/24 - Stationary reactors without moving elements inside
B01J8/009 - {Membranes, e.g. feeding or removing reactants or products to or from the catalyst bed through a membrane}
B01J8/025 - {in a cylindrical shaped bed}
B01J8/0257 - {in a cylindrical annular shaped bed}
B01J8/0278 - {Feeding reactive fluids
B01J8/0285 - {Heating or cooling the reactor
B01J8/067 - {Heating or cooling the reactor

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DOE Contract Number:  

AR000184

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 07/10/2017

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English