Solar steam reforming of methane Boehmer, M; Langnickel, U [DLR - German Aerospace Research Establishment, Koeln (Germany)]; Sanchez, M [CIEMAT-IER, Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Tabernas (Spain)] 08 HYDROGEN; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; STEAM REFORMER PROCESSES; METHANE; SOLAR ENERGY; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS; SOLAR RECEIVERS; TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS; ALKANES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POWER PLANTS; REFORMER PROCESSES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TESTING; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 080103* - Hydrogen- Production- Steam Reformer Processes; 140702 - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Central Receiver The steam reforming of methane has been chosen to show experimentally the possibility of coupling the needs of a chemical process with the specific boundary conditions of the solar energy. A 170 kW reformer has been integrated into the GAST-circuit of the CESA-1 in Almeria, Spain. (orig.). Netherlands 1991-12-01 English Conference Journal Article Journal Name: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells; (Netherlands); Journal Volume: 24:1-4; Conference: 5. international symposium on solar high-temperature technologies, Davos (Switzerland), 27-31 Aug 1990 Medium: X; Size: Pages: 441-448 https://doi.org/ [] 24:1-4 CONF-9008139- Journal ID: ISSN 0927-0248; CODEN: SEMCE NLF; NLF-92-001535; EDB-92-156178 2008-02-12 7169713