Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof

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

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

Patent · Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2021

OSTI ID:1805443

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

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.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AR000184

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

Patent Number(s):: 10,906,017

Application Number:: 15/645,239

OSTI ID:: 1805443

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 07/10/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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