297 Concentrated Solar for Power Generation and Chemical Processing I

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 12:30 PM
Van Ness (Hilton)
Description:
This session covers innovations in concentrated solar thermal technology. Solar thermal is currently experiencing a revival in the research and commercial sector. Presentations will cover fundamentals and applications of concentrated solar energy conversion processes,including analyses of optical concentrators to receivers and reactors to integrated systems.

Sponsor:
Global Nuclear and Solar Energy for the 21st Century
Co-Sponsor(s):
3rd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:
Wojciech Lipinski
Email: lipinski@umn.edu

Co-chairs:
Alexander Mitsos
Email: amitsos@alum.mit.edu

Alexandre F.T. Yokochi
Email: alex.yokochi@orst.edu

Roman Bader
Email: rlbader@umn.edu


12:30 PM
(297a) A Detailed Mechanism of Solar Thermochemical Carbon Dioxide Splitting With CeO2
Darwin Arifin, Anthony H. McDaniel and Alan W. Weimer

12:55 PM
(297b) Isothermal Water Splitting: A Novel Approach to Efficient H2 Generation Through Solar Thermal Energy
Christopher L. Muhich, Brian W. Evanko, Kayla Weston, Paul Lichty, Xinhua Liang, Charles B. Musgrave and Alan W. Weimer

1:20 PM
(297c) Transient Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of a Porous Reactive Ceria Structure for Solar Fuel Production Via Thermochemical Redox Cycling
Rohini Bala Chandran, Roman Bader and Wojciech Lipinski

1:45 PM
(297d) A Simple, Indirectly-Irradiated, Windowless Reactor for Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting
Nicholas AuYeung, Rishi Mishra, Benjamin Greek, Brian Martin, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh and James Klausner

2:10 PM
(297e) Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Solar-Driven Steam-Based Gasification of Biochar
Michael Kruesi, Zoran R. Jovanovic, Andreas Haselbacher and Aldo Steinfeld
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