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In this paper we describe a novel receiver-reactor concept for continuous thermochemical fuel production powered by concentrated solar energy. The novelty of the receiver-reactor is a dual use of solar power. While half of the receiver-reactor is used to conduct an endothermic reaction producing solar fuels, the other half of the reactor has a heat exchanger characteristic. Through this heat exchanger part, energy can be transferred to a heat storage during daytime operation. During nighttime operation, the energy from the storage can be brought back into the reactor.
We developed a prototype reactor and set up an experiment to test this new concept under solar-like as well as nighttime conditions.
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The authors thank the German Ministry of Education and Research for funding this work within the project ContiSol (Contract Number 03SF0468). We also greatly acknowledge the work of our colleagues and project partners Dr. Souzana Lorentzou and Christodoulos Lekkos from Aerosol & Particle Technology Laboratory, CERTH-CPERI.
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Lange, M., Lapp, J., Rieping, R., de Oliveira, L., Roeb, M., Sattler, C. (2016). Solar-Driven Continuous Methane Reforming Reactor. In: Grammelis, P. (eds) Energy, Transportation and Global Warming. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30127-3_19
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