Modeling of a direct solar receiver reactor for decomposition of sulfuric acid in thermochemical hydrogen production cycles

Computational design of H 2 SO 4 decomposer combined with SOFC for thermochemical hydrogen production

“…Everson et al 23 computationally investigated the kinetics of the catalytic decomposition of SO 3 and determined the activation energy and pre-exponential factor to be 165 kJ‧mol À1 and 1.2 Â 10 12 s À1 , respectively. Corgnale et al 24 proposed a novel direct solar receiver-reactor concept to supply the thermochemical cycle with high-temperature heat. Pathak et al 25 experimentally found the kinetic parameters, which were applied for the two-dimensional model.…”

Nonuniform Heat Transfer Model and Performance of Molten Salt Cavity Receiver

“…Yu et al [28] proposed a semi-cavity reactor heated by a solar dish system, and investigated its thermochemical storage performance. Corgnale et al [29] modeled a direct solar receiver reactor for the decomposition of sulfuric acid in thermochemical hydrogen production cycles. Beside novel structure, some novel heat transfer fluid is also applied for the solar receiver and solar thermal power.…”