Steinfeld, A.; Brack, M.; Meier, A.; Weidenkaff, A.; … - In: Energy 23 (1998) 10, pp. 803-814
A novel solar chemical reactor has been designed to perform the combined ZnO-reduction and CH4-reforming processes. It consists of a gas-particle vortex flow confined to a solar cavity-receiver that is exposed to concentrated solar irradiation. A 5-kW reactor was fabricated and tested in a...