Solar Thermal Production of Zinc

• Research unit: SFOE
• Project number: 36849

Key words (German)

TP0065;F-Industrielle Solarenergienutzung

Short description (German)

Solar Thermal Production of Zinc

Final report (English)

We developed and tested two 10-kW solar thermochemical reactors (SLOPE and ROCA) for the thermal dissociation of ZnO(s) to its elements at temperatures above 2000 K. Both reactors respect the transitory nature of solar energy: the reaction proceeds with minimal delay when the sun is available and the reactors withstand the thermal shocks that often occur under the severe environment of transient intense solar radiation. The ZnO(s) for both concepts is directly heated by concentrated solar energy. The ROCA reactor concept has been patented and selected for further development. ...

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Autorschaft/Auteurs/Autori/Authors:
Steinfeld,Aldo
Palumbo,Robert

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