Journal
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Volume 173, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115257
Keywords
Solar thermochemical reactor; Dense granular flow; Perovskite oxides; Agglomeration; Calcium manganites; Thermochemical energy storage
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Sunshot Initiative Award [DE-EE-0000805]
- U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-NA0003525]
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A two-step cycle was considered for solar thermochemical energy storage based on aluminum-doped calcium manganite reduction/oxidation reactions for direct integration into Air Brayton cycles. The two steps encompassed (1) the storage of concentrated solar direct irradiation via the thermal reduction of aluminum-doped calcium manganite and (2) the delivery of heat to an Air-Brayton cycle via re-oxidation of oxygen-deficient aluminum-doped calcium manganite. The re-oxidized aluminum-doped calcium manganite was fed back to the first step to complete the cycle. A 5 kW(th) solar thermochemical reactor operating under vacuum was fabricated and tested to examine the first cycle reduction step. Reactor operating conditions and high-flux solar simulator control were tuned for continuous reactor operation with particle temperatures > 1073 K. Continuous operation was achieved using intermittent, dense granular flows. A maximum absorption efficiency of 64.7% was demonstrated, accounting for both sensible and chemical heat storage.
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