期刊
APPLIED ENERGY
卷 249, 期 -, 页码 368-376出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.169
关键词
Hydrogen; Solar; Isothermal redox; Thermochemistry
资金
- DOE EERE grant [DE-EE006671]
- NSF [CBET 1433521]
Solar thermochemical hydrogen production from water is a path towards a carbon-free sustainable hydrogen economy. Here, isothermal on-sun hydrogen production is demonstrated using active iron aluminate (hercynite) particles contained in dual fluidized bed reactors. The two fluidized beds were held in a single cavity solar receiver that was heated with a 10 kW high flux solar furnace. During 8 h of on-sun testing, 5.3 L of H-2 were generated with an average productivity of 597 moll H-2/g using an intermittent process with optimized redox cycle times. Redox cycling was performed isothermally and continuously with equivalent oxidation and reduction times producing 547 mu mol H-2/g over two cycles. These results show excellent agreement with the H-2 production measured in an 800X scaled-down electrically heated laboratory stagnation flow reactor and surpass on-sun H-2 production of current benchmark materials. The effect of environmental variability on the incident solar radiation and hydrogen production is evaluated during on-sun testing. Finally, a discussion of the important factors for scalability of the process to commercial applications is provided, highlighting the importance of robust containment and active materials. This work links current materials research and development with commercial implementation in an on-sun process and demonstrates the viability of solar thermochemical hydrogen production that leverages continuous isothermal redox cycling.
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