An engineering design for a novel 1-kW solar-driven reactor to capture carbon dioxide via the calcium oxide-based two-step carbonation–calcination cycle has been completed. The reactor consists of a downward-facing cylindrical dual cavity. The inner cavity serves as the radiation receiver, while the outer cavity is the reaction chamber that contains a packed- or fluidized-bed of reacting particles. Several aspects have been incorporated in this reactor design, including high flexibility, mechanical rigidity and simplicity, high-temperature and thermal shock resistance, accommodation of thermal expansion, low convective heat losses, uniform gas distribution inside the reaction chamber, and simple reactor assembly. The final reactor design is presented, and the reactor assembly is illustrated.
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A Solar Reactor Design for Research on Calcium Oxide-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture
Leanne Reich,
Leanne Reich
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: matth301@umn.edu
University of Minnesota,
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Luke Melmoth,
Luke Melmoth
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: u4870390@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Lindsey Yue,
Lindsey Yue
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: lindsey.yue@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Roman Bader,
Roman Bader
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: roman.bader@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Robert Gresham,
Robert Gresham
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: rob.gresham@anu.edu.au
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Terrence Simon,
Terrence Simon
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: simon002@umn.edu
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Wojciech Lipiński
Wojciech Lipiński
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: wojciech.lipinski@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Leanne Reich
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: matth301@umn.edu
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: matth301@umn.edu
Luke Melmoth
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: u4870390@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: u4870390@anu.edu.au
Lindsey Yue
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: lindsey.yue@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: lindsey.yue@anu.edu.au
Roman Bader
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: roman.bader@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: roman.bader@anu.edu.au
Robert Gresham
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: rob.gresham@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: rob.gresham@anu.edu.au
Terrence Simon
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: simon002@umn.edu
University of Minnesota,
111 Church Street South East,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
e-mail: simon002@umn.edu
Wojciech Lipiński
Research School of Engineering,
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: wojciech.lipinski@anu.edu.au
The Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
e-mail: wojciech.lipinski@anu.edu.au
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING: INCLUDING WIND ENERGY AND BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION. Manuscript received April 23, 2015; final manuscript received May 26, 2017; published online July 17, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Werner J. Platzer.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. Oct 2017, 139(5): 054501 (4 pages)
Published Online: July 17, 2017
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Received:
April 23, 2015
Revised:
May 26, 2017
Citation
Reich, L., Melmoth, L., Yue, L., Bader, R., Gresham, R., Simon, T., and Lipiński, W. (July 17, 2017). "A Solar Reactor Design for Research on Calcium Oxide-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. October 2017; 139(5): 054501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037089
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