High-temperature solar reforming of methane with is investigated using a directly solar-irradiated absorber subjected to a solar mean flux level above (the peak flux of about ). The new type of catalytically activated ceramic foam absorber—a catalyzed SiC-foam absorber—was prepared, and its activity was tested in a laboratory-scale volumetric receiver-reactor with a transparent (quartz) window by using a sun-simulator. Compared to conventional catalyzed SiC-foam absorber, this new catalytic absorber is more cost effective and is found to exhibit a superior reaction performance at the high solar flux or at high temperatures, especially above . This new absorber will be applied in solar receiver-reactor systems for converting concentrated high solar fluxes to chemical fuels via endothermic natural-gas reforming at high temperatures.
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August 2006
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Catalyzed SiC-Foam Absorber for Solar Reforming Receiver-Reactor
Tatsuya Kodama,
Tatsuya Kodama
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
e-mail: tkodama@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Takuya Moriyama,
Takuya Moriyama
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Takehiro Shimoyama,
Takehiro Shimoyama
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Nobuyuki Gokon,
Nobuyuki Gokon
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Hidemasa Andou,
Hidemasa Andou
Technical Department,
Krosakiharima Corporation
, 1-1 Higashihamamachi, Yawatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 806-8586, Japan
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Nobuhiro Satou
Nobuhiro Satou
Fine Ceramics Division,
Krosakiharima Corporation
, 1-1 Higashihamamachi, Yawatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 806-8586, Japan
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Tatsuya Kodama
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japane-mail: tkodama@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp
Takuya Moriyama
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
Takehiro Shimoyama
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
Nobuyuki Gokon
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University
, 8050 Ikarashi 2-nocho, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
Hidemasa Andou
Technical Department,
Krosakiharima Corporation
, 1-1 Higashihamamachi, Yawatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 806-8586, Japan
Nobuhiro Satou
Fine Ceramics Division,
Krosakiharima Corporation
, 1-1 Higashihamamachi, Yawatanishi-ku, Kitakyusyu 806-8586, JapanJ. Sol. Energy Eng. Aug 2006, 128(3): 318-325 (8 pages)
Published Online: April 8, 2005
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April 7, 2005
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April 8, 2005
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Kodama, T., Moriyama, T., Shimoyama, T., Gokon, N., Andou, H., and Satou, N. (April 8, 2005). " Catalyzed SiC-Foam Absorber for Solar Reforming Receiver-Reactor." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2006; 128(3): 318–325. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2210497
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