Modeling of a direct solar receiver reactor for decomposition of sulfuric acid in thermochemical hydrogen production cycles |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Greenway Energy, Aiken SC 29803, USA;2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO 80401, USA;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, USA;1. Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Gazi University, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey;2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Gazi University, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey;1. College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China;2. School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China;1. University of Genova, Dipartimento di Farmacia, Viale Cembrano 4, 16148 Genova, Italy;2. INSTM, UdR Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy;3. University of Genova, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica e Ambientale, Via all’Opera Pia 15, 16145, Italy;4. University of Genova, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Dodecaneso, 31, 16146 Genova, Italy;1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China;2. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;3. Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China |
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| Abstract: | Hydrogen production thermochemical cycles, based on the recirculation of sulfur-based compounds, are among the best suited processes to produce hydrogen using concentrated solar power. The sulfuric acid decomposition section is common to each sulfur-based cycle and represents one of the fundamental steps. A novel direct solar receiver-reactor concept is conceived, conceptually designed and simulated. A detailed transport phenomena model, including mass, energy and momentum balance expressions as well as suitable decomposition kinetics, is described adopting a finite volume approach. A single unit reactor is simulated with an inlet flow rate of 0.28 kg/s (corresponding to a production of approximately 11 kgH2/h in a Hybrid Sulfur process) and a direct solar irradiation at a constant power of 143 kW/m2. Results, obtained for the high temperature catalytic decomposition of SO3 into SO2 and O2, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed concept, operating at pressures of 14 bar. A maximum temperature of 879 °C is achieved in the reactor body, with a corresponding average SO2 mass fraction of 27.8%. The overall pressure drop value is 1.7 bar. The reactor allows the SO3 decomposition into SO2 and O2 to be realized effectively, requiring an external high temperature solar power input of 123.6 kJ/molSO2 (i.e. 123.6 kJ/molH2). |
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| Keywords: | Thermochemical cycles Solar receiver-reactor CFD simulation Solar hydrogen production Sulfur-based plants |
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