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Computational model of a Calcium-looping fluidized bed calcination reactor with...
Rodrigues, Diogo; Rivero, Mayra Alvarez; Pinheiro, Carla I.C.; Cardoso, João P.; Mendes, Luís FilipeABSTRACT: The Calcium-looping process is a promising option for thermochemical energy storage in concentrating solar power plants. A crucial element of this process is the solar calcination reactor, where the endothermic reaction of CaCO3 calcination occurs with formation of CaO and CO2. The solar energy that is chemically stored in the reaction products can be retrieved by the exothermic reaction of CaO carbon...
Solid-gas reactors driven by concentrated solar energy with potential applicati...
Rivero, Mayra Alvarez; Rodrigues, Diogo; Pinheiro, Carla I.C.; Cardoso, João P.; Mendes, Luís FilipeABSTRACT: The calcium looping process, based on the reversible calcination-carbonation reaction cycle of CaCO3-CaO, is an emerging and promising technology for thermochemical energy storage in concentrating solar power plants. In this process, concentrated solar energy is used to carry out the endothermic solar-driven calcination of CaCO3 with formation of CaO and CO2 as products in a solid-gas reactor. In this...
Solid-gas reactors driven by concentrated solar energy with potential applicati...
Rivero, Mayra Alvarez; Rodrigues, Diogo; Pinheiro, Carla I.C.; Cardoso, João P.; Mendes, Luís FilipeABSTRACT: The calcium looping process, based on the reversible calcination-carbonation reaction cycle of CaCO3-CaO, is an emerging and promising technology for thermochemical energy storage in concentrating solar power plants. In this process, concentrated solar energy is used to carry out the endothermic solar-driven calcination of CaCO3 with formation of CaO and CO2 as products in a solid-gas reactor. In this...
Modelling a calcium-looping fluidised bed calcination reactor with solar-driven...
Rivero, Mayra Alvarez; Rodrigues, Diogo; Pinheiro, Carla I.C.; Cardoso, João P.; Mendes, Luís FilipeABSTRACT: A new unidimensional computational model is developed to simulate a calcination reactor in a Calcium-looping process for thermochemical energy storage in concentrating solar power systems. The proposed reactor is an absorber tube exposed to concentrated solar radiation. This tube is also the riser of a circulating fluidised bed where the calcination reaction takes place. The proposed heat transfer pro...