Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10072224
APP PUB NO 20160122670A1
SERIAL NO

14896993

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Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
AuYeung, Nicholas Gainesville, US 3 5
Greek, Benjamin Gainesville, US 3 5
Hahn, David Worthington Gainesville, US 11 147
Klausner, James F Gainesville, US 20 399
Lu, Jinchao Gainesville, US 3 5
Mei, Renwei Gainesville, US 14 325
Mishra, Rishi Gainesville, US 3 5
Momen, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Gainesville, US 18 158
Petrasch, Joerg Dornbin, AT 9 6
Sehgal, Nikhil Navi Mumbai, IN 6 8

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