2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Concentrated Solar for Power Generation and Chemical Processing II

This session covers innovations in concentrated solar thermal technology. Solar thermal is currently experiencing a revival in the research and commercial sector. Presentations will cover fundamentals and applications of concentrated solar energy conversion processes,including analyses of optical concentrators to receivers and reactors to integrated systems.

Chair

Wojciech Lipinski, University of Minnesota

Co-Chairs

Alexander Mitsos, RWTH Aachen University
Alexandre F.T. Yokochi, Oregon State University
Roman Bader, Australian National University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(355a) Design and Optimization of Hybrid Geothermal-Solar Power Systems
Hadi Ghasemi, Alexander Mitsos

03:40 PM

(355b) Comparison of Potential Alternative Process Options for Solar Energy Storage and Distribution
Benjamin Müller, Karsten Müller, Wolfgang Arlt

04:05 PM

(355c) A Numerical Model of Transient Thermal Transport Phenomena in a High-Temperature Solid-Gas Reacting System for CO2 Capture Applications
Wojciech Lipinski, Lindsey Yue

04:30 PM

(355d) Solar Thermal Energy-Based High Purity CO2 Release From Carbonate Sorbents
Nada B. Nakkash, Zhaolin Wang, Greg F. Naterer