2019 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Concentrated Solar Energy for Power Generation and Chemical Processing II

This session focuses on the Concentration and Use of Solar Thermal Energy to drive Thermochemical Conversions, Separations, as well as conversion to other forms of work.

Chair

Alexandre Yokochi, Baylor University

Co-Chairs

Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University
Wojciech Lipinski, The Australian National University
Christopher L. Muhich, University of Colorado at Boulder

Presentations

12:30 PM

(321a) Gasification of Organic Solid Waste Under High-Flux Solar Irradiation: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Fixed-Bed Reactor Evaluation
Xian Li, Ye Shen, Wojciech Lipinski, Yanjun Dai, Chi-Hwa Wang

12:55 PM

(321b) Analysis of the Effect of Solar Pyrolysis Parameters on the Physicochemical Properties of Biochar
Alejandro Ayala-Cortés, Diego R. Lobato-Peralta, Carlos E. Arreola-Ramos, Diana C. Martínez-Casillas, Daniella E. Pacheco-Catalán, Ana K. Cuentas-Gallegos, Heidi I. Villafán-Vidales, Camilo A. Arancibia-Bulnes

01:20 PM

(321c) Numerical Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Direct Solar Reactor for the Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane
Konstantinos Kakosimos, Jawad Sarwar, Tayseir Mohammed

01:45 PM

(321d) Economic and Dynamic Performance Solar-Driven Thermochemical Production of Hydrogen Using Ceria
Alicia Bayon, Alberto de la Calle

02:10 PM

(321e) Dish-STARS™ Solar Thermochemical Production of Hydrogen
Richard Zheng, Robert Wegeng, Paul Humble, Timothy Veldman, Johnny Saavedra-Lopez