University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

Joerg Petrasch

James F Klausner

Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen

Renwei Mei

David Worthington Hahn

Kyle Douglas Allen

Fotouh A Al-Raqom

Nicholas AuYeung

Benjamin Greek

Rishi Mishra

Jinchao Lu

Nikhil Sehgal

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&#xb0; 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.

Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof

A solar thermochemical reactor includes an outer member, an inner member disposed within an outer member, wherein the outer member surrounds the inner member and wherein the outer member has an aperture for receiving solar radiation and wherein an inner cavity and an outer cavity are formed by the inner member and outer member and a reactive material capable of being magnetically stabilized wherein the reactive material is disposed in the outer cavity between the inner member and the outer member.

Solar thermochemical reactor, methods of manufacture and use thereof and thermogravimeter

A solar thermochemical reactor contains an outer member, an inner member disposed within an outer member, wherein the outer member surrounds the inner member and wherein the outer member has an aperture for receiving solar radiation. An inner cavity and an outer cavity are formed by the inner member and outer member and a reactive material that is capable of being magnetically stabilized is disposed in the outer cavity between the inner member and the outer member.

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Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Joerg Petrasch