University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

Nikhil Sehgal

James F Klausner

Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen

Renwei Mei

David Worthington Hahn

Joerg Petrasch

Nicholas AuYeung

Rishi Mishra

Jinchao Lu

Benjamin Greek

Kyle Douglas Allen

Fotouh A Al-Raqom

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

Growing community of inventors

Navi Mumbai, India

Nikhil Sehgal