Sundrop Fuels, Inc.

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Steven Strand

Donna Kelley

Christopher Michael Perkins

Zoran Jovanovic

David A Eversdyk

Maria Pollard

Matthias Schaefer

Courtland Hilton

Andrew Minden

Richard Ridley

A method, apparatus, and system for a solar-driven chemical plant are disclosed. Some embodiments may include a solar thermal receiver to absorb concentrated solar energy from an array of heliostats and a solar-driven chemical reactor. This chemical reactor may have multiple reactor tubes, in which particles of biomass may be gasified in the presence of a carrier gas in a gasification reaction to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide products. High heat transfer rates of the walls and tubes may allow the particles of biomass to achieve a high enough temperature necessary for substantial tar destruction and complete gasification of greater than 90 percent of the biomass particles into reaction products including hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas in a very short residence time between a range of 0.01 and 5 seconds.

Systems and methods for an indirect radiation driven gasifier reactor and receiver configuration

The invention provides a mixing system comprising the following:

Mixing system comprising an extensional flow mixer

A method, apparatus, and system for solar-driven chemical plant may include a solar thermal receiver to absorb concentrated solar energy from an array of heliostats. Additionally, some embodiments may include a solar driven chemical reactor that has multiple reactor tubes. The concentrated solar energy drives the endothermic gasification reaction of the particles of biomass flowing through the reactor tubes. Some embodiments may also include an on-site fuel synthesis reactor that is geographically located on the same site as the chemical reactor and integrated to receive the hydrogen and carbon monoxide products from the gasification reaction.

Systems and methods for biomass gasifier reactor and receiver configuration

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