A solar receiver-reactor with specularly reflecting walls for high-temperature thermoelectrochemical and thermochemical processes

A. Steinfeld and E.A. Fletcher

Energy, 1988, vol. 13, issue 4, 301-311

Abstract: A new kind of receiver-reactor for high temperature solar furnaces is proposed. The main body of the receiver component is an ellipsoid of revolution with specularly reflecting inner walls. The reactor component, a crucible, is placed at one focal point and the aperture at the other. With this arrangement, substantially all of the incident radiation from the concentrator should reach the reactor directly or after one reflection from the cavity walls. An analysis of the radiative exchange among the surfaces is presented. The analysis provides a tool for a parametric study and optimization of the design. It is found that, in contrast to that of conventional well-insulated cavity receivers, its collection efficiency is not very sensitive to the size of its aperture.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(88)90025-4

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