Design and experimental investigation of a horizontal rotary reactor for the solar thermal production of lime

Anton Meier, Enrico Bonaldi, Gian Mario Cella, Wojciech Lipinski, Daniel Wuillemin and Robert Palumbo

Energy, 2004, vol. 29, issue 5, 811-821

Abstract: We designed and tested a 10-kW solar rotary kiln reactor to effect the calcination reaction: CaCO3 → CaO+CO2. The reactor processes 1–5 mm limestone particles, producing 95% or higher purity lime with a t60 reactivity ranging from 14 s to 38 min. The degree of calcination and the reactivity both depend on the reactant’s decomposition temperature (1323–1423 K), residence time (3–7 min), and feed rate (10–50 g/min). The reactor’s efficiency, defined as the enthalpy of the calcination reaction at a specified temperature divided by the solar energy input, reached 20% for solar flux inputs of about 1200 kW m−2 and for quicklime production rates of about 1.3 kg/h. The solar lime reactor operated reliably for more than 100 h for a total of 24 sunny days, withstanding the thermal shocks that occur in solar applications.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00187-7

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