Session: Concentrated Solar for Power Generation and Chemical Processing II (2012 Annual Meeting)

Description:

This session covers innovations in concentrated solar thermal technology. Solar thermal is currently experiencing a revival in the research and commercial sector. Presentations will cover fundamentals and applications of concentrated solar energy conversion processes,including analyses of optical concentrators to receivers and reactors to integrated systems.

Sponsor:

ICE 2012: Global Nuclear and Solar Energy for the 21st Century

Co-Sponsor(s):

Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)

Chair:

Wojciech Lipinski
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
111 Church Street. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone Number: 612-626-0875
Email: lipinski@umn.edu

Co-chairs:

Alexander Mitsos
Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Fax Number: 1-617-258-5802
Email: mitsos@mit.edu

Alexandre F.T. Yokochi
Oregon State University
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
102 Gleeson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2702
Fax Number: 541-737-4600
Email: alex.yokochi@orst.edu

Papers:

203a

Thermal Reduction of Magnetically Stabilized Ferrites Under Reduced Pressure
Nicholas AuYeung, University of Florida; Ayyoub Mehdizadeh, University of Florida; Fadi Alnaimat, University of Florida; Fotouh Al-Raqom, University of Florida; Benjamin Greek, University of Florida; Kyle Allen, University of Florida; Amey Barde, University of Florida; Rishi Mishra, University of Florida; Nikhil Seghal, University of Florida; Jinchao Lu, University of Florida; Abhishek Singh, University of Florida; James Klausner, University of Florida

203b

The Solar Thermochemical Reduction of CO₂ to CO Via the Heterogeneous Oxidation of Zn(g)
Luke J. Venstrom, University of Minnesota; Jane H. Davidson, University of Minnesota

203c

Two Step Solar Thermochemical CO2 Splitting with CoFe2O4 On Porous Al2O3 Nanostructure
Darwin Arifin, University of Colorado Boulder; Victoria J. Aston, University of Colorado at Boulder; Xinhua Liang, University of Colorado at Boulder; Anthony H. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories; Alan W. Weimer, University of Colorado at Boulder

203d

Vision-Based Solar Irradiation Prediction for the Control of Solar-Thermal Reactors
Elizabeth Saade Saade, University of Colorado; David E. Clough, University of Colorado; Alan W. Weimer, University of Colorado at Boulder

203e

Transient Heat and Mass Transfer in a Reacting Cerium Dioxide Medium Exposed to Direct High-Flux Irradiation
Daniel Keene, University of Minnesota; Jane H. Davidson, University of Minnesota; Wojciech Lipinski, University of Minnesota

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