| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage 2024
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| Presentation Title |
A-8: Mobile Solar Powered Pyrolysis Reactor |
| Author(s) |
Maxwell J. Triepke, Xavier Vorhies, Richard LaDouceur |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Maxwell J. Triepke |
| Abstract Scope |
Selective Solar Absorbers (SSAs) are a simple and efficient solution to one of the main challenges of photothermal conversion: re-radiation. SSAs combine multiple nano and micro-sized layers to maximize solar absorbance and minimize thermal emittance, creating an efficient photothermal conversion rate. Once optimized, SSAs prevent thermal radiation from the fabricated body, leaving only conductive and thermal losses to be prevented in application. Most SSA applications involve water heating, however any application where the only power source is process heat is a viable candidate. A pyrolysis reactor utilizes process heat in an inert atmosphere to decompose biomass which produces biochar and bio-oil. An SSA would provide a mobile heat source powerful enough to reach the 500 °C operating temperature in remote locations. Due to the operating conditions in which the SSA will operate, an all-ceramic design will be implemented to resist corrosivity and maintain thermal stability. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Energy Conversion and Storage, Ceramics, Nanotechnology |