TY - GEN
T1 - Solar fuels production as a sustainable alternative for substituting fossil fuels
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016
AU - Hernando Romero-Paredes, R.
AU - Alvarado-Gil, Juan José
AU - Arancibia-Bulnes, Camilo Alberto
AU - Ramos-Sánchez, Víctor Hugo
AU - Villafán-Vidales, Heidi Isabel
AU - Espinosa-Paredes, Gilberto
AU - Abanades, Stéphane
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Author(s).
PY - 2017/6/27
Y1 - 2017/6/27
N2 - This article presents, in summary form, the characteristics of COSOLπ development project and some of the results obtained to date. The benefits of the work of this project will include the generation of a not polluting transportable energy feedstock from a free, abundant and available primary energy source, in an efficient method with no greenhouse gas emission. This will help to ensure energy surety to a future transportation/energy infrastructure, without any fuel import. Further technological development of thermochemical production of clean fuels, together with solar reactors and also with the possibility of determining the optical and thermal properties of the materials involved a milestone in the search for new processes for industrialization. With the above in mind, important national academic institutions: UAM, UNAM, CINVESTAV, UACH, UNISON among others, have been promoting research in solar energy technologies. The Goals and objectives are to conduct research and technological development driving high-temperature thermochemical processes using concentrated solar radiation as thermal energy source for the future sustainable development of industrial processes. It focuses on the production of clean fuels such as H2, syngas, biofuels, without excluding the re-value of materials used in the industry. This project conducts theoretical and experimental studies for the identification, characterization, and optimization of the most promising thermochemical cycles, and for the thorough investigation of the reactive chemical systems. It applies material science and nano-engineering to improve chemicals properties and stability upon cycling. The characterization of materials will serve to measure the chemical composition and purity (MOX fraction-1) of each of the samples. The characterizations also focus on the solid particle morphology (shape, size, state of aggregation, homogeneity, specific surface) images obtained from SEM / TEM and BET measurements. Likewise will the thermal and optical characterization of the influence that these parameters represent in the solar reactor. The experimental and theoretical results obtained for each redox system will be compared and analyzed to determine the cycle with the highest potential. Advances on simulation, design, construction and experimentation on solar reactors to conduct thermochemical splitting water reactions are presented.
AB - This article presents, in summary form, the characteristics of COSOLπ development project and some of the results obtained to date. The benefits of the work of this project will include the generation of a not polluting transportable energy feedstock from a free, abundant and available primary energy source, in an efficient method with no greenhouse gas emission. This will help to ensure energy surety to a future transportation/energy infrastructure, without any fuel import. Further technological development of thermochemical production of clean fuels, together with solar reactors and also with the possibility of determining the optical and thermal properties of the materials involved a milestone in the search for new processes for industrialization. With the above in mind, important national academic institutions: UAM, UNAM, CINVESTAV, UACH, UNISON among others, have been promoting research in solar energy technologies. The Goals and objectives are to conduct research and technological development driving high-temperature thermochemical processes using concentrated solar radiation as thermal energy source for the future sustainable development of industrial processes. It focuses on the production of clean fuels such as H2, syngas, biofuels, without excluding the re-value of materials used in the industry. This project conducts theoretical and experimental studies for the identification, characterization, and optimization of the most promising thermochemical cycles, and for the thorough investigation of the reactive chemical systems. It applies material science and nano-engineering to improve chemicals properties and stability upon cycling. The characterization of materials will serve to measure the chemical composition and purity (MOX fraction-1) of each of the samples. The characterizations also focus on the solid particle morphology (shape, size, state of aggregation, homogeneity, specific surface) images obtained from SEM / TEM and BET measurements. Likewise will the thermal and optical characterization of the influence that these parameters represent in the solar reactor. The experimental and theoretical results obtained for each redox system will be compared and analyzed to determine the cycle with the highest potential. Advances on simulation, design, construction and experimentation on solar reactors to conduct thermochemical splitting water reactions are presented.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.4984472
DO - 10.1063/1.4984472
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85023643810
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - SolarPACES 2016
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
Y2 - 11 October 2016 through 14 October 2016
ER -