A Review on Various Parameters of Solar Thermochemical Reactor
Keywords:
Thermal energy storag, renewable energy sourcesAbstract
Solar energy is one of the most abundant, clean, and widespread energy in the world, which has the potential to address the issues of environmental pollution, global warming, and energy crisis, while the intermittent distribution of solar energy in time and space limits its utilization. Among various approaches of solar energy utilization, converting solar energy into chemical fuel (e.g., hydrogen) by thermochemical approach could maintain the steady and high-efficient energy supply and can make use of the full-spectrum solar energy. Initially, an analysis of the environmental problems related to the use of conventional sources of energy is presented and the benefits offered by renewable energy systems are outlined. Thermochemical heat storage is studied in detail with its advantages. Various types of collectors are presented in order to show to the reader the extent of their applicability. These include flate plate collector, compound parabolic collector and parabolic trough collectors. As can be seen solar energy systems can be used for a wide range of applications and provide significant benefits, therefore, they should be used whenever possible.
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