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patent · US7140181

Reactor for solar processing of slightly-absorbing or transparent gases

28 November 2006

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Abstract

Solar-powered reactor for processing of slightly absorbing and transparent gases. An obvious path to providing storable, renewable energy is through solar dissociation of gas molecules. These dissociation products are the precursors of modern liquid and gaseous fuels such as hydrogen and methanol/ethanol. An apparatus and method using a solar concentrator (such as a focusing trough or dish) directed at the receiving end of a reactor are disclosed. A range of designs of reacto...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2003-03-03
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2006-11-28
Inventors
Reed Jensen; Ann J. Traynor; Renewable Energy Corp ASA