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High Efficiency Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production
McDaniel, Anthony H.; Ermanoski, Ivan E.; Stechell, Ellen; Johnson, Nathan; Siegel, Nathan; O'Hayre, Ryan; Sanders, Michael; Wolverton, Christopher; Chueh, William
Overall objectives of the project were: Verify the potential for solar thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production to be competitive in the long term and by 2020, develop this technology to produce hydrogen with a projected cost of $3.00/gge at the plant gate; and, Develop a high-efficiency particle bed reactor for producing hydrogen via a thermochemical water-splitting (WS) cycle, and demonstrate eight continuous hours of operation on a solar simulator producing greater than 3 L of H2.