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Rapid Deposition of Titania Nanoparticles for Dye Solar Cells

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), while only having been designed about twenty years ago, are considered to be one of the most promising third-...

Solar Thermal Power Plant Simulation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
A detailed model of a real solar thermal power plant has been built using a steady state power plant simulation software. The plant includes numerous...

Analysis of Heat Transfer In a Solar Thermochemical Partial-Redox Reactor with Heat Recovery

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Transient heat transfer is analyzed numerically for a directly-irradiated solar thermochemical reactor realizing a ceria-based partial redox cycle...

Solar Thermochemical Recycling of CO2 Using ALD Deposited CoFe2O4 On Alumina Supports

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Fuels production through metal oxide redox cycling can be completely renewable if reduction temperatures are achieved using concentrated solar energy...

Photoanode Area Dependent Efficiency and Recombination In Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Current-voltage characterization was carried out on dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with different photoanode areas ranging from 0.01 cm 2 to 1 cm...

The Horizontal Ribbon Growth of Solar Silicon Crystals: Process Analysis, Stability, and Control

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Present-day photovoltaic technology is predominantly based on the fabrication of solar cells from silicon. The cost and efficiency of silicon-based...

Novel Zeolite Membranes for Energy-Efficient Air Dehumidification and Conditioning

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 17, 2011
Traditional vapor compression air conditioners have very high power consumption for cooling of hot and humid air due to condensation of a large...

Preparation and Testing of Adsorbents for the Separation of Ionic Liquids From HMF

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
HMF is an important chemical product since it has the potential to be used as a feedstock to replace petroleum-derived aromatics for production of a...

Assessment of Filter Conditioning During Cross-Flow Filtration of Simulated Tank Waste

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 18, 2011
Crossflow filtration is to be a key process in the treatment and disposal of approximately 60,000 metric tons of high-level waste stored at the...

Ionic Liquids: A Potential Role In the Sulfur Family of Thermochemical Cycles

Conference Presentation
AIChE Annual Meeting
October 16, 2011
The Sulfur-family of thermochemical water splitting cycles has already been identified as an ideal application of ionic liquid solvents for SO 2...

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