Affiliation:
1. Center for Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Abstract
Concentrated sunlight can be stored in the chemical bond by activating an endothermic reaction. This novel concept has been implemented recently with solar power captured in a central receiver equipped with chemical reactors. The related theory, presented in this report, singles out this interactive radiative-chemical system as distinctively stable thermodynamically, resilient to perturbations, internally regulatory and self-corrective. None of the thermochemical devices conceived so far bear all these attributes.
Subject
Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment