The feasibility to produce hydrogen in the thermochemical water splitting redox process depends mainly on the efficiency of the tin hydrolysis step, which has not been studied adequately so far, while the cassererite carboreduction is implemented by industry for tin production. The present work deals with the hydrolysis of different kinds of tin powders at different experimental conditions at moderate temperature range . In spite of the fact that the rate of hydrogen production is lower compared with other metals, e.g., zinc, at the same reactor temperature, high conversion level was obtained in a controllable reaction. Consequently, tin can be a relevant candidate for solar hydrogen production considering the advantage of significant lower temperatures required for the solar carboreduction of its oxide.
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Tin as a Possible Candidate for Solar Thermochemical Redox Process for Hydrogen Production
Irina Vishnevetsky,
Irina Vishnevetsky
Solar Research Facilities Unit,
e-mail: irina.vishnevetsky@.weizmann.ac.il
Weizmann Institute of Science
, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Michael Epstein
Michael Epstein
Solar Research Facilities Unit,
Weizmann Institute of Science
, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Irina Vishnevetsky
Solar Research Facilities Unit,
Weizmann Institute of Science
, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israele-mail: irina.vishnevetsky@.weizmann.ac.il
Michael Epstein
Solar Research Facilities Unit,
Weizmann Institute of Science
, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 76100, IsraelJ. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2009, 131(2): 021007 (8 pages)
Published Online: April 2, 2009
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Received:
July 30, 2007
Revised:
June 5, 2008
Published:
April 2, 2009
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Vishnevetsky, I., and Epstein, M. (April 2, 2009). "Tin as a Possible Candidate for Solar Thermochemical Redox Process for Hydrogen Production." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2009; 131(2): 021007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3090825
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