Reduction of iron–manganese oxide particles in a lab-scale packed-bed reactor for thermochemical energy storage

Marziyeh Hamidi, Vincent M. Wheeler, Xiang Gao, John Pye, Kylie Catchpole, Alan W. Weimer*

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    Abstract

    A packed-bed reactor heated with an IR furnace is designed and fabricated for high-temperature thermochemical energy storage (TCES) studies using 0.5–1.0 mm particles composed of iron–manganese oxide with a molar ratio of Fe/Mn 2:1 (Fe67) as the storage material. An axisymmetric, two-dimensional, transient model accounting for heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation), mass transfer, and thermochemical reaction kinetics is developed to describe the reduction reaction of Fe67 in the packed-bed reactor. The model and experiments are in good agreement, indicating that the model is useful for providing a fundamental understanding of the process.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number115700
    JournalChemical Engineering Science
    Volume221
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Aug 2020

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