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Modeling and design guidelines for direct steam generation solar receivers

Sophia Haussener, Meng Lin

Concentrated solar energy is an ideal energy source for hightemperature energy conversion processes such as concentrated solar power generation, solar thermochemical fuel production, and solar driven hightemperature electrolysis. Indirectly irradiated sola ...

2018

Heat transfer modeling in integrated photoelectrochemical hydrogen generators using concentrated irradiation

Sophia Haussener, Saurabh Yuvraj Tembhurne, Mikaël Dumortier

The direct conversion of solar energy and water into a storable fuel via integrated photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices is investigated. Particularly, the proposed device uses concentrated solar irradiation in order to minimize the amount of rare and expens ...

2014

Multi-configuration evaluation of a megajoule-scale high-temperature latent thermal test-bed

Sophia Haussener, Clemens Gregor Suter, Selmar Rudolf Binder, Nithin Mallya

Thermal energy storage via latent heat provides an energy dense solution and, during discharge, a hot stream at a well-defined temperature. Utilizing metal phase change materials (PCMs) and high-temperature operation might enable fast (dis)charging and app ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Mitigating voltage losses in photoelectrochemical cell scale-up

Sophia Haussener, Ronald Ramiro Gutierrez Perez

In solar water splitting, efforts in scaling up the photoelectrochemical cell beyond laboratory scale have started to attract significant attention. Several large-area devices have been demonstrated, but typically the efficiencies are much lower than their ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Numerical Quantification of Coupling Effects for Radiation-Conduction Heat Transfer in Participating Macroporous Media: Investigation of a Model Geometry

Sophia Haussener, David Yann Samuel Perraudin

Radiative-conductive heat transfer in porous media is usually investigated by decoupling the heat transfer modes and solving the volume-averaged continuum equations using effective transport properties. However, both modes are naturally coupled and couplin ...

Elsevier2017

Simulations of the irradiation and temperature dependence of the efficiency of tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

Sophia Haussener

The instantaneous efficiency of an operating photoelectrochemical solar-fuel-generator system is a complicated function of the tradeoffs between the light intensity and temperature-dependence of the photovoltage and photocurrent, as well as the losses asso ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Buoyancy-driven melting and solidification heat transfer analysis in encapsulated phase change materials

Sophia Haussener, Nithin Mallya

Controlled melting and solidification in encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) is of practical interest, for example, in latent heat storage applications. The choice of PCMs and the dynamic heat transfer characteristics during phase change - affecting ...

2021

Steam Gasification of Carbonaceous Feedstocks via a 1.5 kWth Hybrid Solar/Autothermal Reactor

Sophia Haussener

A continuous method of steam gasification through hybridization of a solar reactor with an autothermal gasification process is proposed and tested. The ability to autothermally gasify a carbonaceous feedstock within a solar reactor enables round-the-clock ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2019

An analysis of the optimal band gaps of light absorbers in integrated tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

Sophia Haussener

The solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency limits, along with the maximum efficiency values and the corresponding optimal band gap combinations, have been evaluated for various combinations of light absorbers arranged in a tandem configuration in realistic, op ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Pathways to enhance electrochemical CO2 reduction identified through direct pore-level modeling

Sophia Haussener, Etienne Boutin, Shuo Liu, Evan Fair Johnson

Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to fuels and valuable products is one pathway to reduce CO2 emissions. Electrolyzers using gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) show much higher current densities than aqueous phase electrolyzers, yet models for multi-physical ...

2023

Numerical optimization of evaporative cooling in artificial gas diffusion layers for fuel cell applications

Sophia Haussener, Sarah van Rooij

The utilization of evaporative cooling in the gas diffusion layers (GDLs) of fuel cells or electrolyzers can effectively dissipate the heat produced by high power density operation, thus leading to economically more competitive electrochemical cells. The h ...

2020

Pore-level engineering of macroporous media for increased performance of solar-driven thermochemical fuel processing

Sophia Haussener, Silvan Suter

The performance of high-temperature solar reactors incorporating porous ceramic materials that serve as radiative absorbers and chemical reaction sites can be improved significantly by tailoring their pore structure. We investigated the changes in their ef ...

Elsevier2014

Techno-economic modeling and optimization of solar-driven high-temperature electrolysis systems

Sophia Haussener, Meng Lin

We present a techno-economic analysis of solar-driven hightemperature electrolysis systems used for the production of hydrogen and synthesis gas. We consider different strategies for the incorporation of solar energy, distinguished by the use of differing ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Prospects and challenges in designing photocatalytic particle suspension reactors for solar fuel processing

Sophia Haussener, Swarnava Nandy, Sangram Ashok Savant

Photocatalytic approaches for the production of solar hydrogen or hydrocarbons are interesting as they provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Research has been focused on water splitting and on the synthesis of photocatalyst materials and compo ...

2021

Contrasting Views of the Electric Double Layer in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Continuum Models vs Molecular Dynamics

Sophia Haussener, Evan Fair Johnson

In the field of electrochemical CO2 reduction, both continuum models and molecular dynamics (MD) models have been used to understand the electric double layer (EDL). MD often focuses on the region within a few nm of the electrode, while continuum models ca ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Design and operational guidelines of solar-driven catalytic conversion of CO2 and H2 to fuels

Sophia Haussener, Sha Li

Sunlight-powered catalytic conversion of CO2 and (green) H2 into fuels and chemicals via Sabatier and reverse water gas shift (RWGS) processes offers a promising solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase renewable energy utilization. The suc ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2023

Effective Heat and Mass Transport Properties of Anisotropic Porous Ceria for Solar Thermochemical Fuel Generation

Sophia Haussener

High-resolution X-ray computed tomography is employed to obtain the exact 3D geometrical configuration of porous anisotropic ceria applied in solar-driven thermochemical cycles for splitting H2O and CO2. The tomography data are, in turn, used in direct por ...

MDPI2012

Experimental and Numerical Characterization of a New 45 kWel Multisource High-Flux Solar Simulator

Sophia Haussener, Gaël Jean Clément Levêque

The performance of a new high-flux solar simulator consisting of 18 × 2.5 kWel radiation modules has been evaluated. Grayscale images of the radiative flux distribution at the focus are acquired for each module individually using a water-cooled Lambertian ...

Optical Society of America2016

Holistic design guidelines for solar hydrogen production by photo-electrochemical routes

Sophia Haussener, Saurabh Yuvraj Tembhurne, Mikaël Dumortier

Device and system design choices for solar energy conversion and storage approaches require holistic design guidelines which simultaneously respect and optimize technical, economic, sustainability, and operating time constraints. We developed a simulation ...

2015

Solar fuel processing efficiency for ceria redox cycling using alternative oxygen partial pressure reduction methods

Sophia Haussener, Meng Lin

Solar-driven non-stoichiometric thermochemical redox cycling of ceria for the conversion of solar energy into fuels shows promise in achieving high solar-to-fuel efficiency. This efficiency is significantly affected by the operating conditions, e.g. redox ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015