Add Hydrogen Combustion to a Solar Reactor for Carbon-Free Mining and Mineral Processing

IMAGE@ A. Chinnici, University of Adelaide, Centre for Energy technology Iron, nickel, alumina and copper mining processes are among the industrial processes that require heat at between 700°C and 1000°C. The advanced concentrated solar thermal (CST) reactors being developed by researchers globally can attain temperatures this high (and higher, up to 1500°C). But CEOs in …