TWO-STEP THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION WITH DISH TYPE SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEM and $CeO_2/NiFe_2O_4$

접시형 태양열 집광 시스템과 산화세륨 및 페라이트산화물을 이용한 열화학 사이클의 수소생산

The two-step water splitting thermochemical cycle is composed of the T-R (Thermal Reduction) and W-D (Water Decomposition) steps. The mechanism of this cycle is oxidation-reduction, which produces hydrogen. The reaction temperature necessary for this thermochemical cycle can be achieved by a dish-type solar thermal collector (Inha University, Korea). The purpose of this study is to validate a water splitting device in the field. The device is studied and fabricated by Kodama et al (2010, 2011). The validation results show that the foam device, when loaded with $CeO_2$ powder, was successfully achieved hydrogen production under field conditions. Through this experiment, we can analyze the characteristics of the catalyst and able to determine which is more advantageous thing to produce hydrogen compared with previous experiment that used ferrite-device.