Unsteady state thermochemical performance analyses of solar driven steam methane reforming in porous medium reactor

A unsteady state thermochemical reaction model was developed by Monte Carlo Ray Tracing (MCRT) and Finite Volume Method (FVM) coupled for steam methane reforming in a porous medium thermochemical reactor. Concentrated solar irradiation was adopted as the source of high-temperature process heat. The transient state thermochemical reaction model combined conduction, convection, and irradiative heat transfer with temperature dependent...