2000-2003 Research Program
THE SOLAR PRODUCTION OF LIME
Inspired by the past, the kiln for the future.
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Sep-Dec 2000
The Raw Material: preliminary investigation
Jan-Apr 2001
The Solar Lime Reactor: exploring new ideas
May-Jun 2001 Construction of the 10 kW Solar Lime Pilot Reactor
Jul-Aug 2001
The First Solar Lime Experimental Campaign
Sep-Dec 2001
Evaluating the Solar Lime Reactor performance
Jan-Jun 2002
Designing the Novel Solar Lime Reactor

Jul-Sept 2002 The Second Solar Lime Experimental Campaign

Oct-Dec 2002 Improving the Reactor Numerical Model
2003 - Towards a 0.5 MW Solar Lime Reactor…
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The Solar Lime Project Publications
International conferences - Papers and Publications
[1] E. Bonaldi, G.M. Cella, W. Lipinski, R. Palumbo, A. Steinfeld, D. Wuillemin, A. Meier, CO2 Mitigation in the Lime Industry: Replacing Fossil Fuels with Concentrated Solar Energy, paper presented at the 10th International Lime Association Congress, Washington D.C., USA, May 7-10, 2002.
[2] A. Meier, E. Bonaldi, G.M. Cella, W. Lipinski, R. Palumbo, A. Steinfeld, C. Wieckert, D. Wuillemin, Design and Experimental Investigation of a Horizontal Rotary Reactor for the Solar Thermal Production of Lime, 11th SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies, Zurich, Switzerland, September 4-6, 2002, paper submitted in April 2002.
[3] W. Lipinski, E. Bonaldi, A. Meier, A. Steinfeld, Modeling and Experimental Validation of a Horizontal Rotary Reactor for the Solar Thermal Production of Lime, 17th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 17), Hong Kong, China, August 25-28, 2002, abstract submitted.
[4] A. Meier, E. Bonaldi, G.M. Cella, W. Lipinski, R. Palumbo, A. Steinfeld, C. Wieckert, D. Wuillemin, Towards the Industrial Solar Production of Lime for CO2 Mitigation, Int. Symposium on Future Energy Systems and Technology, Antwerpen, Belgium, November 17-20, 2002, abstract submitted.
[5] A. Meier, E. Bonaldi, G.M. Cella, W. Lipinski, R. Palumbo, A. Steinfeld, C. Wieckert, D. Wuillemin, Solar Thermal Production of Lime (Poster), ETSF2 – Transitions to Solar Hydrogen, PSI, November 23, 2001.
Publications in technical/scientifical magazines and annuary
[1] PSI and QualiCal planning solar lime project, ZKG INTERNATIONAL 9, Vol. 53, Bauverlag GmbH, Germany, pp. A12-A13, 2000.
[2] Solar Production of Lime, SolarPACES Annual Report 2000, Task II, Chapter 4.19, 2000
[3] A. Meier, E. Bonaldi, A. Reller, A. Hintermann, Wenn Steine glühen, ENET-NEWS - Dezember 2001 / Nr. 50, J. Wellstein ed., pp.11-13, 2001.
[4] R. Dietrich, Dal sole l'energia per la calce, Edilizia e territorio n° 46/2001, Ed. Il Sole 24ORE, pp. 16, Italia, 2001
[5] E. Modugno, Solare termico a concentrazione per produrre calce, ilsoleatrecentosessantagradi n° 9/2001, Newsletter di ISES Italia, pp. 6-7, 2001.
[6] A. Meier, E. Bonaldi, G.M. Cella, W. Lipinski, R. Palumbo, A. Steinfeld, C. Wieckert, D. Wuillemin: Towards the Industrial Solar Production of Lime, PSI Scientific Report 2001, to be published 2002.
[7] The Solar Production of Lime: PSI's and QualiCal Challenge for the Future, submitted in April 2002 for publication in ZKG INTERNATIONAL 5, Vol. 55, Bauverlag GmbH, Germany.

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