Method using plasma-coupled solar thermal energy and related device

A microwave thermosolar method implemented in a tubular reactor comprising a conveyor for substrates defined as materials thus conveyed, wherein said method comprises a step of circulation of an electric current in the conveyor, in order to produce heat in the conveyor by Joule effect and optionally to induce, in the substrates, under the action of the electric current, at least some of a curing, pyrolyses, gasifications, fusions and chemical reactions comprising oxidation-reduction reactions.

A method implemented in a tubular reactor comprising a conveyor for substrates defined as materials thus conveyed, wherein a fusion of the substrates, which comprise elements necessary for obtaining an electrolysis medium for reducing, into aluminium, of alumina contained in said substrates, is carried out, under action of at least one energy from solar energy, microwave energy and thermal energy produced by a circulation of electric current in the tubular conveyor.

A microwave thermosolar device comprising:

• a tubular reactor comprising a conveyor for substrates defined as materials thus conveyed,
• and circulation means for circulating an electric current in the conveyor, in order to produce therein heat by Joule effect and optionally to induce, in the substrates, under action of the electric current, at least some of a curing, pyrolyses, gasifications, fusions and chemical reactions comprising oxidation-reduction reactions.

A method for conveying substrates in a microwave thermosolar device, said substrates being defined as materials thus conveyed, the method comprising conveying said substrates along a helical worm by rotating the helical worm.

A method for conveying substrates in a microwave thermosolar device comprising a tubular reactor comprising a conveyor, said substrates being defined as materials thus conveyed, the method comprising conveying said substrates by means of a system of successive palets connected together by one of a cable and a chain, said palets being adjusted to an inside diameter of the tubular reactor so that the substrates are trapped between two successive palets and are pushed through the tubular reactor in order to traverse it.