Abstract: A dehumidification system comprising an enclosure having sidewalls, the sidewalls defining a cavity; an inlet fluidly coupled to the cavity, the inlet configured to receive air into the cavity; an outlet fluidly coupled to the cavity, the outlet configured to discharge the air from the cavity; a sorbent bed located within the cavity fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet; the sorbent bed comprising a substrate with dehumidification materials attached to the substrate and coupled to an insulator; a regenerable power source electrically coupled to the substrate configured to electrically heat the substrate to a predetermined temperature configured to regenerate the sorbent bed and a blower fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet, the blower configured to transfer air from the inlet through the sorbent bed and out the outlet.

Abstract: A catalytic solar reactor useful in chemical processes, more particularly, useful in endothermic chemical processes. The reactor comprises a reaction pathway defined by an exterior wall and an interior wall, the exterior wall comprising a solar radiation receiver capable of converting solar radiation into heat and transmitting the heat to the reaction pathway. Further, the reaction pathway has disposed therein, in alternating fashion, a plurality of catalytic elements and a plurality of heat transfer elements. Optionally, a supplementary heater, such as a conventional fossil fuel burner, is disposed in a plenum located within the interior of the reactor. The heater is employed as a supplemental source of heat, for example, when solar radiation is unavailable.