Enhancement of specific heat capacity of high-temperature silica-nanofluids synthesized in alkali chloride salt eutectics for solar thermal-energy storage applications

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 1064-1070

  Shin, Donghyun ^a   Banerjee, Debjyoti ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali chloride eutectic; Electron microscopy; Nanoparticle; Silicon dioxide; Specific heat capacity

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CHLORIDE EUTECTIC; ALKALI CHLORIDES; ALKALI METAL CHLORIDES; ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS CONCENTRATION; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; SEM; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLAR THERMAL; SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ALKALI METALS; CALORIMETRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EUTECTICS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLIDIFICATION; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 78650617245     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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