Enhanced sensible heat capacity of molten salt and conventional heat transfer fluid based nanofluid for solar thermal energy storage application

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 735-739

  Kwak, Hyun Eun ^a   Shin, Donghyun ^a   Banerjee, Debjyoti ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI NITRATES; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; HEAT ENHANCEMENT; KEY PARAMETERS; MOLTEN SALT; NANO-FLUID; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SILICON DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL STORAGES; SOLUTIA; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WELL-DISPERSED;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84858748513     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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