Freeze-thaw tests on trough receivers employing a molten salt working fluid

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 693-698

  Kolb, Gregory ^a   Ho, Clifford ^a   Iverson, Brian ^a   Moss, Timothy ^a   Siegel, Nathan ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER TUBES; ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; FREEZE-THAW TESTS; HEAT COLLECTION ELEMENTS; MOLTEN SALT; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SYNTHETIC OIL; WORKING FLUID;

FUSED SALTS;

THAWING;

EID: 84860304595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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