Investigation of high temperature nanofluids for solar thermal power conversion and storage applications

2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 583-591

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

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CARBONATE; ALKALI NITRATES; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLTEN SALT; NANO-FLUID; NANOFLUIDS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL STORAGES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WELL-DISPERSED;

ALUMINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUTECTICS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLIDIFICATION; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84860530120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IHTC14-23296     Document Type: Conference Paper

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