The thermal stability of molten nitrite/nitrates salt for solar thermal energy storage in different atmospheres

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2576-2583

  Olivares, Rene I ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CSP; Differential scanning calorimetry; Molten salts; Nitrates decomposition temperature; Thermal energy storage; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; CHEMICAL COMPANIES; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CSP; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; GAS ATMOSPHERE; INERT ATMOSPHERES; MOLTEN SALT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT RATIOS;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; NITROGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CALORIMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; MELTING; NITRATE; NITRITE; SALT; SOLAR POWER; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84865607798     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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