Ca(NO3)2-NaNO3-KNO3 molten salt mixtures for direct thermal energy storage systems in parabolic trough plants

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gomez, Judith C ^a   Calvet, Nicolas ^a,b   Starace, Anne K ^a   Glatzmaier, Greg C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CIC ENERGIGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

concentrated solar power (CSP); heat transfer fluid (HTF); molten salts; nitrate mixtures; thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CAPACITY; GLASS FORMATION; HIGH VISCOSITIES; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID STATE; MOLTEN SALT; MOLTEN SALT MIXTURES; MULTICOMPONENTS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; NITRATE SALTS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PARABOLIC TROUGH; SENSIBLE HEAT; SOLID-SOLID; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; SUPERHEATED STEAM; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; THERMALLY STABLE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUIDS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; LIQUIDS; MELTING POINT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL ENERGY; VISCOSITY;

CALCIUM;

EID: 84873396032     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023182     Document Type: Article

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