Thermal property testing of nitrate thermal storage salts in the solid-phase

ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2011

Volumn , Issue PARTS A, B, AND C, 2011, Pages 495-502

  Iverson, Brian D ^a   Cordaro, Joseph G ^b   Kruizenga, Alan M ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY COLLECTION; MOLTEN SALT; NITRATE SALTS; PHASE CHANGE; SOLID-PHASE; SOLIDIFICATION TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STORAGE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT STORAGE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NITRATES; SALTS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84881135148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2011-54159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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