Design of new molten salt thermal energy storage material for solar thermal power plant

Applied Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 682-689

  Peng, Qiang ^a   Yang, Xiaoxi ^a,c   Ding, Jing ^b   Wei, Xiaolan ^a   Yang, Jianping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DONGGUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conformal ionic solution (CIS) theory; Eutectic mixture; Heat transfer fluid (HTF); Molten nitrate salt; Phase diagram calculation; Solar thermal power

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; EUTECTICS; FLUIDS; HEAT STORAGE; MELTING POINT; MIXTURES; NITRATES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EUTECTIC MIXTURE; IONIC SOLUTIONS; NITRATE SALTS; PHASE DIAGRAM CALCULATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER;

FUSED SALTS;

DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; NITRATE; POWER PLANT; SALT; SOLAR POWER; STABILIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL POWER; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84884208962     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.048     Document Type: Article

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