Effect of nanoparticles on heat capacity of nanofluids based on molten salts as PCM for thermal energy storage

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chieruzzi, Manila ^a   Cerritelli, Gian F ^a   Miliozzi, Adio ^b   Kenny, José M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heat capacity; Molten salt; Nanocomposite; Nanofluid; Nanoparticles; Phase change materials; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; POTASH; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM NITRATE; SPECIFIC HEAT; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; DIRECT-SYNTHESIS; MOLTEN SALT; NANOFLUIDS; THEORETICAL MODELING; THERMAL STORAGE; WATER SOLUTIONS; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84887275972     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-448     Document Type: Article

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