Liquid metal as a heat transport fluid for thermal solar power applications

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 627-636

  Frazer, D ^a   Stergar, E ^b   Cionea, C ^a   Hosemann, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central reciver systems; Corrosion; Hyrodgen; Liquid metal coolants; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; CORROSION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EUTECTICS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LAND USE; LEAD; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; METALS; OXIDATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CORROSION ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; HYRODGEN; LEAD-BISMUTH EUTECTICS; LIQUID METAL COOLANTS; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84902275400     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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