Thermodynamic modeling and experimental verification of eutectic point in the LiNO3-KNO3-Ca(NO3)2 ternary system

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1259-1266

  Wang, Juntao ^a,b   Lai, Mengze ^a   Han, Haijun ^a,c   Ding, Zhiying ^a   Liu, Shijun ^a   Zeng, Dewen ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Ca(NO3)2; KNO3; LiNO3; Molten salt; Phase diagram; Toop model

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EUTECTICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; KNO3; LINO3; MOLTEN SALT; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925533866     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-014-4218-0     Document Type: Article

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