Experimental investigation of molten salt nanofluid for solar thermal energy application

ASME/JSME 2011 8th Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, AJTEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shin, Donghyun ^a   Banerjee, Debjyoti ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL ENGINEERING; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 85043886625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ajtec2011-44375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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