Investigation on the Ca(OH)2/CaO thermochemical energy …
The present work is focused on thermochemical energy storage (TCES) in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants by means of the Calcium-Looping (CaL) …
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(PDF) Preparation and Thermal Properties of High …
To illustrate, a research was conducted on the thermal properties of molten Nitrate -Nitrite salts, such as: NaNO 2 and KNO 3, to compare between the deterioration of purified and unpurified ...
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Investigation on the Ca(OH)2/CaO thermochemical energy storage system with potassium nitrate …
Results show that 10 wt% KNO3 addition can reduce the heat storage temperature to 428.49 C and greatly accelerate the reaction with nearly no loss of heat storage density. The cycling stability of the pure as well as KNO3 added Ca(OH)2/CaO system was investigated in air and nitrogen atmospheres.
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Effects of sodium nitrate concentration on thermophysical properties of solar salts and on the thermal energy storage …
For sensible thermal energy storage (TES) in liquids in the temperature range from 250 C to 550 C, a mixture of 60 wt% sodium nitrate (NaNO3) and 40 wt% potassium nitrate (KNO3), known as Solar ...
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Review of the solubility, monitoring, and purification of impurities in molten salts for energy storage in concentrated solar power …
A large portion of the research explores nitrate eutectic salts, since they are the most widely used heat storage medium for CSP applications [14, 15] a study by Federsel et al. [16], they researched the effect of the level of oxide ion concentration on the thermal stability and corrosion behavior of HITEC salt (a sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, …
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Thermophysical properties of Ca(NO3)2-NaNO3-KNO3 mixtures for heat transfer and thermal storage …
potassium nitrate were mixed to form cheap ternary molten salts based on different weight ratios. ... Study of the KNO 3-LiNO 3 and KNO 3-NaNO 3-LiNO 3 eutectics as phase change materials for thermal storage in a low temperature solar power plant, ...
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Effect of nanoparticle dispersion on enhancing the specific heat capacity of quaternary nitrate for solar thermal energy storage …
heat of fusion improvements of the solar salt, potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate with 20 nm SiO2 ... A summary of various other solar energy storage materials that are currently under ...
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Corrosion resistance of protective coatings against molten nitrate salts for thermal energy storage …
Concentrating solar power (CSP) systems have gained considerable eminence in converting solar thermal energy into electrical power in recent years. According to the U.S. Department of Energy''s Gen3 roadmap, the CSP system should operate > 700 °C, as its efficiency depends directly on the operating temperature of the …
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Thermal-physical properties of nanoparticle-seeded nitrate molten salts
In this work, we investigate experimentally the thermal-physical properties (k, cp) of nanosalts to reveal the performance of nanoparticles. Different concentrations (0.5 wt %, 1 wt % and 1.5 wt %) of Fe 2 O 3, CuO and TiO 2 on single salt (KNO 3) and binary solar salt are studied.
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Molten salt corrosion mechanisms of nitrate based thermal energy storage materials for concentrated solar power …
Thermophysical properties of molten salts aid in determining the storage efficiency of thermal energy storage (TES) systems in concentrating solar power plants. In this research, a novel ternary molten salt (4NaCl–37KCl–59LiNO 3, mol%) was utilized as the phase change material (PCM), while Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles (NPs) were employed as …
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Evaluation of thermal physical properties of molten nitrate salts …
Molten salts consisting of the sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate were used successfully in the big-scaled, SCR (Solar Control Power Panel) at temperatures up to 565 C [17] as a thermal energy ...
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Molten salt chemistry in nitrate salt storage systems: Linking …
Sensible heat storage in molten nitrate salts is a key technology when it comes to thermal energy storage in combination with concentrating solar power (CSP) …
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Thermostatic properties of nitrate molten salts and their solar and …
Nitrate molten salts are extensively used for sensible heat storage in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants and thermal energy storage (TES) systems. They are the most promising materials...
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Heat capacity of nanofluids for solar energy storage produced by dispersing oxide nanoparticles in nitrate …
One of the most used molten salt as thermal energy storage fluid consists of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate mixture (60–40 wt%). However, for energy storage applications an improvement of the thermophysical properties (such as thermal conductivity, specific heat, melting point, latent heat, density) of molten salts is often …
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Molecular simulation of the structure and physical properties of alkali nitrate salts for thermal energy storage …
Among all the concentrating solar power plants under operation or construction, most of them use molten nitrate salts as heat storage and transfer material [5]. The most commonly used is the binary mixture of 60 wt% NaNO 3 and 40 wt% KNO 3, which has a wide operation range from 290 °C to 565 °C.
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Enhanced thermal energy storage of nitrate salts by silica …
The potassium nitrate salt dispersed with 20-nm silica nanoparticles achieve the highest performance improvement not only in latent heat but in specific heat …
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Thermodynamic investigation of the Ca(NO3)2–NaNO3–KNO3 system for solar thermal energy storage …
Energy shortages and low carbon emission make concentrated solar power (CSP) technology an attractive research hotspot, and solar heat storage is one of the three core technologies in CSP plants. Thus, the thermal storage medium used in CSP technology has attracted the attention of many researchers [ [1], [2], [3] ].
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High-temperature stability of ternary nitrate molten salts for solar thermal energy …
I. Introduction A molten salt mixture consisting of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate (60-40 wt%, m.p. 238) has been used successfully as a thermal energy collection and storage fluid in a large-scale, solar …
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Investigation on the Ca(OH)2/CaO thermochemical energy storage system with potassium nitrate …
Based on infrared spectroscopy, Shkatulov and Aristov [23] suggested that the insertion of nitrate ions into the Ca(OH) 2 lattice causes the collapse of the KNO 3 crystalline structure, lowers the ...
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Enhanced thermal energy storage of nitrate salts by silica nanoparticles for concentrating solar power …
The potassium nitrate salt dispersed with 20‐nm silica nanoparticles achieve the highest performance improvement not only in latent ... nitrate for solar thermal energy storage application ...
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Effects of sodium nitrate concentration on thermophysical properties of solar salts and on the thermal energy storage …
Nitrate molten salts are the storage media used today in concentrated solar power plants. They are also used as heat transfer fluid (HTF) in the molten salt tower (MST) technology. Traditional MST plants work in the temperature range of 240–565 °C using the so-called solar salt, a mixture of 60–40 wt% of NaNO 3 and KNO 3 .
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Improvement of the corrosion properties in ternary molten nitrate salts for direct energy storage …
Addition of Ca(NO 3) 2 reduces the corrosion ability in molten nitrate salts. A1 steel is not recommend for its use in CSP plants containing lithium ternary molten salts. The corrosive effects of a molten nitrate mixture composed by 20% LiNO 3 + 28% NaNO 3 + 52% KNO 3 were appraised at 390 C on a low-Cr alloy steel (T22) and a carbon steel …
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Materials | Free Full-Text | Thermal Storage of Nitrate Salts as Phase Change Materials (PCMs…
This study presents the energy storage potential of nitrate salts for specific applications in energy systems that use renewable resources. For this, the thermal, chemical, and morphological characterization of 11 samples of nitrate salts as phase change materials (PCM) was conducted. Specifically, sodium nitrate (NaNO3), sodium …
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Multicomponent Molten Salt Mixtures Based on Nitrate/Nitrite Anions | J. Sol. Energy …
Molten salts are a promising medium for thermal energy transfer and storage. They have a very low vapor pressure and most are unreactive in air. Over the past 3 decades, Sandia National Laboratories has investigated a variety of molten salt mixtures of alkali nitrates and, most recently, quaternary mixtures of sodium, calcium, lithium, and …
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(PDF) Preparation and Heat Transfer/Thermal Storage Properties of High-Temperature Molten Nitrate …
Molten salt (HTS) composed of 53% KNO3, 40% NaNO2 and 7 wt.% NaNO3 has been used as heat transfer media and thermal storage fluid in the solar thermal power, but thermal decomposition will occur ...
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Thermal energy storage – overview and specific insight into nitrate salts for sensible and latent heat storage …
For sensible heat storage in solar power plants, a non-eutectic molten salt mixture consisting of 60 wt % sodium nitrate (NaNO 3) and 40 wt % potassium nitrate (KNO 3) is used. This mixture is usually known as …
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A New Phase Change Material Based on Potassium Nitrate with Silica and Alumina Nanoparticles for Thermal Energy Storage …
1. Amounts of 198 mg of potassium nitrate and 2 mg of nanoparticles were measured on a an analytical balance with ±0.1 mg precision (Mettler Toledo, type AB104-S, Greifensee, Switzerland) and put in a beaker. 2. Amount of 20 ml of distilled water was added
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A New Phase Change Material Based on Potassium Nitrate with Silica and Alumina Nanoparticles for Thermal Energy Storage …
In this study different nanofluids with phase change behavior were developed by mixing a molten salt base fluid (KNO3 selected as phase change material) with nanoparticles using the direct synthesis method. The thermal properties of the nanofluids obtained were investigated. Following the improvement in the specific heat achieved, …
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