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JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages 137-143Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2019.01.025
Keywords
Concentrating solar power; Solar salt; Nanoparticles; Particles; Specific heat capacity; Enhancement
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- Australian Government, through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- University of South Australia
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Several recent studies reported anomalous enhancement of specific heat capacity by doping minute concentration (e.g. 1 wt.%) of nanoparticles into the eutectic salt. In this work, silica particles with three different sizes and nano-sized silicon nitride and silicon carbide particles were dispersed in solar salt with particle concentrations of 0.5-7 wt.%. To prepare the composite material, a conventional two-step aqueous solution method was used and the drying approach was modified to suit large-scale production. The specific heat capacities of the composites, pure solar salt and particles were measured using differential scanning calorimetry in a temperature range of 300-400 degrees C and the results were compared. Silicon nitride and silicon carbide nanoparticles have marginal effect on the specific heat capacity of solar salt over the examined concentration of 0.5-3 wt.%. The specific heat capacity of silica composites with 3 wt.% of silica were enhanced by 4.3-9.7% over that of the pure solar salt. However, when 5 wt.% and 7 wt.% of silica (30 mu m) were dispersed, the specific heat capacity was reduced by 10.6% and 9%, respectively. Material characterization of the composite material proved the formation of sodium silicate due to reaction of silica and sodium nitrate, which is probably correlated to the reduction of specific heat capacity.
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