Effects of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancing the Thermodynamics Characteristic of Alkali Nitrate and Chlorate Salt for Concentration Solar Plants

Abstract:

Solar thermal power generation technology is the most feasible technology to compete with fossil fuels in the economy, and is considered to be one of the most promising candidates for providing a major share of the clean and renewable energy needed in the future. The appropriate heat transfer fluid and storage medium is a key technological issue for the future success of solar thermal technologies. Molten salt is one of the best heat transfer and thermal storage fluid for both parabolic trough and tower solar thermal power system. It is very important that molten salt heat transfer mechanisms are understood and can be predicted with accuracy. But studies on molten salts heat transfer are rare. This study will lay a foundation for the application of carbon nanotubes in molten salt which can remarkably improve the stability and capacity of thermal storage. Thermal analysis methods and scanning electron microscope (SEM) are utilized to provide a review of thermophysical properties and thermochemical characteristics of the MWCNTs-salt composite materials.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 805-806)
• Pages: 63-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.805-806.63
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Di Wu, Shi Liu
• Keywords: Concentration Solar Plants, Molten Salt, Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT), Thermal Analysis

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