Research and Application of Heat Transfer Fluids in Solar Thermal Power

Abstract:

mproving the thermophysical properties of heat transfer fluid is always a research hotspot and difficult subject in the application of solar energy for medium and high temperature. The research and application of these heat transfer fluid, including steam, heat transfer oil, molten salt, air, liquid alloy and nanofluids, were summarized in this paper. After comparing their characteristics, it is found that molten salt, air and liquid alloy have greater application and development prospects. Future research directions include extending the temperature span of operating condition, enhancing the efficiency of heat transfer and storage, lengthening service life and finding out the correlation between microstructure and related performance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 815)
• Pages: 415-422
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.815.415
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xiao Min Cheng, Chuang Zhu, Han Zhang, Xian Jie Yang
• Keywords: Heat Transfer Fluids, Solar Thermal Power, Thermal Storage

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