Evaluation of Composite Alumina Nanoparticle and Nitrate Eutectic Materials for use in Concentrating Solar Power Plants

The focus of this research was to create and characterize high temperature alumina and nitrate salt eutectic nanofluids for use in thermal energy storage (TES) systems. The nitrate eutectic was originally used in the TES system demonstrated as part of the Solar Two power tower and is currently emplo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malik, Darren R.
Other Authors: Palazzolo, Alan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
TES
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7705