Comparative review of different influence factors on molten salt corrosion characteristics for thermal energy storage

L Ma, C Zhang, Y Wu, Y Lu - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
As high-temperature heat transfer medium and thermal energy storage material, molten salts
are widely applied in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants and molten salt reactors …

Materials corrosion for thermal energy storage systems in concentrated solar power plants

M Walczak, F Pineda, AG Fernandez… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The current commercial deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) relies on a system
of thermal energy storage (TES) for round the clock generation of electricity. The heat …

Pumped thermal grid storage with heat exchange

RB Laughlin - Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
A thermal heat-pump grid storage technology is described based on closed-cycle Brayton
engine transfers of heat from a cryogenic storage fluid to molten solar salt. Round-trip …

Macroencapsulation and characterization of phase change materials for latent heat thermal energy storage systems

TE Alam, JS Dhau, DY Goswami, E Stefanakos - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
An innovative technique to encapsulate PCMs that melt in the 120–350° C temperature
range is presented. The developed technique does not require a sacrificial layer to …

Review on system and materials requirements for high temperature thermal energy storage. Part 1: General requirements

J Gasia, L Miró, LF Cabeza - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
High temperature thermal energy storage offers a huge energy saving potential in industrial
applications such as solar energy, automotive, heating and cooling, and industrial waste …

High-temperature molten-salt thermal energy storage and advanced-Ultra-supercritical power cycles

A Boretti, S Castelletto - Journal of Energy Storage, 2021 - Elsevier
The work explores the opportunities offered by higher temperature heat transfer/heat storage
fluids, and higher temperature power cycles, in higher concentration solar thermal power …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS): An efficient technique for monitoring corrosion processes in molten salt environments in CSP applications

V Encinas-Sánchez, MT De Miguel, MI Lasanta… - Solar energy materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study assessed the behaviour of a constructive material in CSP plants, namely ferritic-
martensitic steel, with molten NaNO 3/KNO 3 (60/40 wt%), also known as Solar Salt. To this …

Molten salt corrosion mechanisms of nitrate based thermal energy storage materials for concentrated solar power plants: A review

ÁG Fernández, LF Cabeza - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2019 - Elsevier
Corrosion mechanisms for current heat transfer fluid and storage media used in CSP plants
working at temperatures from 300° C to 600° C are reviewed in this paper. The studies found …

Progress and opportunities in corrosion mitigation in heat transfer fluids for next-generation concentrating solar power

P Kondaiah, R Pitchumani - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) systems have gained considerable eminence in
converting solar thermal energy into electrical power in recent years. According to the US …

High-temperature corrosion performance of austenitic stainless steels type AISI 316L and AISI 321H, in molten Solar Salt

A Gomes, M Navas, N Uranga, T Paiva, I Figueira… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The corrosion rates of AISI 316L and AISI 321H austenitic stainless steel, immersed in a
stagnant isothermal mixture of 60% NaNO 3 and 40% KNO 3 molten salt at 550° C in …