[HTML][HTML] Progress in research and technological advancements of thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power

MI Khan, F Asfand, SG Al-Ghamdi - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
A global transition towards more sustainable production and consumption systems has led
to an increasing share of renewables in the energy market. Renewables, majorly solar PV …

Molten salts in the light of corrosion mitigation strategies and embedded with nanoparticles to enhance the thermophysical properties for CSP plants

A Ibrahim, H Peng, A Riaz, MA Basit, U Rashid… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar power has prominently been showing potential as a means to sustainable,
dispatchable and affordable source of energy while attracting huge attention for scientists as …

First steps toward predicting corrosion behavior of structural materials in molten salts

R Pillai, SS Raiman, BA Pint - Journal of nuclear materials, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the need for physics-based models to predict corrosion behavior of materials in
molten salts, the current work proposes potential methods to aid in selection of optimum …

Establishing a design strategy for corrosion resistant structural materials in molten salt technologies

R Pillai, D Sulejmanovic, T Lowe, SS Raiman, BA Pint - JOM, 2023 - Springer
To address the gap in material design strategies for structural components in molten salt-
powered technologies, the current work aimed to identify key parameters governing …

Ceramic encapsulated metal phase change material for high temperature thermal energy storage

JW McMurray, BC Jolly, SS Raiman… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) is a broad-based technology for reducing CO 2 emissions
and advancing concentrating solar, fossil, and nuclear power through improvements in …

Facility to alleviate salt technology risks (fastr): Preliminary design report with failure modes and effects analysis

KR Robb, PL Mulligan, GL Yoder Jr, K Smith… - 2019 - osti.gov
The Facility to Alleviate Salt Technology Risks (FASTR) is a versatile, high-temperature (>
600° C) molten chloride salt test facility designed to enable a variety of testing to advance …

Leveraging Additive Manufacturing to Fabricate High Temperature Alloys with Co-Designed Mechanical Properties and Environmental Resistance

R Pillai, QQ Ren, YF Su… - … for Gas Turbines …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A paradigm shift in the traditional sequential design approaches is critically essential to
create application-specific hierarchical and multifunctional materials with superior long-term …

Tribological behavior of ceramic-alloy bearing contacts in molten salt lubrication for concentrating solar power

X He, R Wang, D Sulejmanovic, KR Robb… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Molten salts are considered as candidate heat transfer fluids and thermal energy storage
media for next generation concentrating solar power (CSP). A molten salt circulates inside …

Facility to Alleviate Salt Technology Risks (FASTR): Design Report

K Robb, S Baird, J Massengale, E Kappes, PL Mulligan - 2022 - osti.gov
The Facility to Alleviate Salt Technology Risks (FASTR) is a versatile, high-temperature (>
600° C) molten chloride salt test facility designed to enable a variety of testing to advance …

Engineering-Scale Batch Purification of Ternary MgCl2-KCl-NaCl Salt Using Thermal and Magnesium Contact Treatment

KR Robb, S Baird, J Massengale, N Hoyt, J Guo… - 2022 - osti.gov
High-temperature molten chloride salts are a desirable heat transfer and energy storage
media. The NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 is of particular interest because of its low melting point and …