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 …

Corrosion properties of Ti-Ni-Cu coatings fabricated by laser surface alloying

Q Qiao, VAM Cristino, LM Tam, CT Kwok - Corrosion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser surface alloying was used to fabricate TiNi-xCu (x= 9.4 to 26.0 wt%) coatings on Ti-Ni
substrate by controlling the thicknesses of preplaced Cu layers and laser scanning speed …

Evolution of corrosion products on ASTM A36 and AISI 304L steels formed in exposure to molten NaNO3–KNO3 eutectic salt: Electrochemical study

F Pineda, M Walczak, F Vilchez, C Guerra, R Escobar… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage uses molten salt as a heat transfer fluid implies a high corrosion
risk. In this work, ASTM A36 and AISI 304L steel, exposed to solar salt at 390° C for 21 days …

High-entropy alloys: A review of their performance as promising materials for hydrogen and molten salt storage

F Pineda, C Martínez, P Martin… - Reviews on Advanced …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Fossil fuels have been the most employed energy source with a consistent and growing
consumption; however, they will be replaced by renewable energy sources (RESs) …

Corrosion evaluation by electrochemical real-time tracking of VM12 martensitic steel in a ternary molten salt mixture with lithium nitrates for CSP plants

F Pineda, A Mallco, F De Barbieri, C Carrasco… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the context of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), the metallic materials employed to build
the critical components of the plant are exposed to severe conditions, Carbon and stainless …

Intergranular corrosion: Comparison between experiments and cellular automata

S Guiso, D Di Caprio, J de Lamare, B Gwinner - Corrosion Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a 3D cellular automata approach of intergranular corrosion in presented. A
model is proposed, along with experimental results both qualitatively (groove morphology …

Use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for the evaluation of performance of PEM fuel cells based on carbon cloth gas diffusion electrodes

S Latorrata, R Pelosato, P Gallo Stampino… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have attracted great attention in the last
two decades as valuable alternative energy generators because of their high efficiencies …

Uncovering accurate values of the polarization resistance in molten fluorides using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

HL Chan, H Singh, V Romanovski… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-temperature operation and the presence of oxidizing impurities in molten chloride and
fluoride salts pose significant corrosion risks to structural alloys in molten salt nuclear …

Development of cost effective NO2 gas sensor based on V2O5 micro-flowers

H Dhoundiyal, H Rahman, MC Bhatnagar - Applied Nanoscience, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, micro-flowers self-assembled by nanoplates were prepared by simple
hydrothermal method for gas sensing application. The micro-flower-like morphology of the …

Effects of Ni addition on tribocorrosion property of TiCu alloy

R Zhang, H Wang, X Xing, Z Yuan, S Yang, Z Han… - Tribology …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the tribocorrosion characteristics of TiCu alloys with proper addition of Ni (5 and
10 at%) were investigated and compared with TiCu alloys (Ti 70 Cu 30). X-ray diffractometry …