Novel Metallic Alloys as Phase Change Materials for Heat Storage in Direct Steam Generation Applications
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11556/282ISSN: 0094-243X
ISBN: 978-0-7354-1386-3
DOI: 10.1063/1.4949130
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Nieto-Maestre, Javier; Iparraguirre-Torres, Iñigo; Amondarain-Velasco, Z.; Kaltzakorta, Idurre; Merchán-Zubieta, MikelDate
2016-05-31Keywords
eutectic alloys
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is one of the key electricity production renewable energy technologies with a clear distinguishing advantage: the possibility to store the heat generated during the sunny periods, turning it into a dispatchable technology. Current CSP Plants use an intermediate Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF), thermal oil or inorganic salt, to transfer heat from the Solar Field (SF) either to the heat exchanger (HX) unit to produce high pressure steam that can be leaded to a turbine for electricity production, or to the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system. In recent years, a novel CSP technology is attracting great interest: Direct Steam Generation (DSG). The direct use of water/steam as HTF would lead to lower investment costs for CSP Plants by the suppression of the HX unit. Moreover, water is more environmentally friendly than thermal oils or salts, not flammable and compatible with container materials (pipes, tanks). However, this technology also has some important challenges, ...
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