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Stabilization of molten salt materials using metal chlorides for solar thermal storage
Scientific Reports, Volume: 8, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author: James Sullivan
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/s41598-018-26537-8
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The effect of a variety of metal-chlorides additions on the melting behavior and thermal stability of commercially available salts was investigated. Ternary salts comprised of KNO3, NaNO2, and NaNO3 were produced with additions of a variety of chlorides (KCl, LiCl, CaCl2, ZnCl2, NaCl and MgCl2). The...
Published in: | Scientific Reports |
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ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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2018
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URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40539 |
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The effect of a variety of metal-chlorides additions on the melting behavior and thermal stability of commercially available salts was investigated. Ternary salts comprised of KNO3, NaNO2, and NaNO3 were produced with additions of a variety of chlorides (KCl, LiCl, CaCl2, ZnCl2, NaCl and MgCl2). Thermogravimetric analysis and weight loss experiments showed that the quaternary salt containing a 5 wt% addition of LiCl and KCl led to an increase in short term thermal stability compared to the ternary control salts. These additions allowed the salts to remain stable up to a temperature of 630 °C. Long term weight loss experiments showed an upper stability increase of 50 °C. A 5 wt% LiCl addition resulted in a weight loss of only 25% after 30 hours in comparison to a 61% loss for control ternary salts. Calorimetry showed that LiCl additions allow partial melting at 80 °C, in comparison to the 142 °C of ternary salts. This drop in melting point, combined with increased stability, provided a molten working range increase of almost 100 °C in total, in comparison to the control ternary salts. XRD analysis showed the oxidation effect of decomposing salts and the additional phase created with LiCl additions to allow melting point changes to occur. |
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