Progress on heat transfer and storage performance of nano-filler reinforced nitrate composites

WU Chenguang; LI Bei

doi:10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20201218.001

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WU Chenguang, LI Bei. Progress on heat transfer and storage performance of nano-filler reinforced nitrate composites[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2021, 38(7): 2001-2009. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20201218.001

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WU Chenguang, LI Bei. Progress on heat transfer and storage performance of nano-filler reinforced nitrate composites[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2021, 38(7): 2001-2009. doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20201218.001

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Progress on heat transfer and storage performance of nano-filler reinforced nitrate composites

doi: 10.13801/j.cnki.fhclxb.20201218.001

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LI Bei^{1, 2
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Research Center for Materials Genome Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

Received Date: 2020-11-04
Accepted Date: 2020-12-14

Available Online: 2020-12-18

Publish Date: 2021-07-15

Abstract

Abstract

Nitrates are widely used as heat storage mediums in the concentrating solar power system due to their low costs and wide operating temperature ranges. It can significantly improve the heat transfer and storage performance of the nitrates incorporated with nano-fillers, by which the power generation efficiency of the concentrating solar power system can further be improved. In this review, the components and preparation methods of nitrate composite materials were introduced. Then, the effects of the doping concentration and size of the nano-fillers on the heat transfer and storage properties of nitrate composites were analyzed. The enhancement mechanisms of the thermal performance were also summarized. Finally, the future research directions of the nitrate composite systems were outlined.
- concentrating solar power,
- nitrate,
- thermal properties,
- nano-structures,
- thermal analysis
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