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Effects of sodium nitrate concentration on thermophysical properties of solar salts and on the thermal energy storage cost

Durth, Melanie; Prieto, Cristina; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Alfonso; Patiño-Rodríguez, David; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2019)

Thermal energy storage (TES) systems are key components of concentrating solar power plants in order to offer energy dispatchability to adapt the electricity power production to the curve demand. Nitrate molten salts are ...
Thermal energy storage evaluation in direct steam generation solar plants

Prieto, Cristina; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Alfonso; Patiño-Rodríguez, David; Cabeza, Luisa F. (Elsevier, 2018)

Existing commercial parabolic trough power plants use thermal oil as a heat transfer fluid, with working temperatures in the region of 400 °C. In order to achieve more efficient generating systems, a second generation of ...