Enhancement of specific heat capacity of high-temperature silica-nanofluids synthesized in alkali chloride salt eutectics for solar thermal-energy storage applications Academic Article

abstract

• In this study, we report the anomalous enhancement of specific heat capacity of high-temperature nanofluids. Alkali metal chloride salt eutectics were doped with silica nanoparticles at 1% mass concentration. The specific heat capacity of the nanofluid was enhanced by 14.5%. Dispersion behavior of the nanoparticles in the eutectic was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Three independent competing transport mechanisms are enumerated to explain this anomalous behavior. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Banerjee, Debjyoti

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Shin, D., & Banerjee, D.

citation count

• 346

complete list of authors

• Shin, Donghyun||Banerjee, Debjyoti

publication date

• February 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer  Journal

keywords

• Alkali Chloride Eutectic
• ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Nanoparticle
• Silicon Dioxide
• Specific Heat Capacity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.017

start page

• 1064

end page

• 1070

volume

• 54

issue

• 5-6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.017

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy