An investigation of thermal characteristics of eutectic molten salt-based nanofluids. (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ercole, Davide; Manca, Oronzio; Vafai, Kambiz
• Is Part Of: International communications in heat and mass transfer. Volume 87(2017)
• Page Start: 98
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Salt-based Nanofluid -- Solar salt -- Correlation -- Specific heat of nanosalts -- Binary eutectic; Heat -- Transmission -- Periodicals; Mass transfer -- Periodicals; Chaleur -- Transmission -- Périodiques; Transfert de masse -- Périodiques; Heat -- Transmission; Mass transfer; Periodicals; 621.4022
• DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2017.06.022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-1933

Abstract

Abstract: The thermal properties of the eutectic molten salt-based nanofluids are characterized in this work. A robust correlation describing the effects of nanoparticle concentration, temperature and nanoparticle diameter on the specific heat is established for both the Solar Salt-based nanofluid (NaNO3 -KNO3 ) and the binary eutectic carbonate salt (Li2 CO3 -K2 CO3 ) with Silica nanoparticles. Moreover, other properties are investigated using the available data in the literature. Additional experimental works are necessary to clarify the behavior of the molten salt-based nanofluids. The established correlations given here are presented for the first time in the literature.