Evaluation of cross-contamination in indirect thermal storage system in concentrated solar plants

Cristina Prieto, Anton López-Román, Guillermo García-Rivero, Esther Bartolí and Luisa F. Cabeza

Renewable Energy, 2023, vol. 212, issue C, 492-499

Abstract: Solar concentration technology is fully dispatchable due to the use of thermal energy storage systems, in particular, commercial parabolic trough power plants use indirect storage systems based on molten salts. This system includes a heat exchanger to transfer energy between the thermal oil from the solar field and the salts used in storage. In addition, some content of water is considered by cross-contamination in the steam generator of the power block. This study analyses the compatibility between both fluids in the event of cross-contamination in the equipment. The degree of compatibility between a triphasic system made up of a mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate salts (60:40), heat transfer fluid (DP:DPO), and water, when they were subjected to 390 °C for a period of 312 h (two weeks). The study shows how thermal oil undergoes complete thermal-oxidative degradation without high impact on the composition of the salts.

Keywords: Heat transfer fluids; Molten salts; Degradation; Thermal energy storage; Concentrated solar plant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.05.081

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