Effects of Cation Concentration on Thermophysical Properties of Solar Salts
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States). Materials Chemistry Dept.
An assessment of the effects of cation concentration on the thermophysical properties of salts in the temperature range of 300 to 500°C was investigated. The latent heat and density exhibit a statistically relevant dependence upon mixtures, while heat capacity, viscosity, and thermal conductivity did not exhibit statistical differences among mixtures in the range of temperature studied. Heat capacity tended to be nearly flat while in the liquid state for mixtures at each temperature. Density of the mixtures decreases linearly with temperature. Mixture composition influenced density, with a relative variation up to 2% over the temperature range investigated. Viscosity decreased as a function of temperature in a non-linear fashion and methods used here tended to exhibit a higher value than literature values. Thermal conductivity used laser flash and transient wire methods. Transient wire found no differences between mixtures within repeatability of the measurement, while laser flash was found to not work well for molten nitrate salts due to the large error.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1504609
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2015-4168R; 584034
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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