Nanoparticle Enhanced Molten Salts for Solar Energy Storage

Project Information

NPMSSES

Grant agreement ID: 706788

DOI 10.3030/706788

Project closed

EC signature date 16 March 2016

Start date 1 March 2017

End date 28 February 2019

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 195 454,80

EU contribution € 195 454,80

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Rheological Characteristics of Molten Salt Seeded with Al2O3 Nanopowder and Graphene for Concentrated Solar Power

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Gan Zhang, Yulong Ding, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: Energies, Issue 12/3, 2019, Page(s) 467, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en12030467

Conference proceedings (7)

CASCADED LATENT HEAT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE WITH MOLTEN SALT/NANOPARTICLES COMPOSITE

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: International Heat Transfer Conference 16, 2018, Page(s) 4455-4462
Publisher: Begellhouse
DOI: 10.1615/ihtc16.ecs.024438

Investigation on thermo-physical properties of molten salt enhanced with nanoparticle and copper foam

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: 2018 7th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2018, Page(s) 1445-1449, ISBN 978-1-5386-5982-3
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/icrera.2018.8566907

Preparation and characterization of salt/nickel foam composite seeded with graphene

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: The 6th International Conference on Cryogenics and Refrigeration, 2018
Publisher: ICCR2018

Investigation on melting characteristics of eutectic molten salt in a horizontal tube

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: 25th Joint Annual Conference of CSCST and SCI, 2018
Publisher: Society of Chemical Industry

Experimental investigation on heat storage and retrieval characteristics of a molten-salt latent heat thermal energy storage system

Author(s): Xin Xiao, Peng Zhang, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: 24th Joint Annual Conference of CSCST and SCI, 2017
Publisher: Society of Chemical Industry

Experimental study of a latent heat thermal energy storage unit encapsulated with molten salt/copper foam composite seeded with nanoparticles

Author(s): Xin Xiao*, Hongwei Jia, Dongsheng Wen, Xudong Zhao
Published in: International Conference on Applied Energy, 2019
Publisher: Applied Energy

Heat transfer performance of a solar energy storage unit infiltrated with molten salt/copper foam composite seeded with nanoparticles

Author(s): Xin Xiao*, Afrah T. Awad, Dongsheng Wen
Published in: 16th UK Heat Transfer Conference, 2019
Publisher: UK Heat Transfer