Liquid metals for solar power systems

verfasst von: J. Flesch, K. Niedermeier, A. Fritsch, D. Musaeva, L. Marocco, R. Uhlig, E. Baake, R. Buck, T. Wetzel
Abstract: The use of liquid metals in solar power systems is not new. The receiver tests with liquid sodium in the 1980s at the Plataforma Solar de Almer a (PSA) already proved the feasibility of liquid metals as heat transfer fluid. Despite the high efficiency achieved with that receiver, further investigation of liquid metals in solar power systems was stopped due to a sodium spray fire. Recently, the topic has become interesting again and the gained experience during the last 30 years of liquid metals handling is applied to the concentrated solar power community. In this paper, recent activities of the Helmholtz Alliance LIMTECH concerning liquid metals for solar power systems are presented. In addition to the components and system simulations also the experimental setup and results are included.
Organisationseinheit(en): Institut für Elektroprozesstechnik
Externe Organisation(en): Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Politecnico di Milano
Typ: Aufsatz in Konferenzband
Publikationsdatum: 03.08.2017
Publikationsstatus: Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed: Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete: Werkstoffwissenschaften (insg.), Ingenieurwesen (insg.)
Elektronische Version(en): https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/228/1/012012 (Zugang: Offen)

BibTeX

@inproceedings{b0d9070f357f425dac1dd9c0c3671f23,
title = "Liquid metals for solar power systems",
abstract = "The use of liquid metals in solar power systems is not new. The receiver tests with liquid sodium in the 1980s at the Plataforma Solar de Almer a (PSA) already proved the feasibility of liquid metals as heat transfer fluid. Despite the high efficiency achieved with that receiver, further investigation of liquid metals in solar power systems was stopped due to a sodium spray fire. Recently, the topic has become interesting again and the gained experience during the last 30 years of liquid metals handling is applied to the concentrated solar power community. In this paper, recent activities of the Helmholtz Alliance LIMTECH concerning liquid metals for solar power systems are presented. In addition to the components and system simulations also the experimental setup and results are included.",
author = "J. Flesch and K. Niedermeier and A. Fritsch and D. Musaeva and L. Marocco and R. Uhlig and E. Baake and R. Buck and T. Wetzel",
note = "Funding information: The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Helmholtz Association in the framework of the Helmholtz-Alliance LIMTECH (Liquid Metal Technologies) which funded this work.; Final LIMTECH Colloquium and International Symposium on Liquid Metal Technologies, LIMTECH 2017 ; Conference date: 19-09-2017 Through 20-09-2017",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1088/1757-899X/228/1/012012",
language = "English",
series = "IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
booktitle = "Final LIMTECH Colloquium and International Symposium on Liquid Metal Technologies 19–20 September 2017, Dresden, Germany",
}