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- Dynamic corrosion testing of metals in solar salt for concentrated solar powerPublication . Sutter, Florian; Oskay, Ceyhun; Galetz, Mathias Christian; Cunha Diamantino, Teresa; Pedrosa, Fátima; Figueira, Isabel; Glumm, Stefan; Bonk, Alexander; Aguero, Alina; Rodríguez, Sergio; Reche-Navarro, Tomas Jesus; Caron, SimonABSTRACT: Potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate in mixing proportion of KNO3-NaNO3 40-60 wt% (also called solar salt) has been successfully used for over a decade as heat storage medium for concentrated solar power parabolic-trough collector plants at temperatures up to 400 degrees C. At temperatures of 560 degrees C, reached in state-of-the-art solar tower systems, corrosion of metallic components in contact with solar salt can become an issue and has caused leaks and plant shut-downs in recently built tower projects. While the corrosion rates of several materials have been determined for different temperatures in static molten salt immersion experiments, there is a lack of corrosion data for dynamic in-service conditions. In this work, a dynamic corrosion test has been conducted on 19 different material types including protective coatings, mimicking flow-rate, temperature gradient and draining of inservice operation of a receiver in a concentrated solar power tower. The measured corrosion rates are presented and compared to static corrosion tests reported in literature.
- Intercomparison of opto-thermal spectral measurements for concentrating solar thermal receiver materials from room temperature up to 800 °CPublication . Caron, Simon; Farchado, Meryem; San Vicente, Gema; Morales, Angel; Ballestrin, Jesus; Carvalho, Maria João; Páscoa, Soraia; Baron, Estelle; Disdier, Angela; Guillot, Emmanuel; Escape, Christophe; Binyamin, Yaniv; Baidossi, Mubeen; Sutter, Florian; Roger, Marc; Manzano-Agugliaro, FranciscoABSTRACT: An intercomparison of opto-thermal spectral measurements has been performed for some relevant receiver materials in concentrating solar thermal applications, from room temperature up to 800 degrees C. Five European laboratories performed spectral measurements at room temperature, while two laboratories performed infrared spectral measurements at operating temperature up to 800 degrees C. Relevant materials include Haynes 230 (oxidized, Pyromark 2500 and industrial black coating) and silicon carbide. Two key figures of merit were analyzed: i) solar absorptance alpha sol at room temperature, over the spectral range [0.3 - 2.5] mu m, ii) thermal emittance epsilon th(T), over the common spectral range [2-14] mu m, derived from spectral measurements performed from room temperature up to 800 degrees C. Oxidized H230 reached an alpha sol value of 90.9 +/- 1.0%. Pyromark 2500 reached an alpha sol value of 96.3 +/- 0.5%, while the industrial black coating achieved an alpha sol value of 97.0 +/- 0.4%. Silicon carbide reached an alpha sol value of 93.5 +/- 1.1%. Low standard deviations in alpha sol indicate reproducible measurements at room temperature. For oxidized H230, the epsilon th,calc(T) value varied from 55% at room temperature up to 81% at 800 degrees C. For Pyromark 2500 and the industrial black coating, epsilon th,calc(T) fluctuated between 90% and 95%, with a weak temperature dependence. For silicon carbide, epsilon th,calc(T) varied from 70% at room temperature up to 86% at 800 degrees C. The typical standard deviation among participating laboratories is about 3%. epsilon th,meas(T) values derived from spectral measurements at operating temperature were consistent within a few percentage points in comparison to epsilon th,calc(T) values derived from spectral measurements at room temperature.