Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (4): 1297-1304.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2021.0112

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Effect of nanoparticles on surface tension and density of binary nitrate

Yaxuan XIONG1(), Hui ZHANG1, Yuting WU2, Yulong DING3   

  1. 1.Beijing Key Laboratory of Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
    2.Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion of Beijing Municipality, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
    3.School of chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
  • Received:2021-03-16 Revised:2021-04-16 Online:2021-07-05 Published:2021-06-25
  • Contact: Yaxuan XIONG E-mail:xiongyaxuan@bucea.edu.cn

Abstract:

To accurately calculate the heat transfer and heat storage capacity of a molten salt nanofluid, SiO2 nanoparticles were dispersed into a binary nitrate mixture (60% NaNO3-40% KNO3) by a high-temperature melting method, and then five molten salt nanofluids with different SiO2 nanoparticles were prepared. Using the Archimedes method to measure the liquid density and the pulling escape method to measure the liquid surface tension, the experimental stand was improved. The surface tension and density of the five molten salt nanofluids were measured, and the experimental data were fitted to obtain the relationships of density and surface tension of the five molten salt nanofluids with temperature, and the experimental correlations of the density, the surface tension of molten salt nanofluids, and the temperature was obtained. The results demonstrated that the density of the base salt and the molten salt nanofluids decreased with increase in temperature, and the density of the molten salt nanofluids did not significantly change after addition of the SiO2 nanoparticles. The surface tension of the base salt and the five molten salt nanofluids decreased with increasing temperature. A formation mechanism of molten salt nanofluids was proposed, and an explanation was given for the changes in density and surface tension.

Key words: molten salt nanofluid, density, surface tension, archimedes method, pulling escape method

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