Liquid metals are being researched as transfer fluids because they can attain heat above 1000°C and have a low melting temperature of about 150 °C, giving them a much wider working range of 150°C to 1000°C. There’s additional research to explore if liquid metals could in addition be used in thermal energy storage.
The use of liquid metals appears to be especially interesting in the context of thermocline storage, where the two tanks (hot and cold) used in the traditional CSP storage system are replaced by a single tank in which both hot and cold phases are present in the same tank.
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Source: Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy
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