What are potential salts used for storing solar thermal energy?

Posted on March 5, 2010 by admin


Any salt can be used but a mix of sodium and potassium nitrate is best used commercially (otherwise used as a fertiliser)

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One Response to What are potential salts used for storing solar thermal energy?

  1. fmogofas says:
    March 6, 2010 at 4:53 am

    Any salt can be used but a mix of sodium and potassium nitrate is best used commercially (otherwise used as a fertiliser)

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    References :
    http://www.scientificamerican/article.cfm?id=how=to=use=solar=energy=at=night.