Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Thermal energy storage: Recent developments and practical aspects

H Zhang, J Baeyens, G Cáceres, J Degreve… - Progress in Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) transfers heat to storage media during the charging period,
and releases it at a later stage during the discharging step. It can be usefully applied in solar …

Experimental studies of nanofluid thermal conductivity enhancement and applications: A review

MM Tawfik - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In many applications, there is a critical need for enhancing the poor thermal conductivity of
conventional fluids in order to develop efficient heat transfer fluids. This requirement can be …

Ionic liquid thermal stabilities: decomposition mechanisms and analysis tools

C Maton, N De Vos, CV Stevens - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing amount of papers published on ionic liquids generates an extensive quantity
of data. The thermal stability data of divergent ionic liquids are collected in this paper with …

State-of-the-art heat transfer fluids for parabolic trough collector

Y Krishna, M Faizal, R Saidur, KC Ng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar thermal energy conversion is gaining more attention among researchers due to the
recent development in nanofluids and molten salt technology. Among various solar …

Enhanced specific heat capacity of high-temperature molten salt-based nanofluids

H Tiznobaik, D Shin - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2013 - Elsevier
Four different sized silicon-dioxide nanoparticles (5, 10, 30, and 60nm in diameter) were
dispersed in a molten salt eutectic (lithium carbonate and potassium carbonate, 62: 38 by …

Incorporation of acetate-based ionic liquids into a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) as efficient sorbents for carbon dioxide capture

M Mohamedali, H Ibrahim, A Henni - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Tuning the interior pores of solid sorbents to improve their adsorption characteristics is
considered an effective approach to enhance gas separation performance. Herein, we …

Effect of nanoparticle dispersion on specific heat capacity of a binary nitrate salt eutectic for concentrated solar power applications

B Dudda, D Shin - International journal of thermal sciences, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study we investigate nanoparticle dispersions in a molten binary nitrate salt eutectic. It
has been recently reported that nanoparticle dispersions in molten salt mixtures can …

Thermodynamic properties and thermal stability of ionic liquid-based nanofluids containing graphene as advanced heat transfer fluids for medium-to-high-temperature …

J Liu, F Wang, L Zhang, X Fang, Z Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Here the experimental technique for measuring the thermal conductivity of nanofluids at the
temperatures above 100° C has been developed, and a systematic research on the …

The changes induced by pH in TiO2/water nanofluids: Stability, thermophysical properties and thermal performance

H Zhang, S Qing, Y Zhai, X Zhang, A Zhang - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of pH on stability and thermophysical properties of TiO 2/water nanofluids are
seldom investigated, as well as the performance in heat applications. In this study, the …