Liquid Metal Concentrated Solar Power
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Basics
- Concentrated Solar Power or CSP that uses a Liquid Metal (instead of water or salt) as the Heat Transfer Fluid
- Offers some dissadvantages/challenges as well as some advantages
Dissadvantages/Challenges
- Maitnance Issues
- Difficulty in dealing with higher temperatures (Increased Corrosion and/or structual failure under heat)
- Difficulty in obtaining some metals
Advantages
- Higher Heat Ceiling due to the boiling point of metals being much higher
- Higher Heat Conductivity of Heat Transfer Fluid
Ways to Deal With Dissadvantages/Challenges
- Use Ceramic and/or High Temp + Corrosion Resistant Metal Materials
- Modularity + Redundancy to allow easy maintenence + repair
- Possibly an auxillary heat source to act as a sort of "Defrost" if areas get clogged (This is just a guess/ponder)
Ways to Utilize Advantages
- Run **HOT** (1000°C +)
See Also
- The "Discussion" section of this page
- Atomistic Simulation & Energy Research Group
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