{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1662579036","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","title":"Molten salt thermal energy storage systems: salt selection","display_name":"Molten salt thermal energy storage systems: salt selection","publication_year":1976,"publication_date":"1976-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1662579036","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","mag":"1662579036"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.2172/7135707","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Historical Energy Database (United States)","raw_type":"report"},"volume":null,"type":"report","is_traditional":false,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7135707","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111426797","display_name":"H.C. Maru","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H.C. Maru","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015752088","display_name":"J.F. Dullea","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J.F. Dullea","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078040989","display_name":"V.S. Huang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"V.S. Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":9,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10938","display_name":"Phase Change Materials Research","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10938","display_name":"Phase Change Materials Research","score":0.9711999893188477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11947","display_name":"Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes","score":0.02160000056028366,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1603","display_name":"Electrochemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/16","display_name":"Chemistry"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11774","display_name":"Adsorption and Cooling Systems","score":0.00559999980032444,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/molten-salt-thermal-energy-storage","display_name":"molten salt thermal energy storage","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/salt-selection","display_name":"salt selection","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alkali-metal-carbonates","display_name":"alkali metal carbonates","score":0.7419999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heat-of-fusion","display_name":"heat of fusion","score":0.9150000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermophysical-properties","display_name":"thermophysical properties","score":0.8690000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/corrosion","display_name":"corrosion","score":0.7089999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermal-conductivity","display_name":"thermal conductivity","score":0.5239999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/volume-expansion","display_name":"volume expansion","score":0.753000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alkali-metal-chlorides","display_name":"alkali metal chlorides","score":0.8320000171661377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alkaline-earth-chlorides","display_name":"alkaline earth chlorides","score":0.9039999842643738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heat-transfer","display_name":"heat transfer","score":0.5479999780654907}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C183287310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2142963","display_name":"Thermal energy storage","level":2,"score":0.6847368478775024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18168003","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628595","display_name":"Eutectic system","level":3,"score":0.649565577507019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778353533","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931010","display_name":"Molten salt","level":2,"score":0.5515119433403015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129564387","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484790","display_name":"Enthalpy of fusion","level":3,"score":0.5051911473274231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198091228","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19557","display_name":"Alkali metal","level":2,"score":0.5038067698478699},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776371256","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12370","display_name":"Salt (chemistry)","level":2,"score":0.48664411902427673},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.4283744692802429},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4211021363735199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59061564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7783071","display_name":"Thermal stability","level":2,"score":0.41574737429618835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.3998315632343292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.3289574980735779},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179104552","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11165","display_name":"Inorganic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.23092401027679443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13530604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15318","display_name":"Melting point","level":2,"score":0.21109506487846375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191897082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11467","display_name":"Metallurgy","level":1,"score":0.18978667259216309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147789679","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11372","display_name":"Physical chemistry","level":1,"score":0.12950846552848816},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780026712","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37756","display_name":"Alloy","level":2,"score":0.12569338083267212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.12019646167755127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.2172/7135707","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2172/7135707","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Historical Energy Database (United States)","raw_type":"report"},{"id":"pmh:info:ark/67531/metadc1405826","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1405826/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400792","display_name":"University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I123534392","host_organization_name":"University of North Texas","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I123534392"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Report"},{"id":"pmh:oai:osti.gov:7135707","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7135707","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:osti.gov:7135707","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7135707","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402487","display_name":"OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I139351228","host_organization_name":"Office of Scientific and Technical Information","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139351228"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.9090999960899353,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"},{"score":0.4399999976158142,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13","display_name":"Climate action"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1527457876","https://openalex.org/W71027300","https://openalex.org/W7011646211","https://openalex.org/W1622863080","https://openalex.org/W4387424606","https://openalex.org/W2896517242","https://openalex.org/W1976126813","https://openalex.org/W2776589216","https://openalex.org/W2273590562","https://openalex.org/W4392673085"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0,32,115],"research":[1],"program":[2],"aimed":[3],"at":[4,60],"the":[5,201,253,261],"development":[6],"of":[7,34,62,74,157,159,206,227,246,255],"a":[8,80,142,151,155,183,207,242,272],"molten":[9],"salt":[10,39,243],"thermal":[11,56,92,208],"energy":[12,57,209],"storage":[13,58,109,210,274],"system":[14,144,185,211,219],"commenced":[15],"in":[16,111],"June":[17],"1976.":[18],"This":[19,149],"topical":[20],"report":[21],"describes":[22],"Work":[23],"performed":[24],"under":[25],"Task":[26],"I:":[27],"Salt":[28],"Selection":[29],"is":[30,150,178],"described.":[31],"total":[33],"31":[35],"inorganic":[36],"salts":[37,76,229],"and":[38,44,72,101,193,233,252],"mixtures,":[40,48],"including":[41],"9":[42],"alkali":[43,87,232],"alkaline":[45,234],"earth":[46,235],"carbonate":[47,88],"were":[49,77],"evaluated":[50],"for":[51,145,200,260],"their":[52,268],"suitability":[53,270],"as":[54,107,141,182,271],"heat-of-fusion":[55,108,273],"materials":[59,110],"temperatures":[61],"850":[63],"to":[64,180,186,194,266],"1000/sup":[65],"0/F.":[66],"Thermophysical":[67],"properties,":[68],"safety":[69],"hazards,":[70],"corrosion,":[71],"cost":[73,205,244],"these":[75],"compared":[78],"on":[79,97,258],"common":[81],"basis.":[82],"We":[83],"concluded":[84],"that":[85,164,231],"because":[86],"mixtures":[89],"show":[90],"high":[91],"conductivity,":[93],"low":[94,99],"volumetric":[95],"expansion":[96],"melting,":[98],"corrosivity":[100],"good":[102],"stability,":[103],"they":[104],"are":[105,221],"attractive":[106,240],"this":[112,213],"temperature":[113],"range.":[114],"35":[116],"wt":[117,122],"percent":[118,123,129,134],"Li/sub":[119,130,172],"2/CO/sub":[120,125,131,136,173,175],"3/-65":[121],"K/sub":[124,135],"3/":[126,176],"(50":[127],"mole":[128,133],"3/-50":[132],"3/)":[137],"mixture":[138,153,177,214],"was":[139],"selected":[140],"model":[143,184],"further":[146],"experimental":[147],"work.":[148],"eutectoid":[152],"having":[154],"heat":[156,188],"fusion":[158],"148":[160],"Btu/lb":[161],"(82":[162],"cal/g)":[163],"forms":[165],"an":[166],"equimolar":[167],"compound,":[168],"LiKCO/sub":[169],"3/.":[170],"The":[171,204,248],"3/-K/sub":[174],"intended":[179],"serve":[181],"define":[187],"transfer":[189],"characteristics,":[190],"potential":[191],"problems,":[192],"provide":[195],"''first-cut''":[196],"engineering":[197],"data":[198],"required":[199],"prototype":[202],"system.":[203],"containing":[212],"cannot":[215],"be":[216,238,264],"predicted":[217],"until":[218],"characteristics":[220,251],"better":[222],"defined.":[223],"However,":[224],"our":[225],"comparison":[226],"different":[228],"indicated":[230],"chlorides":[236,262],"may":[237],"more":[239],"from":[241],"point":[245],"view.":[247],"long-term":[249],"corrosion":[250],"effects":[254],"volume":[256],"change":[257],"melting":[259],"should":[263],"investigated":[265],"determine":[267],"overall":[269],"medium.":[275]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}