NEW SALINE INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT-CARRYING AND STORAGE FLUIDS

Abstract

The composite material comprises nitrate and chloride anion inorganic salts which may also comprise sulphates, carbonates and/or nitrites and organic and inorganic nanoparticles, such as graphene, and cations of the alkaline, earth-alkaline, earth, carbon and/or amphigenic chemical groups. Said formulations have chemical and physical characteristics, such as the heat capacity, thermal stability and thermal conductivity thereof which make them optimum for being used as an alternative to the commercially available binary mixture in concentrating solar power plants.

Claims

1. Saline inorganic composite material for use thereof as heat-carrying and solar power storage fluid comprising 1) a combination of inorganic salts comprising at least nitrates and chlorides; 2) at least, two cations of the alkaline, earth-alkaline, earth, carbon or amphigenic chemical groups and 3) inorganic or organic nanoparticles.

2. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation contains 1-99% by weight of nitrates and 1-49% of chlorides.

3. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the combinations of nitrate and chloride inorganic salts also comprises other inorganic salts selected from sulphates, carbonates, nitrites or combinations thereof.

4. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises 50-99% by weight of nitrates, 1-49% of nitrites and 1-49% of chloride.

5. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation contains nitrates 50-99% by weight, sulphates 1-49% and chlorides 1-49%.

6. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation contains nitrates 50-99%, carbonates 1-49% and chlorides 1-49%.

7. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation contains nitrates 50-99%), nitrites 1-49%, carbonates 1-49% and chlorides 1-49%.

8. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, characterized in that the formulation contains nitrates 50-99%, nitrites 1-49%, sulphates 1-49% and chlorides 1-49%.

9. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein the formulation contains nitrates 50-99%, carbonates 1-49%, sulphates 1-49% and chlorides 1-49%.

10. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, comprising an element selected from Ca.sup.2+, K.sup.+ or Na.sup.+ cations.

11. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 1, wherein it may further comprise at least one cation selected from the group consisting of: rubidium, caesium, lithium, magnesium, strontium, barium, aluminium, silver, thallium, zinc, nickel, tin and lead.

12. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the rubidium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

13. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the caesium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

14. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the lithium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

15. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the magnesium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

16. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the strontium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

17. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the barium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

18. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the aluminium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

19. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the silver cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

20. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the lithium cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

21. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the zinc cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

22. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the nickel cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

23. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the tin cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

24. Saline inorganic composite material, according to claim 11, comprising the lead cation in a proportion of 1-15% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

25. Saline inorganic composite material according to claim 1, wherein the organic nanoparticles or the inorganic nanoparticles are present in a proportion ranging between 0.1 and 5% by weight with respect to the total weight of the saline inorganic composite material.

26. Saline inorganic composite material according to claim 25 wherein the organic nanoparticles are graphene nanoparticles.

27. Heat-carrying and thermal storage fluid comprising the saline inorganic composite material of claim 1.

28. Heat-carrying and thermal storage fluid according to claim 27, wherein it has a melting temperature from 130 to 230 C., and a decomposition temperature higher than 580 C.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0036] FIG. 1 shows a DSC (Differential Scanning calorimetry) curve of a mixture containing 1-99% by weight of nitrates and the presence of 1-49% by weight of chlorides.

[0037] FIG. 2 shows the TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) curve of a mixture containing 1-99% by weight of nitrates and the presence of 1-49% by weight of chlorides.

[0038] FIG. 3 shows the TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) curve of a mixture containing 50-99% by weight of nitrates, 1-49% of nitrites and the presence of 1-49% by weight of chlorides.