• openAccess   Characterization of halloysite-water nanofluid for heat transfer applications 

      Alberola-Borràs, Jaume-Adrià; Mondragon, Rosa; Juliá Bolívar, José Enrique; Hernandez, Leonor; Cabedo, Luis Elsevier (2014-07-04)
      Nanofluids based on water with halloysite (Hal) nanotubes were prepared and characterized in order to evaluate its suitability to be used as a heat transfer fluid. A characterization of the Hal powder nanoparticles was ...
    • openAccess   Increment of specific heat capacity of solar salt with SiO2 nanoparticles 

      Andreu Cabedo, Patricia; Mondragon, Rosa; Hernandez, Leonor; Martinez Cuenca, Raul; Cabedo, Luis Springer (2014)
      Thermal energy storage (TES) is extremely important in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants since it represents the main difference and advantage of CSP plants with respect to other renewable energy sources such as wind, ...