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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Figure Legend:
Ternary phase diagram of Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 showing isothermal liquidus lines [24–25]. Binary phase diagrams: upper left: KNO3—Ca(NO3)2 [26]; upper right: Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3 [27]; and bottom: KNO3—NaNO3 [28].

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Typical XRD pattern of the premelted product of Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 for compositions higher than 42 wt. % Ca(NO3)2, showing a glassy (amorphous) phase

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Figure Legend:
DSC plots for formulation 1 (48 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—7 wt. % NaNO3—45 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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DSC plots for formulation 2 (45 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—11 wt. % NaNO3—44 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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DSC plots for formulation 3 (44 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—12 wt. % NaNO3—44 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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DSC plots for formulation 4 (42 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—15 wt. % NaNO3—43 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Figure Legend:
DSC plots for formulation 5 (36 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—16 wt. % NaNO3—48 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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DSC plots for formulation 6 (30 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—24 wt. % NaNO3—46 wt. % KNO3) for three heating/cooling cycles from 35 to 200 °C at 10 K/min. The lower plot corresponds to the heating cycle and the upper plot corresponds to the cooling cycle.

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Figure Legend:
TGA results for the relative thermal stability of anhydrous formulation 3 (44 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—12 wt. % NaNO3—44 wt. % KNO3) under nitrogen and zero air

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Maximum stability temperature calculated using the T3 method [33] for 3% of mass loss from the anhydrous weight defined at 400 °C as a function of the Ca+2/Na+ molar ratio

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Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants
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Figure Legend:
Viscosity of formulation 3 (44 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—12 wt. % NaNO3—44 wt. % KNO3) and formulation 6 (30 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—24 wt. % NaNO3—46 wt. % KNO3) compared with Bradshaw results [17] for formulation 5 (36 wt. % Ca(NO3)2—16 wt. % NaNO3—48 wt. % KNO3)