Fabrication and thermal properties of a new heat storage concrete material

Abstract

A new type heat storage concrete material used in solar thermal power was fabricated by using aluminates cement to be the gelatinizer, and using high heat capacity materials, such as basalt and bauxite, as aggregate, and adding high heat conductivity graphite and high efficient water reducing agent. The experimental results show the addition of graphite can improve the thermal conductivity of the concrete, the value of thermal conductivity is about 2.34 W/mK which means the obtained concrete storage material has excellent thermal properties, and it is expected to be a good heat storage material used in solar power.

Keywords

solar thermal power / concrete / thermal properties / fabrication

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