title: Thermal energy storage - overview and specific insight into nitrate salts for sensible and latent heat storage.
abstract: Thermal energy storage (TES) is capable to reduce the demand of conventional energy sources for two reasons: First, they prevent the mismatch between the energy supply and the power demand when generating electricity from renewable energy sources. Second, utilization of waste heat in industrial processes by thermal energy storage reduces the final energy consumption. This review focuses mainly on material aspects of alkali nitrate salts. They include thermal properties, thermal decomposition processes as well as a new method to develop optimized salt systems.
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eck
authors.affiliation: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wörner
keywords: eutectic mixture; molten salt; nitrate; phase change material; thermal decomposition