RT journal article
T1 NiO nanowires in nanofluids based on a PDMS-type fluid
A1 Santos Martínez, Deseada María de los
A1 Gallardo Bernal, Juan Jesús
A1 Carrillo Berdugo, Iván
A1 Gragera García, María
A1 Gragera García,  Saray
A1 Alcántara, R.
A1 Navas, Javier
A2 Química Física
K1 Energy efficiency
K1 Concentrating solar power plant
K1 Nanofluids
K1 Parabolic trough
K1 Physical stability
AB Improving the efficiency of environmentally friendly energy sources such as solar energy is one of the basic objectives for developing the ecological transition required by our society. Thus, in this work, nanofluids based on NiO nanowires and a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fluid are developed to improve the efficiency of parabolic trough-based concentrating solar power plants (CSP-PTC). To this end, NiO nanowires are successfully synthesized in our laboratory and used to prepare nanofluids. Their physical stability is thoroughly characterized. Subsequently, the properties of interest for the application of these nanofluids as heat transfer fluids are characterized. These properties were surface tension, density, dynamic viscosity, isobaric specific heat and thermal conductivity. Based on these properties, the efficiency improvement of CSP-PTC systems is estimated, achieving improvements of up to 5% with the designed nanofluids.
PB The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chinese Chemical Society
SN 2052-1537
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38068
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38068
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 15-nov-2026