Award Number: DE-EE0008379CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Solar Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): CAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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August 9, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008379
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The Department of Energy is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of California, San Diego to complete a research and development project with the goal of developing a thermophysical characterization tool to characterize high-temperature thermophysical properties of heat transfer fluids and the solids in components and sub-systems used in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. Project activities would include theoretical modeling, instrumental design and hardware development, and measurements of thermophysical properties (thermal conductivity and specific heat) of various fluids and solids to be used in Generation 3 (Gen-3) CSP technologies.