#Product Trends
HIGH-TEMPERATURE HEAT TRANSFER USING MOLTEN SALTS
Composed of fluoride, chloride, and nitrate salts, Molten Salts have gained momentum due to their advantages and applications.
They’re a preferred medium for heat transfer application, specifically in high temperatures and annealing (a unique heat transfer process that reduces hardness and increases the ductility of the metals) and industrial-grade process heating along with leveraging thermal storage in the solar power plants.
Engineers decide between molten salts, water-based heat transfer fluids (HTF), or oil-based heat transfer fluids based on crucial differentiators, ensuring the right heat transfer equipment. Signifiers include design parameters, the primary temperature of the process, heat transfer efficiency, and operating expenses (OpEx). Other influencing factors like flash point, vapor pressure, safety factors of flammability, toxicity, and required capital expenditure (CAPEX) for installation.
