BIBLIOS

Document type
Book chapters


Title
Melanin Particles for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion

Participants in the publication
Salomé Vieira (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
Maria José V. Lourenço (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
Carlos A. Nieto de Castro (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
Klemens Massonne (Author)
BASF AG

Summary
Rising energy costs, pronounced urban heat-island effect and global warming\\nincrease the need for intelligent solar heat management solutions. New Biomaterial\\n(micro to nanoparticles, having a narrow particle size distribution), melanin, extracted\\nfrom ink sac of a Cephalopoda animal, provides solutions for efficient management\\nof solar devices, both for heat transfer fluids, with enhanced thermal properties, as\\nwell as pigment for solar selective absorbing lacquer or paint. The working principle\\nwithout nanofluids of these types of paints is on the market, namely in domestic and\\nsmall industry applications.

Editor(s)
Matthias H. Buschmann, Leonor Hernández López, Lucía Buj Vicente


Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Handbook on Industrial Applications of Nanofluids in Energy Sector

Publication Identifiers

Address
Castellón, Spain

Organizers
NANOUPTAKE

Publisher
Universitat Jaume I



Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.6035/ca15119.2020.02
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/ca15119.2020.02

Keywords
Melanin Selective absorbing coatings Solar collectors Biomaterial

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