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Symyx Will Study Heat-Transfer Fluids

by Michael McCoy
April 20, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 16

The Department of Energy has awarded Symyx Technologies a grant to research advanced heat-transfer fluids for solar-thermal power generation. Using its microscale parallel-experimentation tools, the firm will screen deep eutectic salt formations to find low-melting-point materials capable of withstanding high temperatures. Symyx says such fluids could replace current organic chemical fluids and bring down the cost of solar electricity.

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