Bibliometric Map on Corrosion in Concentrating Solar Power Plants

Concentrating solar power (CSP), also known as thermal electricity (STE), is increasing its deployment worldwide. One of the potential ways to decrease costs in CSP plants improvement corrosion resistance between heat transfer fluid (HTF) and storage materials, materials used for pipes, tanks, containers, receivers. This paper assesses literature on this topic (290 publications) through a bibliometric analysis, identifying trends research, topics most interest researchers, gaps. Most documents are from Spain, Germany, United States America. Results show that recent approaches migration selective coatings use nanoparticles reduce corrosiveness. The nitrates changing other salts such chloride mixtures potassium compounds. In addition, techniques evaluate results dominated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), electrochemical testing, but new dynamic starting be used, representing biggest gap needs filled testing components