Heat-storing firebricks could save money and the environment
Researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University have looked back to the past for inspiration in potentially offering a life-saving …
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Researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University have looked back to the past for inspiration in potentially offering a life-saving solution we'll need in the not-too-distant future. That's the use of firebricks, a technology humanity has used since the Bronze Age, to store heat from renewable sources and then release that heat in industrial settings where certain manufacturing processes require high temperatures.
Stanford scientists penned a new paper showing that the firebrick approach would be affordable yet eco-friendly for factories that produce cement, glass, steel, and other high-temperature products.
Rather than burning fossil fuels to achieve the desired temperatures, the factories would store heat much like batteries store energy. The heat would come from renewable sources, like solar and wind, with a few obvious advantages.
Firebricks would allow the factories to run even when there's no direct supply of solar or wind energy, reducing the need to rely on batteries to store energy from the same sources.
Overall, the process would reduce these companies' carbon footprints, allowing them to continue operations in a future where net zero emissions will be a priority for most countries.
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