Hot bricks deliver heated gases at industry-standard flame temperatures up to 2000°C

An MIT spin-off, Electrified Thermal Solutions deploys electricicity-heated hot bricks to deliver heated gases at industry-standard flame temperatures up to 2000°C Patents for thermal energy storage have soared over the last eight years, according to the patent filing source patsnap. We’ve covered stand-alone thermal energy storage using solid materials like sand, bricks, concrete, slag and …

All sixteen 15-ton solar receiver panels hoisted up Ando Tushuo tower CSP in Tibet

Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance: The core heat absorption system installation has been successfully completed for the Tibet Development & Investment Anduo Tushuo 100 MW tower solar thermal project, constructed by POWERCHINA SEPCO1 in Tibet. (Map) All 16 solar receiver tube panels have been hoisted into position atop the tower. The hoisting operation presented extreme …

Saipem to begin engineering work to scale Synhelion’s synthetic fuels

Synhelion says they have hired the engineering firm Saipem to carry out preliminary engineering work for a commercial-scale synthetic fuel plant at an RWE industrial site in Hürth-Knapsack, Germany. The plant is expected to produce 30,000 tons annually of renewable synthetic fuels, mainly for aviation, along with synthetic diesel and gasoline for shipping and road …