Firebrick thermal energy storage could reach 170 GW in the U.S. by 2050 (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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Firebrick systems powered by renewable energy could be used for up to 90% of industrial process heat applications, the Stanford study says. Meeting that demand in the U.S. would require firebrick system capacity of 2.6 TWh, with a peak discharge rate of 170 GW.

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[-] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This seems like a stupid idea at first but it's actually amazing. They mix high resistance metals into the bricks so the bricks can conduct electricity and heat up while doing that. And then they blow air through the holes on the bricks to extract the heat whem needed. It leaks about 3% of the stored energy per day which is absolutely nothing considering it's cost

I'm gonna drop these papers here. First one is more of a brief intro and the second one discusses practicality and logistics of such systems

https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/sites/sti/sti/Sort_8882.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306261919305082

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