Development of a heat storage unit suitable for storing and transporting waste heat (2021-2.1.2-HŐ-2021-00004)

Project ID: 2021-2.1.2-HŐ-2021-00004

Project description:

Significant proportion of industrial technologies involve heat emission. Often the heat generated is not used and has to be released into the environment, where it can sometimes even cause damage.

The reason why waste heat is difficult to use is that, although heat is needed, it is not usually generated at the place and/or at the time where it is generated. Such heat emitters, with different amounts of heat and discharge temperatures, are e.g. iron foundries, cement works, petroleum refineries, polyethylene extrusion plants, nuclear power plants, distilleries, etc.

For some of these sources (e.g. distillers), the waste heat discharged is small and therefore not worth transporting, while in other cases - e.g. nuclear power plants - although the tertiary water discharged carries a large amount of heat, it cannot be used because of its low temperature.   Nevertheless, there are numerous waste heat dischargers where the heat volume and temperature are sufficiently high/high to make it worthwhile to deal with. The present project deals with the storage of these waste heat. We are developing a container-sized storage facility that will allow the stored heat to be transported - in particular by water (ship) or rail (tanker) - and used elsewhere.

Project duration: 19.12.2021. – 20.12.2024.

Total project cost: 1 334 000 000 Ft

Project cost for University of Pannonia: 200 000 000 Ft

Consortium leader: Thermofoam Ltd.

Consortium members: University of Pannonia, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Heatventors Ltd., IMSYS Ltd., MAHART-Freeport Ltd., Research Centre for Natural Sciences

Professional leader: Dr. Gábor Pintér

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Project manager: Renáta Zadravecz

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Financial leader: Alina Zaránd

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