Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAMSub-project: Development of metallic storage materials and participation in concept development and demonstration
Industrial process heat accounts for a significant proportion of the final energy consumption of German industry. The aim of the project is to develop a flexible and economical solution for decarbonizing process heat supply. The goal is to develop and test a latent heat storage demonstrator that uses a metallic Phase Change Material (PCM) as a storage medium. The high thermal conductivity of a metal or metallic alloy allows high storage density to be combined with heat transfer rates and thus short cycle times. Low temperature differences and short storage cycles are an ideal combination in terms of energy and exergy efficiency and economic viability.
Fraunhofer IFAM is focusing on selecting and characterizing the PCM as well as on joint concept and demonstrator development with the project partners.