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Does anyone know if we already use things like this to increase the efficiency of existing energy usage in applications which require high degrees of heat outpu
by CSSer 4y ago
Does anyone know if we already use things like this to increase the efficiency of existing energy usage in applications which require high degrees of heat output by recycling energy that is otherwise lost as excess thermal output?
The example that springs to mind for me is a steel mill. The temperatures required there easily meet and exceed what is required to generate and store energy with this device.
- 323 4y agoProbably not in a steel mill, because otherwise you could have just heat water to steam and use it to run a generator. Since this is not done, there is a catch. An example where this idea works is a condensing boiler where the burned gases heat is used to increase efficiency by 10-30%.