Warmth Not Waste - Material That Can Store Heat For Later Use (VIDEO)
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Video explains how a heat storage material works, capturing and releasing heat for later use. The material is the focus of a new project involving Swansea University researchers and Tata Steel, which will investigate the potential for recovering waste heat from industry so it can be re-used. Heavy industries can release up to half of their consumed energy as waste heat. The heat generated by the Port Talbot steelworks (UK) is equivalent to the heating demand of 500,000 homes; capturing and re-using it would offset more than a million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Researchers will look at whether this material can be used to capture, store and release waste heat from Port Talbot steelworks. They will be exploring the technical, economic and environmental potential.
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SPECIFIC, Swansea University
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