A new kind of heat storage

Steve_175

At least it looks like they have figured a way to harness it.



<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/130523-zeolite-thermal-storage-retains-heat-indefinitely-absorbs-four-times-more-heat-than-water">http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/130523-zeolite-thermal-storage-retains-heat-indefinitely-absorbs-four-times-more-heat-than-water</a>

zacmobile

zeolite

Neat stuff, I recall Viessmann working on a zeolith boiler 5 or so years ago that was like a solid state heat pump using a big block of zeolite. I have the article around somewhere...

zacmobile

ah ha

Here it is: http://www.viessmann.com/com/etc/medialib/internet-global/pdf_documents/com/magazin_aktuell_gb.Par.75756.File.File.tmp/aktuell_02_2005_GB.pdf page 12.

2005 actually, how time flies.