Thermal storage for industrial process and reject heat

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6603098

Duscha, R A; Masica, W J

Industrial production uses about 40% of the total energy consumed in the United States. The major share of this is derived from fossil fuel. Potential savings of scarce fuel is possible through the use of thermal energy storage (TES) of reject or process heat for subsequent use. Results of study contracts awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by the NASA Lewis Research Center have identified three especially significant industries where high temperatures TES appears attractive--paper and pulp, iron and steel, and cement. Potential annual fuel savings with large scale implementation of near-term TES systems for these three industries is nearly 9 x 10/sup 6/ bbl of oil.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
• DOE Contract Number: EC-77-A-31-1034
• OSTI ID: 6603098
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA/1034-78/3; NASA-TM-78994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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