Heat-storing gel could cut buildings' energy consumption
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Heat-storing gel could cut buildings' energy consumption
Heating and cooling buildings account for a large portion of global energy use. A research team in the Texas A&M University Department of Materials Science and Engineering was featured on the cover of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces for a study that aims to reduce that energy consumption.
Salogels are able to store and give off heat, reducing energy consumption in buildings. Developed at the University of Texas, the material is also suitable for electronics
Heat-storing gels could help buildings use less energy
Gel-like materials that store heat could eventually help buildings manage temperature while using less energy. Researchers at Texas A&M University have examined how combining water-containing salts with flexible polymer networks could make this approach more practical. The idea is to absorb heat when it is available and release it later when it is needed. Such […]
Heat on stock: Special salt gels could absorb heat and release it again at falling temperatures. A network of plastic chains holds together salt-containing storage media and can limit their uncontrolled solidification, as an evaluation of previous experiments shows. Whether this can actually save heating and cooling energy in buildings, however, is not yet documented. College Station (U.S.A.). [...] The contribution gel for heat storage can redu…
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