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Case of the Week: Week 42 - Energy Transport in Ships

liudas@saltxtechnology — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:37:04 +0000

Are you an interested in heating supply? Does your company own ships? Would you like to be involved in energy transport in ships? This case of the week is focused on delivering heat energy overseas from places where it’s abundant to the locations where heat is in demand.
Energy transport in a storage medium is usually referred to oil, coal, or gas transport. These materials can be transported over land or sea. Transporting oil and gas in tankers has been a very common practice in the last few decades especially since a large portion of oil is extracted in the sea. Transporting oil in tankers has it’s pros and cons. Around 140 000 tonnes of oil have been spilled in the year 2018 which poses a huge environmental threat. On the other hand, tanker oil transport is the cheapest form of transport, cheaper even than pipeline. As the world is moving away from fossil fuels - SaltX provides one of the best alternatives possible.
Instead of transporting energy stored in oil, energy can be stored in SaltX nano coated salts. If you want, you can imagine this as a different medium for energy transport. Salt can be loaded on ships, replacing dirty oil with clean, sustainably sourced salt. In case of a crash, spill or other disaster - salt is not polluting the environment. Since the oceans are full of salt, salt leakage is in fact absolutely insignificant. The business case for transporting thermal energy is very strong. Countries with abundant solar energy can provide electricity below 1 cent per kWh, while countries and regions that need clean, sustainable heating are ready to pay as much as 25 cents for a kWh of heat. With energy density of about 400kWh/m3 and growing with further developments - SaltX salts are a very potent sustainable thermal energy transport medium.
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Here are a few videos about energy transport:
History documentary about tanker ships:
https://youtu.be/O5ZG7qg1dko
Loading oil on tanker ships:
https://youtu.be/mdAO2PUa8bI
Tanker energy transport costs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_tanker#Vessel_pricing
Energy costs in Sweden:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/418124/electricity-prices-for-households-in-sweden/

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Barbecue.... with a cold side

benjamindeblanzy — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:23:33 +0000

Hi,

We are a french company developing a solar barbecue that will store heat in an aluminium mass in order to allow cooking by night.

Would it be possible to store the solar energy with you system in order to restore it later with both a hot side for cooking and a cold place for beverage cooling ?

My understanding is that your system allows a 90°C max temperature ?

Would it be possible to use a different mix in order to go 300°C ?

Thank you for your help.

Benjamin

Case of the Week: Week 41 - Heating & Cooling in outer space

liudas@saltxtechnology — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:46:35 +0000

Are you an interested in space exploration? Are you working with ESA, NASA, or any related companies? This case of the week is about using SaltX salts for heat storage in satellites!
Space exploration has been a subject since the dawn of human kind. In the 20th century people started visiting space and that trend is increasing! Since the year 2000 amount of space launches nearly doubled from under 60 to 100. This trend is not slowing down! With world’s richest people investing heavily into manned private space flight are creating a whole new momentum in the industry. All these future space tourists, scientists, and resource explorers will need liveable conditions in space - where it’s really cold at night and scorching hot during the day.
SaltX Technology provides a superb solution! The salts can be charged during the daytime when sun heat is abundant and release the hear at night time, when it gets really cold. SaltX salts are unparalleled in terms of energy density! At 400 kWh of heat per cubic meter they compare to the most sophisticated lithium ion batteries. The technology is much simpler - not only does it cost less than lithium ion batteries, there are significantly smaller chances for something to go wrong. Overall, it’s a great solution for rockets, space stations, or even colonies on other planets.
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Here are a few videos about space exploration:
Fault in ISS air conditioning system:
https://youtu.be/57Kyd24HT1E
Research about recapturing the heat in space:
https://youtu.be/mVfLi2M1pmI
ISS thermal needs Q&A:
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/3702/does-the-iss-need-more-heating-or-more-cooling
More about ISS heating and cooling on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Active_Thermal_Control_System

Transport stored heat/cold in containers

Tobias — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 06:36:34 +0000

Would it be possible to charge saltx with an external heatsource like industries producing alot of heat (eg. cement), heat springs, old drilholes, volcanos, csp plants? The idea is to charge the saltx and put it in large containers and then sell "seasonal heat and/or cold" either for a district, off grid households, housing society, greenhouses, hotels or other companies, marine, groceries stores?

Also is it possible to get a higher heatoutput when charged? Charge saltx with 90 degress but get 300 degress output? What about the reverse? If charged with 90 degrees is it possible to get a heatoutput of 40 degrees during a longer duration?

Case of the Week: Week 40 - Laboratory Heaters

liudas@saltxtechnology — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 10:15:25 +0000

Are you an interested in lab equipment manufacturing? Would you like to manufacture and offer sustainable and durable lab equipment? This case of the week is focused on laboratory heat baths and their cheaper sustainable alternatives based on SaltX Technology!
Chemistry has been a subject of science and mystery since the ancient times of alchemy. Sand baths are one of the oldest known pieces of laboratory equipment, having been used by the alchemists. Sand provides an equal heat distribution by surrounding the glassware that needs heating for chemical reactions to occur. Water baths also known as bain-marie are using water to distribute temperature evenly in chemical processes and cooking. Sand baths and water baths rely on constant flame from burners to maintain the temperature which is costly, not environmentally friendly, and cumbersome.
SaltX Technology provides a fantastic alternative for innovative lab equipment manufacturers. SaltX wide selection of salts can deliver a range of different temperatures for different needs. Sand and water can be replaced directly with salt. Since SaltX salts are nano-coated they act very similar to fluid providing a good surface coverage for heat transfer. One used, the salts can be recharged in the laboratory disinfection or other heating equipment. Large energy density guarantees that the reaction can be carried out with a small amount of salt throughout a long period of time without the need for extra heat from burners or other external sources. SaltX salt can be reused up to 50 000 times without losing the qualities of nano coating. On top of all that - salt provides clean alternative where microbes cannot grow.
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Here are a few videos about lab equipment:
General information about water baths:
https://youtu.be/3r6epwnD6Ls
Reflux technique that uses sand bath and cooling to heat materials for a long time:
https://youtu.be/b6xFAEkjmGg
Alternative solution using metal beads:
https://youtu.be/RYha5ZTFEUc
Bain-marie on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain-marie
Water baths and related articles:
https://www.fishersci.ca/ca/en/products/I9C8KUF4/baths.html

Case of the Week: Week 39 - Portable Home Heaters

liudas@saltxtechnology — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:55:57 +0000

Are you an interested in home gadget manufacturing? Are you a company producing portable home heaters? Would you like to offer cheaper heating for every household? This case of the week is focused on portable home heating devices that save money!
Electric space heating came at the same time as electricity was invented. Since the first heaters used the same principle as a lightbulb - some of the credit can be given to Thomas Edison. However, the materials needed to be more durable and sustaining high temperatures for prolonged periods of time. Domestic storage heaters were invented around 1960s. They worked on a principle of heating bricks overnight when the electricity is cheaper and releasing energy during the day. The drawbacks of such system are that besides having a really heavy heater, cold sometimes comes unexpectedly and there is no way to prepare for it because the heat release cannot be delayed.
SaltX Technology provides an excellent 21st century solution for domestic storage heating. Using nano-coated salts instead of bricks can drastically reduce the weight of the heater. Even better - there is no need to charge the heater the night before the cold! SaltX salts can be charged months in advance and used whenever the cold strikes. Now that energy market becomes more and more volatile there are increasing numbers of incentives to use cheap energy when the supply is high. Space storage heaters can make heating much much cheaper and sustainable! The move to 100% renewable economy requires people to change the devices used in households. Home heaters are one of the these devices.
Would you like to learn more about SaltX salts? Would you like to start developing this product?
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Here are a few videos about solar desalination:
Information about space storage heaters:
https://youtu.be/UeB3Xf_qKvA
Smith’s storage heater integration in a kitchen:
https://youtu.be/sHHp-kT4rIA
Space heating history:
https://www.electricradiatorsdirect.co.uk/news/the-history-of-electric-heating/
Current storage heating market:
https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/home-heating-systems/article/home-heating-systems/storage-heaters
SaltX LABS brings you a new challenge every week. We encourage you to collaborate with others who are interested in the SaltX Technology and come up with solutions to world’s challenges. If you have an idea - we will support you from ideation to building a successful company!