Heat on Wheels

Industrial surplus heat that could be utilized for e.g. comfort heating in the built environment amounts to at least 10 TWh/year in Sweden. From a sustainability point of view there is a need to make use of these resource, and the concept "heat on wheels" is a promising concept, making use of advanced thermal energy storage technology to transport heat by truck, train or boat.

The objectives of this project are the following:

1. Design, manufacture and experimentally evaluate a scalable test module of a PCM based thermal energy heat storage suitable for transportation.
2. Economic and environmental assessment of the heat on wheel concept in specific case studies: GävleEnergi, Sandvik and Stora Enso Fors Bruk.

The research group consists of Dr. Viktoria Martin (Professor), Dr. Justin Chiu (Researcher), Dr. Jeevan Jayasuriya (Researcher), two MSc students, two internship students, four BSc students, and an industrial consultant Ulf Holmberg (Clean Production Centre, Hofors.).

This project is funded by Swedish Energy Agency from 2013- Jun to 2015- Aug.