Description

„In a Nut-shell“

• International and inter-disciplinary collaboration in the field of material R&D for compact thermal energy storage established

• Numerous R&D activities on material development for thermal energy storage worldwide ongoing

• First steps towards a standardized test and characterization procedures for new materials taken

• White spots in the field of numerical modelling of thermal energy storage materials identified

• Operation conditions for cooling, heating/domestic hot water and high temperature applications listed

• First approaches for physical limits of energy storage density and economic limitations of energy storage applications found