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Salt may be one of the most familiar substances in everyday life, but in this episode of SUBSTANCE, host Joe Hanson explores how a special class of salts could help decarbonize one of the most overlooked parts of the energy system: heat. With the help of experts Dr. Nils-Olof Born of BASF and Assistant Professor Silvia Trevisan of KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Joe Hanson looks at how so-called molten salts can store and deliver heat for industrial processes without relying on fossil fuels.
Nils-Olof Born, Global Marketing and Product Manager for Inorganic Salts at BASF, explains why certain nitrogen salt mixtures are so promising for thermal energy storage: Unlike ordinary table salt, these mixtures melt at comparatively low temperatures what makes them pumpable. And: Molten salts can hold a lot of heat, without taking up too much space. He also discusses BASF’s role as a supplier of high-purity synthetic salts and why the company is interested in molten salt technology both as a materials producer and as an industrial heat user.
Silvia Trevisan argues that heat deserves far more attention in the energy transition. She explains why decarbonizing industrial heat is essential for meaningful emissions reductions and how molten salt systems can help by converting energy into heat, storing it, and releasing it when needed.
The episode also highlights how this technology is already being tested and deployed in real-world applications, including Kyoto Group’s Heatcube systems for industrial and district heating.
In next month’s episode, we will discuss “Fibers”. Subscribe now so you’ll never miss an episode.
More about guest Silvia Trevisan and her work as Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden:
https://www.kth.se/profile/trevisan
More about Kyoto Group‘s Heatcube systems:
https://www.kyotogroup.no/heatcube
SUBSTANCE is a podcast by BASF,
produced by TERRITORY Agency, in collaboration with Wake Word and Joe Hanson.
Research and scripting by Danielle Sedbrook, Claudia Doyle, Stefan Rommel and Joe Hanson.
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By BASFSalt may be one of the most familiar substances in everyday life, but in this episode of SUBSTANCE, host Joe Hanson explores how a special class of salts could help decarbonize one of the most overlooked parts of the energy system: heat. With the help of experts Dr. Nils-Olof Born of BASF and Assistant Professor Silvia Trevisan of KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Joe Hanson looks at how so-called molten salts can store and deliver heat for industrial processes without relying on fossil fuels.
Nils-Olof Born, Global Marketing and Product Manager for Inorganic Salts at BASF, explains why certain nitrogen salt mixtures are so promising for thermal energy storage: Unlike ordinary table salt, these mixtures melt at comparatively low temperatures what makes them pumpable. And: Molten salts can hold a lot of heat, without taking up too much space. He also discusses BASF’s role as a supplier of high-purity synthetic salts and why the company is interested in molten salt technology both as a materials producer and as an industrial heat user.
Silvia Trevisan argues that heat deserves far more attention in the energy transition. She explains why decarbonizing industrial heat is essential for meaningful emissions reductions and how molten salt systems can help by converting energy into heat, storing it, and releasing it when needed.
The episode also highlights how this technology is already being tested and deployed in real-world applications, including Kyoto Group’s Heatcube systems for industrial and district heating.
In next month’s episode, we will discuss “Fibers”. Subscribe now so you’ll never miss an episode.
More about guest Silvia Trevisan and her work as Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden:
https://www.kth.se/profile/trevisan
More about Kyoto Group‘s Heatcube systems:
https://www.kyotogroup.no/heatcube
SUBSTANCE is a podcast by BASF,
produced by TERRITORY Agency, in collaboration with Wake Word and Joe Hanson.
Research and scripting by Danielle Sedbrook, Claudia Doyle, Stefan Rommel and Joe Hanson.