Proven, safe and optimally flexible
Why Salt?
Molten salt is an ideal medium for heat storage which has been used since the 1990's. Brabetech uses an innovative molten salt with enhanced characteristics versus traditional molten salts.
How our technology works
Charge
- Charging with fast responsive times becasue of electric resistance heater.
- Waste heat or concentrated solar power can be used for charging by adding an heat exchanger
Discharge
- Discharging is done by means of a heat exchanger to heat up steam, pressurized water thermal oil or air.
- Optional to move the molten salt towards the factory or use it for direct process heating
Storage
- Modular insulated storage containers reducing heat loss to a minimum
- For very large storage applications custom containers can be built increasing storage efficiency
Molten salt systems
The technology has been derisked and validated by building multiple systems installed and operated worldwide
2017-2019
First molten salt pilot validating new salt composition to produce steam with biomass combustion 250 kW.
2020-2021
Molten salt production unit used for the validation of new molten salt to produce steam using concentrated solar power.
2021-2022
Molten salt thermal cycling unit. Used for constant heat cycling salt to air and waste heat to salt
2022-2023
Molten salt electric heating unit. Operated in operational factory to validate core functioning of ThermalPod technology
2023-2024
The ThermalPod development together with known industrial equipment suppliers. Now ready for market implementation
