Tes4seT – Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Technology

In the three application areas buildings, industry and mobility, the development targets and economic effects of the Tes4seT project are:

• Buildings – Development of compact and efficient seasonal solar thermal storage based on sorption technology, with a dedicated novel sorption solar collector and higher efficiency of the sorption storage through vapour transport will strengthen the solar thermal manufacturers by increasing their portfolio with very high solar fraction systems, and increase the role of device and system designers through the novel tools and methods.
• Industry – For application in industry, both novel thermochemical storage technologies and new phase change materials on medium temperature will be developed, giving the engineering companies new tools and technologies to provide industry with energy saving and renewable energy measures. Besides, industry can produce the novel PCM and sorption materials for the growing international market.
• Mobility – Development of a sorption thermal storage for car battery temperature and car interior temperature conditioning, development of a heat regeneration system for using engine waste heat to pre-heat the engine at the next cold start and the development of thermal storage systems to make high-efficient energy systems for railway vehicles are the main focus in the field of mobility. Through these innovative technologies important for the rapidly expanding market of hybrid and electric vehicles and for the very large market of internal combustion engines and (underground) railway vehicles, the mobility technology manufacturing and supply industry will expand its strong role.