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TASK 67

Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials
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Task 67
Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials within Components within Systems

The purpose of the Task is to push forward the compact thermal energy storage technology developments to accelerate the market introduction of these technologies through the international collaboration of experts from materials research, components development and system integration, and industry and research organizations.

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Task Information

DURATION
October 2021 — September 2024

TASK MANAGER
Dr. Wim van Helden
AUSTRIA
w.vanhelden@aee.at

COLLABORATION
IEA SHC Task 76 is collaborating with IEA Energy Storage - Task 40.

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27 MAY

Fine-tuning phase change materials

Compact thermal energy storage can be achieved with a large number of materials. To reduce costs, a high energy density of the storage material at optimal...

29 DEC

Commercially available products and champions of PCMs and TCMs

The Compact Thermal Energy Storage group within the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme investigates new materials for storing heat and develops standard...

28 JAN

Stability testing is needed to investigate the market readiness of compact thermal energy storage materials

Stability is a key issue when evaluating new phase-change materials (PCMs) or thermochemical materials (TCMs) for thermal energy storage. A loss of stability...

09 AUG

Task 67: Standardizing Thermal Energy Storage Measurement Procedures

The IEA SHC Programme and the IEA Energy Storage Programme began collaborating in 2009. In this third joint Task on Compact Thermal Energy Storage: Materials...