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Probably not. It's important to distinguish the storage of heat and power because the efficiency of converting heat into electrical power depends on how big the temperature difference between your heat source and ambient temperature is.

The easiest way to understand this is the formula for Carnot efficiency: 1-(Ambient temp/Heat temp) which is the maximum theoretical efficiency that can be extracted from a heat engine to do useful work (eg. produce electrical power)

So I don't know how fast this Zeolite releases heat, but let's say it does so gradually so that your working fluid only ever gets to 90 degrees C or 363K. The maximum Carnot efficiency on a 20 degree C (293K) day would be 1-(293/363) or around 19%. And that's the theoretical max - a practical engine would be much lower.

So if the Zeolite can release its heat fairly quickly at a much higher temp it could be useful for power generation, but basically it's more likely to be useful for releasing low level heat again when it's needed.




Until I had a proper look at this, for some reason I thought you might be able to crank much higher temperature differentials out of the process.

Still, I prefer finding out that I am dreaming and being wildly optimistic, than to never bother dreaming or being wildly optimistic in the first place.




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