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Burning Iron

2020-11-06 00:14:13.700537+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

Dutch "Bavaria Brewery" burns iron for heat, using it as a renewable energy battery

[ related topics: Pyrotechnics ]

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#Comment Re: Burning Iron made: 2020-11-06 13:17:16.244992+00 by: DaveP

Actually a Dutch brewery named "Bavaria Brewery”

#Comment Re: Burning Iron made: 2020-11-06 15:06:57.682382+00 by: TheSHAD0W

I'd be really interested in seeing the exact process used in creating the iron powder, whether they're having to grind up refined iron or if it's actually created as a powder; and whether the same process could be adopted for aluminum.

If it can, you could potentially make a continuous aluminum-air battery, and produce electricity directly instead of heat.

#Comment Re: Burning Iron made: 2020-11-06 17:00:14.253222+00 by: Dan Lyke

Dave: thank you, fixed.

Shadow: yeah, there's a lot of hypotheticals in the article that may not play out in practice. But as electricity becomes increasingly cheap, some of the non-obvious possibilities for load shifting are fascinating.

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