Metal Fuels Imagine you live in 2030 and you want to travel a few hundred kilometers with your new iron-fueled car that does not emit any CO2. You insert a new cartridge with a few liters of porous micron-sized iron powder. You drive the car and when driving, the iron powder is dispersed in air and the powder is burned in a hot turbulent flame transferring the iron powder into micron-sized rust-powder. Inside the iron-car the hot burnt gases are used fire a Stirling engine to drive the car. The burnt rust particles are stored in a separate compartment of the original cartridge and when returning home you bring the (heavier) cartridge back to the store, from where it is shipped to a central place where the rust is transferred back to micro-sized iron particles again using solar energy. Whether this vision of the future is real, will become clear in the upcoming EnergyDays event where we will explore the possibilities of Metal Fuels as a novel type of energy carrier.
Program - 27 October 2016
13h15 - 13h45 Reception with coffee/tea
13h45 - 13h50 Welcome & Introduction Niels Deen, chair of the day, TU/e
13h50 - 14h35 Metal fuels for zero-carbon heat and power Jeff Bergthorson - McGill University, Montreal
14h35 - 15h20 Sponge iron powder as a possible fuel of the future Yuriy Shoshin - TU/e
15h20 - 15h40 Break
15h40 - 16h25 Production of metals in the future: Opportunities for spinning disc technology John van der Schaaf - TU/e
Next EnergyDays:
15 December 2016
16 March 2017
08 June 2017
The EnergyDays are open for anyone interested in the latest developments in societal energy issues. Different keynote speakers from academia and industry will present their views, solutions and outlooks on the topic. The program leaves plenty of room for discussion. We value your input during this day. Looking forward meeting you!
Colofon TU/e - Strategic Area Energy
Att. Elle Abzach
Meta Forum 3.093 (building 5)
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB EINDHOVEN (NL) T +31 (0)40 247 4463 Eenergy@tue.nl Wwww.tue.nl/energy
