Energy production includes fossil fuels, coal, natural gas, crude oil, uranium, and renewables like biomass, solar, tidal and so on. Metal powders like nickel, iron and cobalt can be used to excellent effect in this industry, particularly for applications such as solar and fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors.
Additionally, the use of high alkali materials such as domestic and agricultural waste by the energy sector is on the rise, as renewables and bioenergy start to take centre stage. While this solves the problem of a lack of traditional wood-based fuels, it does lead to increased corrosion, fouling and bed agglomeration, as well as higher nitrogen oxide emissions.
As such, it’s imperative to select the most appropriate specialist minerals to serve as boiler bed material, improving heat transfer and temperature stability while keeping potentially negative impacts under control.
Here at Thermograde, we have a range of potential materials that can be used by the energy industry, including olivine, silica sand, kaolin and calcium silicate. If you’d like to find out more, get in touch with us today.
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