A full view of the device. [Photo/WeChat account of Ordos Laboratory]

The MWh-scale long-duration, high-efficiency and high-temperature industrial thermal energy storage pilot device independently developed by the Ordos Laboratory was officially completed and put into operation on Jan 17.

The MWh-scale pilot device integrates advanced electrothermal conversion technology, innovative heat storage materials and efficient thermal energy management systems, allowing it to efficiently store and release high-quality thermal energy converted from wind and photovoltaic power generation and meet the diverse high-temperature thermal energy demands of industrial production.

Its core advantages include high thermoelectric conversion efficiency, high energy storage density, high thermal energy quality, a high level of safety, environmental friendliness, and low cost.

The device has broad application prospects and significant economic benefits in areas such as zero-carbon industrial steam production, power plant peak shaving, district heating, and replacing fossil fuels in high-temperature industrial processes. This technology provides robust support for the large-scale, efficient utilization of renewable energy and deep decarbonization in industrial sectors in China.

The completion of this device marks a major breakthrough for the laboratory in the field of high-temperature industrial thermal energy storage technology, laying a solid foundation for in-depth verification of the technology's feasibility and advanced nature, accelerating the industrialization process of the technology, and promoting the application and development of related technologies and demonstration projects in a wider range of fields.