Bullet Steam Accumulator
Sunvapor has developed a novel thermal battery that stores energy from surplus heat or electricity, and discharges industrial steam. The thermal battery, called a Bullet Steam Accumulator (BSA™) has a lower specific energy cost ($/kWh) than all other energy storage technologies capable of discharging 100-250 psig steam. Sunvapor has discovered, through Computational Fluid Dynamics, the design rules that achieve performance optimality over the state-of-the-art. The inclusion of energy storage enables deep decarbonization for industrial facilities that operate through the night.
NatureSweet - Willcox, AZ
The system design achieves a 100% substitution of natural gas with solar heating for the country’s largest (250 acre) greenhouse operation. The novel facility design stores solar energy in the summer for hydronic heating in the winter.
Accomplishment: Feasibility study completed for the customer.