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News from DTU

2019
Forskningsminister Tommy Ahlers indvier energilagringsanlægget på DTU Risø Campus
20 MAR

Storing energy with hot stones and a new twist on old ideas

The Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science Tommy Ahlers inaugurates an innovative energy storage unit at DTU, showcasing a new concept for energy storage based on hot stones and some very old ideas.

Energy Energy storage
2016
Left: The stack of elastocaloric plates with flow paths of the water indicated. Right: thermograh showing the temperature difference achieved between the hot side (lower right) and cold side (upper right). Picture adapted from Tušek et al., Nature Energy.
06 SEP

New heat pump stretches towards higher efficiency

A group of researchers at DTU Energy have demonstrated a novel type of heat pump based on materials which heat up when they are stretched. The potential for high efficiency and low materials cost of the device makes it a promising alternative to conventional refrigeration and heating based on vapor compression.

Energy
2015
Senior researcher Kurt Engelbrecht, DTU Energy, with the Igloo that was part of the Best Paper Award from International Journal of Refrigeration
28 OCT

Kurt Engelbrecht and his colleagues receives ‘Best Paper of the Year' award

Senior researcher Kurt Engelbrecht from DTU Energy and former guest-student Jaime A. Lozano received the award 'Best Paper of the Year' (2012/2013) by the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR) at the International Congress of Refrigeration 2015 in Yokohama, Japan.

Electromagnetism Energy