UNNC Come up with Heat-Storing Material

Team from Nottingham University based at the Ningbo campus in China (UNNC) come up with heat-storing material. (CW Group) Scientists based at the Nottingham University Ningbo campus in China claim to have developed heat regulating construction material, a report from Heating and Ventilating said. They say the heat-storing material overcomes the problem of how to release energy quickly. The composite substance, created at the university's Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET) could be used to regulate building temperature more effectively than similar existing materials that release heat more slowly. According to the report, the new material can be manufactured cheaply and has the potential of delivering considerable energy savings and could lead to more efficient LED lights and solar panels, as well as reducing the cost and energy use of air conditioning by absorbing heat from a room. "There are quite a few of these materials on the market but they all have limitations. When it comes to releasing the heat in a short period there is a time lag, which is not very good. In the past when we've tried to improve on the thermal response, you lose some capacity to store the original amount of energy," Project leader and CSET director Prof Jo Darkwa said. Source: bmweek.com