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Re:A molten salt storage solution using sodium hydroxide by BenoitEssiambre on Friday December 10, 2021 @09:15PM (#29517785)
That's cool if the bricks themselves can be resistive heaters. You might burn elements pretty quickly at those temps.
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Re:A molten salt storage solution using sodium hydroxide by pfdietz on Friday December 10, 2021 @09:52PM (#29517973)
Right. The ordinary firebrick system with separate heaters would be limited to about 1000 C, although I've seen a concept using sand flowing through a heater that would reach 1200 C.
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