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Charles Forsberg and Ahmed Ghoniem. Ibekwe, Richard Tochi Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering 2019-01-11T15:05:12Z 2019-01-11T15:05:12Z 2018 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119904 1079908302 Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2018. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 40). The lack of low-cost, large-scale energy storage is one of the biggest obstacles to the ongoing transition from an energy market dominated by fossil fuels to one dominated by nuclear and renewable energy. Storing energy as heat in firebricks has a number of potential advantages over existing energy storage methods such as batteries and pumped-storage. This work investigated the application of induction heating to firebrick energy storage. The distributions of magnetic field and temperature in firebricks under induction heating were simulated and compared with experiments. It was found that firebricks can be induction heated to high temperatures (>700°C); different material compositions give different temperature responses; and rate of temperature increase is positively correlated with electrical conductivity. It was also shown that, in addition to use in large-scale energy storage, induction heating can be used to measure electrical conductivity and for firebrick quality assurance. by Richard T. Ibekwe. S.B. 40 pages eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Nuclear Science and Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Induction heating of firebricks for the large-scale storage of nuclear and renewable energy Thesis application/pdf Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="fdf9d9df-9b96-45bc-9a98-c2a8ef533714"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Induction heating of firebricks for the large-scale storage of nuclear and renewable energy</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2018</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Ibekwe, Richard Tochi</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Nuclear Science and Engineering.</Keyword> <Keyword>Mechanical Engineering.</Keyword> <Abstract>The lack of low-cost, large-scale energy storage is one of the biggest obstacles to the ongoing transition from an energy market dominated by fossil fuels to one dominated by nuclear and renewable energy. Storing energy as heat in firebricks has a number of potential advantages over existing energy storage methods such as batteries and pumped-storage. This work investigated the application of induction heating to firebrick energy storage. The distributions of magnetic field and temperature in firebricks under induction heating were simulated and compared with experiments. It was found that firebricks can be induction heated to high temperatures (&gt;700°C); different material compositions give different temperature responses; and rate of temperature increase is positively correlated with electrical conductivity. It was also shown that, in addition to use in large-scale energy storage, induction heating can be used to measure electrical conductivity and for firebrick quality assurance.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>