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Sign upApril 13, 2022
ArcelorMittal
Dunkerque
Eco-Tech Ceram, a Toulouse-based industrial thermal engineering startup, is installing a thermal storage unit at the ArcelorMittal, the largest steel production site in Europe. This high-temperature thermal storage demonstrator captures, stores and recovers waste heat. To demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of its solution, Eco-Tech Ceram has offered to install the prototype at the industrial giant ArcelorMittal's steel plant in Dunkerque. Once the pilot tests are completed, the containerized storage prototype will be moved to other industrial sites in the Hauts-de-France region to enable upstream testing of future decarbonization projects.
This prototype demonstrated the profitability of our solution for recovering waste heat to dry agglomeration sludge. As a result, ArcelorMittal does not need to use fossil fuels to dry its sludge, and no longer has to pay the additional cost of transporting wet sludge. With an energy efficiency rate of around 40, the Eco-Stock is capable of converting waste heat into low-carbon energy.
Industry wastes up to 40% of the energy it consumes as unused heat. Eco-Tech Ceram’s Eco-Stock® is a modular and eco-designed thermal battery that captures this wasted energy or converts low-cost renewable electricity into high-temperature heat (up to 1000°C). The stored heat is then delivered on demand to industrial processes, helping companies cut natural gas use, stabilise energy costs, and reduce CO₂ emissions by hundreds of tons each year—all without requiring upfront investment.
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