Low-cost media
Sand, sand-like byproducts, and refractory materials reduce dependence on scarce metals.
Thermal energy storage
Heat and power without fossil combustion.
Veramist develops thermal energy storage systems that convert renewable electricity into reliable industrial heat for district heating, industrial parks, and high-temperature manufacturing.
Thermal storage for the hard-to-abate heat economy.
Industrial heat remains one of the most difficult parts of the energy transition. Veramist focuses on power-to-heat systems that store clean electricity as usable heat.
Long duration
Thermal energy can be stored for days or weeks to smooth wind and solar intermittency.
High temperature
Industrial heat battery systems can deliver process heat above 1000°C.
Plant integration
Designed to connect with existing boilers, steam systems, and production lines.
Sand-based thermal energy storage
Renewable electricity is converted into heat and stored in sand or sand-like media at approximately 500°C to 600°C for district heating and large-scale energy systems.
Industrial heat battery
Electric heating elements raise stacked refractory blocks above 1000°C, then controlled airflow delivers stored heat as steam, hot air, or thermal oil.
District heat
Store renewable power as durable heat.
Sand-based systems support cities, utilities, and industrial parks that need stable heat beyond the hourly rhythm of renewable generation.
500°C to 600°C storage range
Days or weeks of thermal capacity
Long-life, low-cost storage medium
Industrial heat
High-temperature output for existing production lines.
Industrial heat batteries help replace fossil fuel boilers while reducing retrofit pressure for facilities that already rely on steam and process heat.
Process heat above 1000°C
Electric-to-heat efficiency above 97%
Non-combustion, non-reactive storage materials
From renewable electricity to usable industrial heat.
Veramist develops power-to-heat storage pathways that charge when clean electricity is available, retain energy in low-cost thermal media, and discharge heat when operations need it.
System architecture
Charge when electricity is available. Discharge when heat is needed.
Veramist connects renewable and grid electricity, insulated thermal storage, and plant heat users into one dispatchable heat pathway.
Electric charging window: wind, solar, grid, or surplus power
Thermal storage: sand-like media or refractory blocks
Heat delivery: district heat, steam, hot air, or thermal oil
Charge
Wind, solar, grid electricity, or surplus renewable power is converted into heat through electric heating elements.
Store
Heat is retained in sand-like media or refractory blocks selected for temperature, capacity, and site requirements.
Control
Insulated storage, airflow, and heat exchangers keep output predictable for district heating or process heat users.
Deliver
Stored heat is supplied as district heat, steam, hot air, or thermal oil to replace fossil-fuel boilers and burners.
Size the storage around the heat load.
Project sizing starts with the customer's MWth demand, operating temperature, and daily or seasonal discharge profile.
Match the MWth range to sector demand.
Heat load varies widely by sector. Pharmaceutical, food and beverage, paper, chemicals, and alumina plants need different storage sizes and discharge rates.
Scale storage capacity from pilots to utility heat.
Container, modular, and tank-based storage formats can be evaluated from smaller thermal loads to larger district heating and industrial park projects.
Two storage pathways for different heat demands.
Sand-based systems focus on long-duration, cost-effective heat for communities and industrial parks. Industrial heat batteries focus on higher temperature output for production lines.
Pathway
Typical range
Best fit
Key value
Sand-based thermal storage
Approx. 500°C to 600°C
District heating, utilities, industrial parks
Low-cost media, long duration, long service life
Industrial heat battery
Above 1000°C
Steel, cement, chemicals, food processing, pulp and paper
High-temperature output with lower retrofit pressure
Project applications under evaluation.
Veramist is built for project teams that need a practical route from clean electricity to continuous heat. The following applications describe where thermal storage creates the strongest project value.
District heating
Seasonal and daily heat balancing for cities.
Store low-cost renewable electricity as heat and discharge it into district heating networks when demand rises or generation falls.
Best suited for municipal heat utilities that need lower-emission baseload heat, backup capacity, or a way to absorb surplus wind and solar generation.
- Municipal utilities
- Community heat networks
- Boiler fuel displacement
Industrial parks
Centralized thermal infrastructure for multiple factories.
Build a shared heat hub that converts renewable power into dispatchable steam, hot water, or hot air for tenants with different schedules.
A shared storage asset can serve factories with different load profiles while reducing each tenant's need for separate fossil-fuel boiler upgrades.
- Continuous heat demand
- Shared energy assets
- Lower retrofit pressure
Process heat
High-temperature output for hard-to-abate manufacturing.
Use industrial heat battery systems to support production lines that require reliable heat without fossil combustion at the point of use.
Designed for plants that already use steam, hot air, or thermal oil and want cleaner heat without rebuilding the entire production process.
- Steam and hot air
- Thermal oil systems
- High-temperature processes
Project fit
Initial project assessment
Early-stage evaluation focuses on matching the storage medium, charging strategy, and discharge temperature to the customer's heat demand and existing site infrastructure.
Heat load profile and annual demand
Operating temperature and output medium
Available electricity source and tariff window
Existing boiler, steam, or hot-air system
Site space, safety distance, and integration limits
Decarbonization target, budget range, and timeline
Technical storage concepts.
Engineering references for evaluating storage geometry, heat-transfer paths, media selection, and charge-discharge control.
Storage tank
Thermal stratification for stable discharge.
A stratified tank separates hotter and cooler zones so usable heat can be retained and released with predictable outlet temperature.
- Hot and cold thermal layers
- Large-volume storage geometry
- Useful for district and plant heat buffering
Storage vessel
Solid media storage with insulated structure.
Sand, crushed stone, or refractory media can be packed inside an insulated vessel to store heat with low-cost, non-reactive materials.
Heat exchange
Tube bundles transfer heat through the storage mass.
Embedded tubes or channels guide the heat-transfer medium through the storage body, improving charging and discharging control.
Flow path
Charge and discharge through a packed medium.
The flow path is designed so hot and cold transfer media move through the storage region without losing thermal separation or control.
Charge / discharge
Bidirectional operation around inlet and outlet temperature.
Project sizing checks inlet temperature, outlet temperature, storage medium, insulation, and charge-discharge schedule together.
Built for utilities and heavy industry.
Veramist serves organizations with continuous heat demand and clear decarbonization targets.
District heating
Low-emission heat for cities, communities, and municipal utilities.
Energy operators
Thermal storage that turns renewable electricity into dispatchable heat.
Industrial parks
Centralized heat infrastructure for factories with continuous demand.
Manufacturing
Steel, cement, chemicals, food processing, pulp and paper, and more.
Infrastructure and storage media.
These project inputs connect the target customers above with the physical systems required on site: heat distribution networks, thermal storage media, and plant integration.
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