Find the latest HEAT-INSYDE media appearances, media kit and research output here
In the media
An article featuring the HEAT-INSYDE project was published in the German magazine Starkes Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Der Spiegel) in June 2021.
A report on HEAT-INSYDE was featured in the Evonik magazine ELEMENTS in March 2020. Available also in German.
Read about our project’s aim in New Thermochemical Battery Stores Energy in Inexpensive, Lossless Manner published by the World Industrial Reporter in October 2019.
Blog post coverage by DeepResource on the TNO & TUE Heat Battery from October 2019.
Media kit
Download our infographic for an overview of why and how the HEAT-INSYDE technology aims to bring you clean energy when you need it. PNG, 432 KB

The HEAT-INSYDE factsheet describes the project’s key facts, background, main objectives expected imapct and work plan. Available as PDF, 247 KB.

Output
Peer-reviewed publications:
- M. Cotti, A. Stahlbuhk, H. Fischer, M. Steiger, O. Adan, H. Huinink (2024) Mechanism and Kinetics of Hydration of CuSO4·H2O in the Presence of an Intermediate Step Crystal Growth & Design https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00589
- J. Aarts, H. Fischer, O. Adan, H. Huinink (2024) Impact of cycling on the performance of 1 mm-sized salt hydrate particles. Journal of Energy Storage. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109806
- A. Shkatulov, E. Averina, T. Raemaekers, H. Fischer, O.C.G. Adan & H. Huinink (2024). Stabilization of reactive bed particles for thermochemical energy storage with fiber reinforcement. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.113764
- Shuwei Wang, Pieter-Jan Hoes, Jan L. M. Hensen, Olaf C. G. Adan & Pim A. J. Donkers (2023). Investigating the use cases of a novel heat battery in Dutch residential buildings. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-023-1069-2
- Martina Cotti, Hartmut Fischer, Olaf Adan, Henk Huinink (2023). A scaling rule for power output of salt hydrate tablets for thermochemical energy storage. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4627868
- Tim Raemaekers, Pim Donkers, Henk Huinink (2023). Investigation into the Hydration Behavior of K2CO3 Packed Beds: An NMR Study. Transp Porous Med 149, 817–835. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-023-01985-7
- Henk Huinink, Stan de Jong, Vera Houben, (2023). Hydration fronts in packed particle beds of salt hydrates: Implications for heat storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 71. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.108158
- Joey Aarts, Stan de Jong, Martina Cotti, Pim Donkers, Hartmut Fischer, Olaf Adan, Henk Huinink, (2022) Diffusion limited hydration kinetics of millimeter sized salt hydrate particles for thermochemical heat storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.103554.
Conference and seminar contributions:
2024
- Henk Huinink, “Advances of High-density Storage of Thermal Energy”. Invited lecture at SEEEP PhD Summer School 2024 at the KTH Stockholm and the TU/e, 19 – 30 August 2024.
- Henk Huinink, “Hydration transitions: wat is both reactant and catalyst”. Oral presentation at Thermodynamics 2024 in Delft, 4 – 6 September 2024.
- Yulia Galagan. Invited lecture: Synergizing Energy Harvesting: Advancements in Electric and Thermal Energy Technologies at HOPV – Hybrid & Organic Photovoltaics, Spain, 13-15 May 2024.
- Natalia Mazur, Ruben d’Rose, Hartmut Fischer, Bart Erich, Anders Kaestner. Participation to a conference and Poster presentation at MSE 2024 -Materials Science and Engineering Congress 2024, Germany, 24 September 2024
2023
- Henk Huinink, K2CO3 for heat storage: the quest for power and stability. Oral presentation at IUPAC | CHAINS 2023, 20-25 August 2023 .
- Henk Huinink, Dopants accelerate hydration transitions of salts by water assisted ionic mobilization. Oral presentation at DACG50 – 50th Anniversary of Dutch Association for Crystal Growth, 20-23 March 2023.
- Henk Huinink, Water accelerates hydration transitions of salts. Oral presentation at the Technology University of Eindhoven Center for Computational Energy Research (CCER) Seminar, 16 March 2023.
- Henk Huinink, Water accelerates the hydration transition of a salt. Oral presentation at the AMOLF Colloquium Sustainable Energy Materials, 13 March 2023.
- Henk Huinink, The Path to Thermochemical Energy Storage. Oral presentation at the 10th Swiss Symposium Thermal Energy Storage 2023, 20 January 2023.
2022
- Henk Huinink, Power output of salt hydrated thermochemical energy storage. Oral keynote presentation atThe Sixth International Symposium on InnovativeMaterials and Processes in Energy Systems IMPRES 2022, 25-27 October 2022.
- Martina Cotti, Hartmut Fischer, Pim Donkers, Henk Huinink, Olaf Adan; Understanding the link in between hydration kinetics of CuSO4 powder and mm-tablets. Poster presentation (award for best poster) at the 7th European Conference on Crystal Growth ECCG7, 20-23 July 2022.
2021
- Joey Aarts, Stan de Jong, Martina Cotti, Pim Donkers, Hartmut Fischer, Olaf Adan, Henk Huinink; Diffusion limited hydration kinetics of millimeter sized salt hydrate particles for thermochemical heat storage. Oral presentation at the European Materials Research Society E-MRS Fall Meeting 2021, 20-23 September 2021.
2020
- Martina Cotti, Henk Huinink, Olaf Adan, Aleksandr Shkatulov; Packing geometry and Macrostructural evolution relationship in a K2CO3 tablets bed. Oral presentation at Materials Science and Engineering Congress MSE 2020, 22-25 September 2020.
- Henk Huinink; Crystal hydrates for thermochemical energy storage – progress and challenges. Oral presentation at Materials Science and Engineering Congress MSE 2020, 22-25 September 2020.
- Martina Cotti, Henk Huinink, Olaf Adan, Hartmut Fischer, Pim Donkers; Understanding the reaction kinetics of salt tablets for thermochemical energy storage. Poster at CHAINS 2020.