Waste heat recovery innovation doesn’t make the news that often, so when it does, I have to wonder whether you, clever reader, can steer that innovation toward some creative advancements for the HVAC industry.
The innovation in question was published in March in a paper (www.nature.com/articles/srep44621) titled “Terbium Ion Doping In Ca3Co4O9: A Step Towards High-Performance Thermoelectric Materials.” (You read engineering trade magazines, you know a catchy title when you see one, am I right?) The authors are Shrikant Saini, Haritha Sree Yaddanapudi, Kun Tian, Yinong Yin, David Magginetti, and Ashutosh Tiwari. They are researchers at the University of Utah.