articleNature Reviews Clean TechnologyJan 15, 2025HYBRID OA

Flash Joule heating for synthesis, upcycling and remediation

Rice University · Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Indexed incrossref

Abstract

Electric heating methods are being developed and used to electrify industrial applications and lower their carbon emissions. Direct Joule resistive heating is an energy-efficient electric heating technique that has been widely tested at the bench scale and could replace some energy-intensive and carbon-intensive processes. In this Review, we discuss the use of flash Joule heating (FJH) in processes that are traditionally energy-intensive or carbon-intensive. FJH uses pulse current discharge to rapidly heat materials directly to a desired temperature; it has high-temperature capabilities (>3,000 °C), fast heating and cooling rates (>102 °C s−1), short duration (milliseconds to seconds) and high energy…

Citation impact

89
total citations
FWCI
36.69
Percentile
100%
References
174
Citations per year

Authors

5

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Flash (photography)
  • Joule heating
  • Environmental remediation
  • Materials science
  • Joule (programming language)
  • Engineering physics
  • Environmental science
  • Composite material
No related works found for this paper.

Funding