Contentful ID
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Company Values
Entity Description
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology is an educational institution that offers various degree programs in technology and engineering.
Entity Name
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT)
Focus Areas
General - Organization
Entity Type
University
Group/Division/Lab name
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Is LCRI Company?
No
Technology Areas
Technology Description
A dispatchable, grid-scale thermal energy storage system based on a molten silicon storage medium. Excess electricity is converted to thermal energy to heat the silicon, stored in one of two large tanks. When demand arises, glowing-hot molten silicon is pumped through an array tubes that emit light, and special-purpose multi-junction photovoltaics convert the generated light to electricity.
Technology Name
Thermal Energy Grid Storage-Multi-Junction Photovoltiacs (TEGS-MPV) / "Sun in a Box"