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No energy transition without heat storage, no heat storage without materials, no storage materials without fundamental physical understanding
Research profile
Henk Huinink is an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His key research interests include phase transitions in crystals, interactions between solids and water, heat and mass transport in porous media and NMR imaging and relaxometry. Henk investigates materials for making thermal batteries, with the goals of increasing power output and multicyclic stable performance. Thermal batteries are charged with heat instead of electricity.
Henk studies the physical working principles of heat storage materials in order to improve them and make them suitable for long term compact storage. He is focusing on so-called thermochemical materials (TCM’s) in general and salt hydrates in particular. As water is built into the crystal structure heat is released (hydration). By heating the materials, the water will desorb (dehydration). This reversible reaction can be used for charging and discharging.
Henk’s research has identified the most promising crystal hydrates for compact heat storage based on the thermochemical principle. He has also elucidated the coupling between the reaction kinetics of hydration/dehydration reactions in salt hydrates and nucleation-growth mechanisms. He will be focusing on the following topics in the coming period:
- Stabilization of salt hydrates by studying salt/organic composites.
- Boost the power output by increasing the thermal conductivity of the TCM’s.
- Improve power output by promoting nucleation in TCM’s.
Academic background
Henk Huinink has a background in physical chemistry. During his MSc and PhD he specialized in the field of statistical physics and its application to soft matter. Henk received his PhD in Soft Matter from Wageningen University, for his work on statistical mechanical modeling of surfactants in pores. Besides heat storage, he has worked on water/ion migration through polymer films and coatings for more than 10 years. From 1997-1999, he was a Research Fellow at Shell, working on block copolymer thin films within the framework of EU project dealing with mescopic simulation methods.
On sabbatical in 2015, Henk spent time at the Center for Computational Chemistry of Prof. Dirk Zahn at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen. Here, he studied atomistic modeling of dynamics in crystal hydrates in view of thermal energy storage. He is involved in a wide range of projects focusing on thermal energy storage, including:
- EU H2020: Heat Insyde
- NWO Mat4Sus: Mat4Heat
- EIC Pathfinder: 4TunaTES
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Additive manufacturing of Materials for Thermochemical heat storage
Huinink, H. P. (Project Manager), Aarts, J. (Project member), Kurvers, M. (Project member) & Knoop, R. (Project member)
1/06/24 → 31/05/27
Project: Third tier
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TKI 2121401 4MStableTCMForm stable termochemical materials
Huinink, H. P. (Project Manager), de Jong, S. J. (Project member) & Knoop, R. (Project member)
1/07/22 → 25/02/27
Project: Third tier
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Printing Complex Liquids on Complex Media (PCLCM)
Huinink, H. P. (Project Manager), Kurvers, M. (Project member), Reijnier, A. W. B. P. (Project member) & Arel, I. (Project member)
1/01/22 → 9/09/27
Project: Third tier
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CTSE1507 Dope4Heat
Noijen, J. (Project member), Dalderop, J. H. J. (Project member), Huinink, H. P. (Project Manager) & Houben, J. (Project member)
1/12/17 → 27/06/22
Project: Research direct
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A scaling rule for power output of salt hydrate tablets for thermochemical energy storage
Cotti, M., Fischer, H., Adan, O. & Huinink, H. (Corresponding author), 15 May 2024, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 87, 12 p., 111395.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Boosting thermochemical performance of SrBr2·6H2O with a secondary salt hydrate
Mazur, N., Kotinis, I., Huinink, H. (Corresponding author), Fischer, H. & Adan, O., May 2024, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 268, 12 p., 112748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Elucidating the Dehydration Pathways of K2CO3·1.5H2O
Aarts, J., Mazur, N., Fischer, H. R., Adan, O. C. G. & Huinink, H. P. (Corresponding author), 20 Mar 2024, In: Crystal Growth and Design. 24, 6, p. 2493-2504 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Impact of cycling on the performance of mm-sized salt hydrate particles
Aarts, J., Fischer, H., Adan, O. & Huinink, H. (Corresponding author), 15 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 76, 11 p., 109806.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Increasing particle concentration enhances particle penetration depth but slows down liquid imbibition in thin fibrous filters
Nicasy, R. J. K., Barquero, A., Huinink, H. P. (Corresponding author), Erich, S. J. F., Adan, O. C. G., Tomozeiu, N., Mansouri, H. & Scheerder, J., 5 Mar 2024, In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 684, 11 p., 133146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Grants NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences December 2018
Huinink, H. P., Smolders, A. B. & Gómez Rivas, J.
13/12/18
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