This paper tackles the problem of industrial waste heat recovery through an unexploited heat transfer mechanism: thermal radiation.Energy Night Lights intensive industries have a considerable potential of unused radiant heat, which cannot be recovered through existing methods.That potential energy is quantified for the Super caps main identified industries: steel and glassmaking.
Then, a radiant heat capturing device allowing high temperature heat capture is designed according to process requirements.Finally, recoverable heat is estimated and potential uses are proposed.