Electrically conductive brickwork module for use as a heating and/or thermal storage system

An electrically conductive brickwork module configured to be used in an electrically heated thermal energy storage system and/or a resistive heating system to heat a fluid flowing across a dimension of the electrically conductive brickwork module from an input to an output, comprising:

• a plurality of electrically interconnected sets of electrically conductive bricks configured to be heated when electricity flows there through;
• a plurality of electrically insulating barriers formed of electrically insulating bricks, an electrically insulating barrier disposed between each pair of adjacent sets of electrically conductive bricks;
• and
• a plurality of flow paths physically separated from the electrically conductive bricks and configured to direct a fluid flowing from the input to the output.

An electrically conductive brickwork module configured to be used in an electrically heated thermal energy storage system and/or a resistive heating system to heat a fluid flowing across a dimension of the electrically conductive brickwork module from an input to an output, comprising:

• a plurality of electrically interconnected sets of electrically conductive bricks configured to be heated when electricity flows there through;
• a plurality of electrically insulating bricks separating each pair of adjacent sets of the plurality of electrically interconnected sets;
• and
• a plurality of flow paths defined by the plurality of electrically insulating bricks and physically separated from the electrically conductive bricks to direct the fluid flowing from the input to the output.