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This project will demonstrate on an Industrial scale, a new low temperature heat recovery cycle, the controlled phase cycle (CPC), that will convert waste heat streams in the temperature range of 70C to 90C to high value electricity and address the energy trllemma by reducing the reliance on fossil fuels, improving security by reducing the electricity demand from the grid and produce substantial cost savings for the user. Buiding on successful small scale trials the Innovate UK funding support will allow the consortuim of Spirax Sarco ( Lead), Howden Compressors, Artic Circle, IPU Institute of Energy Futures of Brunel University to develop a commercial offering that will target the estimated 300 TWh of heat available in Europeam Industry and beyond. It will position the UK in a strong leadership position globally in low temperature energy recovery through the development of a number of patented innovations and commercialisation of the CPC technology.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

To design, develop and commercialise a new monitoring technique to transform and simplify the operation of all steam boliers whilst vitally inproving safety levels.

Coffee is the most valuable and widely traded tropical agricultural product. Global consumption has almost doubled in the last 40 years and is forecast to reach 9.09 m tonnes by 2019. Roasting and afterburning processes use roughly 11.2x10(12) kJ fuel energy/year. In coffee bean roasting processes only 40% of energy used adds value to the final product with 60% being discharged as hot air emissions. The forecast increase in coffee consumption will exacerbate this problem over the next 5 years. We propose to develop a novel heat recovery solution that will recover 30% of the input energy in a roasting process, increase energy efficiency to 70% and reduce energy costs by 33%. The technology we are proposing can be integrated into existing manufacturing systems and produce high temperature water at 140 degC that can be used in coffee bean roasting processes. This project is a collaboration between Nestle Spirax & the National Centre of Excellence in Food Engineering to build a manufacturing demonstrator for the coffee roasting industry that can be disseminated to multiple food & drink processes.

his project aims to develop, optimize, and manufacture novel polymer micro-hollow fibre heat exchangers (PHFHE) for various applications . This light weight PHFHE can reduce the weight up to 50% compared with traditional metal heat exchanger, leading to at least 50% cost reduction. The small diameters of the fibres (micrometers) have thin walls and large surface area so heat transfer intensity is significantly increased. PHFHE can be applied in the following sectors: 1) Buildings: holllow membrane fibres for liquid desiccant cooling and non-porous capillaries for air heat recuperation, air heaters and fan-coils; 2) Automotive: car radiators with same thermal power as traditional radiators but 50% lighter; 3) Electronics:heat transfer units for cooling compact electronic devices; 4) Water desalination:air humidification by pervaporation through hollow fibre membranes; 5) Energy Storage: non-porous hollow fibres for encapsulating PCMs can enhance heat transfer for passive cooling and energy storage applications. The implementation of such micro-fibre technology will offer cost effective and recycleable materials significant reduction in energy consumption and carbon emission.