Project HAECHI builds on our phase 1 project (MOSBAT) in developing a vehicle/platform-agnostic "hot-swappable" and "smart" _battery-modules_ that can be multi-purposed energy-banks for the solar-charging stations and power for different electric-vehicles (EV). These include 3-wheelers (4x modules), 4-wheelers (6x modules), and solar-station energy-stores (100xmdules), with each module identical and in circulation between various vehicles/stations.
Our technology enables EVs mobilisation with modules at varying levels of charge for flexible EV-range. Novelties explored in this project are summarised under three headings: electrical, mechanical, software/Al.
Electrically, traditional electric vehicle (EV) powertrain architecture is reenvisioned from a clean slate with "flexibility" in urban mobility in mind: state of art limits EVs to accept single battery packs specifically designed by OEMs that tie vehicles to specific EV-ranges. Project-HAECHI (and its Phase-1 predecessor project-MOSBAT) eliminates this issue through EV powertrain architecture redesign to accept: 1) different number of _battery-modules_ simultaneously, 2) at different levels of charge.
An example use case involves officegoers driving EVs with 1 (out of 4) battery-modules on weekdays with a range of 50 miles, and 4 battery-modules (at different charge levels) installed in the EV during weekends with 200-mile+ road trips. Our technology ensures EVs do not haul around a heavy single/large battery pack on the weekdays when full range is not required. Our consortium's novel battery management system (BMS) solution enables this.
In phase-1, the battery-module enclosure was redesigned with lightweighting, effective cooling, and additive manufacturing (AM) as part of its structure. In project HAECHI testing of the efficacy of this system will be done in a demonstrator.
Out Korean partners are leading the software/Al activities to inject "smartness" into our UK-developed battery-module. Project HAECHI further develops the smart sensors embedded within the casing enabling continual battery operation parameter data upload onto a cloud server during testing in the project demonstrator.
Smart Al-based algorithms shall constantly monitor health and performance of the battery-module (and all others in circulation while testing) and give periodic updates to the user/owner using a Smartphone app.
The project aims to develop vehicle/platform-agnostic "hot-swappable" and "smart" battery module (or "BattMod") that can be multi-purposed as energy bank for the solar-charging-station and power for different electric vehicles (EV). E.g., 3-wheeler (4x BattMod), 4-wheeler (6x BattMod), solar-station (100x BattMod); every module being identical and in circulation between the various vehicles and stations. This project also enables vehicles to accept different number of BattMods at varying levels of charge for flexible EV range. Novelties explored in this project can be summarised under three headings: electrical, mechanical, software/AI.
1) Electrical Innovations: Traditional EV powertrain architecture limits vehicles to a specific range determined by a single, OEM-designed battery pack. The project seeks to redesign this architecture to accept varying numbers of BattMods and differing charge levels. For example, an EV could use fewer BattMods for short commutes during the week and install more for longer trips on weekends, thereby optimizing weight and range. This requires a novel Battery Management System (BMS).
2) Mechanical Enhancements: The BattMod enclosure will be redesigned to prioritize lightweighting, efficient cooling, and additive manufacturing (AM). By integrating modern AM techniques, the enclosure can feature internal lattice structures for strength and cooling channels using multiple materials for optimal weight reduction.
3) Software and AI Integration: Korean partners are leading the development of smart features for the BattMod. Smart sensors embedded within the module will create a 3D temperature and pressure "heat-map," with data continuously uploaded to a cloud server. AI algorithms will monitor the health and performance of BattMods in circulation, providing real-time updates to users via a smartphone app.
Overall, this project aims to revolutionize EV powertrain architecture by introducing flexibility, lightweighting, and intelligence through a modular, hot-swappable battery system.
_Project GANESHA_ focusses on development, manufacture and implementation of an innovative battery module solution for powering Nepal rural-based small passenger vehicles and off-grid low-power home energy systems. Solar-power installations will be constructed to pilot our innovation in two seperate rural-Nepal pilot sites with marginal-/zero-power access.
Our consortium including three-UK and two-Nepal organisations, was formed to assist solution-development for commercial challenges faced by the _Nepal Electric Vehicle Institute (NEVI)_ in achieving its ambition to provide Nepal-wide zero-carbon public-transport/power access. NEVI were established in the mid-1990s when growing urban-population densities led to exponential-increase in urban-internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle registrations/polluton. NEVI were pioneers in retrofitting Nepal-ICE-rickshaws to EV, and developing battery-solutions to power these vehicles. It rents batteries to marginalised-/low income-communities through its its affordable model, to facilitate their independant-income-generation (60% of its work-force being female).
Limitations of Nepal's rural-/urban-location power grid/distribution restrict EV-rollout across the country. NEVI are forced to depot-recharge EV-rickshaws during night-periods when power-demand is low and risk of powercuts are minimised. Limited depot-space and grid-power restrictions limit EV-rickshaws numbers NEVI can provide each location's public-transport market. NEVI wish to access solar-power to charge vehicle battery packs and envision a removable solution simlar to products currently marketed in India and Sub-Saharan Africa to expand its service to rural-communities where solutions are most needed (aligning with its original mission). However, current module-products are recharged at low C-rates and require large capital-investment. To supply a public-transport EV-fleet NEVI would require large module-stocks and high-area solar-arrays. Our projects innovation/case study-sites resolve this dilemma.
A new module will be designed, manufactured, and mobilised incorporating _PAK-Engineering Ltd's_ robust-/lightweight-heat exchanger technology. PAK's system facilitates high C-rate charging and design-versatility enabling PAK to adapt/optimise its function to suit multiple environmental-conditions. _EPT Ltd_ will design module-incorporated state-sensor/communications technology so module-function is optimised, and location tracked when in use. _Gamma-Meon Ltd_ will design, adapt and incorporate a specilised payment systems platform that EV-rickshaw operators and users will use to access NEVI services. Our solution will reduce mentioned-capital investment-requirments, and enable rollout to two rural-communities with marginal-/zero-power access in project-timescales.
NEVI via partneship with Nepal-famed gender/social-equity pioneer _3 Sisters Trekking Group_ will construct two rural-solar arrays for charging our-modules, for powering 8-10 EV-vehicles adapted to location-conditions, and provide home-energy-kits for lighting and small-device charging for imroving life-quality in these locations.
This project proposes the development of a novel and sustainable biodegradable filter for indoor farm pollution control systems, the food product this project being focussed on being poultry. Pollutant filtration water-scrubbing technologies can cause environmental pollution, with disposal of slurries formed being stringently regulated as they lead to water course pollution and GHG emissions. This impacts profitability as farms must dispose biologically harmful waste. Additionally, 68% and 46% of respective national Nitrous (22 MtCO2e) and Methane (54 MtCO2e) emissions are attributed to the agricultural sector. Although legally permitted at certain times of year, land spreading of slurries provides significant contribution to this climatic impact. Considering this, scrubbing systems are vital in large scale poultry production farms as they remove harmful pollution that can cause disruption to local flora / fauna and increase allergy-based issues in residential areas.
Recent advances in biodegradable plastics have led to products marketed in the UK, a key example being compostable bags used in domestic organic waste disposal. This project will exploit recent additive manufacturing advances that permit electrospinning of biodegradable plastics as the base material. A filter shall be designed to capture poultry farm PM10s. Air-based PM10 dust accounts for 80-90% of indoor farm pollutant emissions, with foul odours associated with facilities attributed to these. Direct removal of PM10s from indoor farm airflow via the BioSpinFil filter would improve the surrounding environment for workers and residents close to farms.
Aerobic or anaerobic biodegradation of filters on farm premises (or nearby) will turn captured biological matter into a valuable resource, recycled locally or sold as a commodity. Exploitation of this technology has potential to significantly reduce water use in conventional technologies, this saving energy use in pumping, transport and disposal of slurries formed. This will have wider benefits in mitigating impacts to the environment through reducing spreading of slurries on farmland, and the resultant GHG emissions formed.
TECHNO, an acronym standing for "Temperature monitoring, Cooling and Heating during Normal Operation in a demonstration battery pack", is a project to develop an innovative battery pack for cars and any other type of electric vehicle. For a battery to deliver its best performance over a long life, the temperature of all the cells in it must be kept uniformly at the right operating temperature. TECHNO is the first system designed to be able to do this. A conventional battery thermal management system (BTMS) struggles to maintain a uniform temperature because the battery itself generates an incredibly large amount of heat, especially during fast charging. Besides the obvious safety concern, the high temperature permanently damages the cells, and so reduces the battery life. In cold winter weather, parts of the battery --- or even part of an individual large cell --- may be too cold to operate efficiently, causing these cells to be damaged and putting strain on the other parts. The two challenges faced by a conventional BTMS are that it does not have sufficient information to identify hot and cold spots, and that it does not have the ability to cool or heat them independently of the rest of the battery. This is where TECHNO, with its capacity for active differential thermal management, comes in.
Working to the requirements of industry partners, who manufacture batteries and battery management systems, the TECHNO project will create an intelligent battery module which can monitor and control its own temperature profile. Each cell in the battery is monitored continually by an array of thin printed temperature and pressure sensors, which pass their information onto a BTMS built into the battery module, which receives its instructions from, and reports back to, an external battery management system (BMS). The internal BTMS combines the sensor information to build a three-dimensional map of the temperature inside the battery. It then uses this map to determine how the temperature at different positions is changing, and what needs to be done. It then takes action, by differentially heating or cooling at the point it is required using an advanced liquid cooling system and low-power electric heaters, positioned in contact with the cells to keep them all working safely and efficiently at their optimum temperature.
This project will develop and validate a battery thermal management system (ROBuST) for ZEV application. ROBuST'S advantages of lightweight, geometric flexibility, enhanced thermal performance/stability is due to an enlarged contact surface area (between the technology and the battery cells), that reduces the weight of battery packs up to 18%, leading to a 12%+ energy density improvement.
The flexible geometry of the ROBuST innovation enables its be incorporation with all cell types (cylindrical, prismatic and pounch), this a great advantage over other counterparts (cold plate cooling, heat pipe cooling, etc).
The industrial partner (PAK Engineering Ltd.) will draw upon its expertise in niche heat exchanger design/manufacturing and bring forward an innovative manufacturing technology to de-risk the ROBuST technology scale-up, enabling its immediate incorporation with battery pack assembly/supply chain.
The academic partner (Loughborough University) will conduct modelling for ROBuST, providing guidance in its design and validation process.
The project outcome, an innovative and lightweight battery thermal management system, will be of vital importance to accelerate current ZEVs towards its next generation with reduced number of batteries, enhanced battery performance, extended driving range, battery longevity, higher safety and durability, thereby helping to achieve the UK government's ambition of zero carbon emission by 2050\.
The UK government's advisory Committee on Climate Change recommended "net zero" greenhouse gases by 2050. Even if other countries followed the UK, there was a 50-50 chance of staying below the recommended 1.5°C temperature rise by 2100. A 1.5°C rise is considered the threshold for dangerous climate change. The domestic sector currently accounts for about 30% of UK's energy consumption and 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, a result of dependency on fossil fuels particularly for space heating and hot water. Natural gas provides 85% of heating load in centrally heated houses and 50% in non-centrally heated houses. The households emit around 2t CO2 per household per year, which represents around 1/10 of average UK household's carbon footprint. A solution is making existing and new properties more energy efficient and finding low-carbon alternative heat sources for 85% of UK households that currently use fossil fuel based fuel. The solar-powered SeasonalStorage system addresses the year around "heat on demand" issue in local building sector. Renewable energy will be effectively store heat in the integrated SeasonalStorage and utilised for periods of higher demand and/or limited energy availability. This project will contribute to a short/seasonal, low cost, efficient and decarbonised solution for multi-functional heat storage in local energy systems. A consortium consists of industry and a university with complementary skills and will work together to provide affordable, reliable and efficient renewable energy storage technology for local energy systems in UK and overseas. The overall aim of this project is to design, develop and construct an innovative and inter-seasonal thermochemical energy storage system, which can be run stand-alone or as a key component integrated into the existing local energy systems. The proposed technology combines solar PV/thermal and novel hollow fibre heat exchangers, forming a promising energy storage solution for decarbonised local energy systems with high energy density, low heat loss, low regeneration temperature, low volume requirement, simple design, easy fabrication and operation. It enables better local energy resilience through a smart solar heat storage component using environmental-friendly thermochemical materials and facilitates higher renewable energy penetration by mitigating the gap between energy generation and demand for community buildings. This will be beneficial for solar PV/thermal, thermochemical storage material manufacturers, energy industry, heat exchanger manufacturers and society. The commercialisation of proposed system will create new job opportunities in energy storage, renewable energy, building services, local energy services sectors and the national/international trading businesses.
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The project main aim is to address the disparity in the market of energy saving technologies, by developing a novel thermoelectric heat pump/heat recovery system for low carbon buildings (EcoPump). The EcoPump will offer a unique solution to the scope requirement “to stimulate economic growth in China (specifically Jiangsu province) and the UK. The project presents an innovative integrated window heat recovery unit (WHR) with a thermoelectric (TEC) heat pump and eco-aerogel air filters for removal of particle pollution or particulate matter (PM) pollution including PM 2.5. The EcoPump can provide efficient heating (or cooling), and clean filtered fresh air ventilation depending on the occupant’s requirements. The latter will contribute significantly in addressing energy supply-demand in buildings through the use an efficient heating load management system. Successful project implementation will benefit the whole community, industry, the customers and the UK and China economy.
The overall aim of the project is to design, develop and test an efficient, sustainable and
environmentally friendly solution to improve indoor air quality and lighting conditions in poultry houses
to promote better health and welfare, raise productivity, and reduce energy costs. The system will use a
novel UV light activated, titanium dioxide coated flexible fibre mop with extended surface area to
provide air sterilisation and removal of volatile organic compounds and odours. A microporous bag filter
will be used to contain any particulate matter such as dust and associated pathogens. In addition, a low-
energy LED lighting array will be used to enhance animal wellbeing and promote productivity. This all-
in-one unit has a simple design with direct integration into the poultry house roof structure, replicating
the size and appearance of conventional HVAC or fan units. The project will involve the design,
construction and testing of a prototype system under commercial conditions.
This project MACwill develop a mobile air conditioning system to reduce both the direct carbon emissions by being more energy efficient avoiding the use of high global warming R134a used in the current MAC systems. The proposed system will both meet the new EU regulation, which requires the phase-out of the R134a starting on 1st January 2013, and the strong preference expressed by vehicle manufacturers for non-flammable refrigerants.
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The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
From the farm to the store, food and drink including eggs and poultry products must be chilled -- and kept chilled, packaged and handled properly so it will be safe for consumers to buy. In addition, in the UK, there is a legal requirement, that the internal temperature of a warehouse for food and drink storage or processing must be kept at 8°C or below and food must be kept in a fridge or cool ventilated place. Refrigeration is a necessity for sustainable conservation and supply of food and drink products; however currently, fossil fuel consumption costs and greenhouse gas emissions are too high. The aim of the project is to develop a first-of-its-kind Ice Heat Pump for ice production for the food and drink applications sectors. The novel system uses environmental friendly working fluids (air/water mixture), that will result in 40% more efficient and cost-effective cool ventilated warehouses or/and refrigerated storage rooms.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The project aims to design/optimise and construct a small scale (5kW electricity power/3kW cooling) prototype waste heat-driven Combined Moist Airflow System (MAS) - Trigeneration - Ejector system, suitable for sustainable heating/cooling and electricity generation at reduced cost for the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants. Through the utilisation of waste heat recovery technology, the proposed system will harness low grade waste heat (80°C or over) released from flue gases of the food and drink manufacturing and (re) processing plants for heat/coolth production and electricity generation that could be rechanneled in the production process, thereby making more efficient use of waste heat/flue gas recovery and reducing industrial emissions, while reducing the cost of production. In addition there will be economic impact through, improved resource efficiency of the drink supply chain, greater productivity in the beer brewing process plants with a high potential for existing/new food and drink manufacturing (e.g. beer brewing process) and (re)processing operation plants, providing cooling/heating and power generation at low cost.
The overall aim of the project is to develop and test an efficient and environmentally-friendly, precision engineering solution for cooling/heating to improve indoor air quality and thermal comfort to promote better animal welfare and productivity in poultry houses. The system will use a novel membrane -based dew point evaporative technology using water and air as the working fluids to provide thermal regulation and improved air quality in the summer period. In addition, a low-cost poly heat exchanger ready loop integrated solar roof collector will be used to harness solar energy to heat wor king fluid to drive a heat pump. This is an efficient method for providing heating requirments in poultry houses. The solar collector has a simple design with direct integration in the poultry house roof. The project will involve the design, contruction and testing of a prototype cooling/heating system. The new system will provide an environmentally friendly and economic solution to compete with traditional HVAC systems.
This proposed project is aimed at developing an effective energy storage system to establish an equilibrium between variable renewable energy supply and consumer energy demand, therefore acting as a grid buffer. The proposed project will involve the design, optimisation, construction and testing of the first-of-its-kind prototype power generation/energy storage system. The system will use a novel High Temperature Phase Change Material (HTPCM) which is suitable for thermal storage in the temperature range of 300-450. Various HTPCMs will be tested and the one which responds as required will be selected. A range of PCM heat transfer enhancement methods will be investigated to help increase the effective surface area for heat transfer. The performance of the HTPCM/Brayton power will be evaluated. The successful implementation of this HTPCM technology will enable the possibility of producing electricity using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, biomass, while maintaining continuity of supply.
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.