132467LAir Dearman Engine for Power and Cooling in Confined SpacesClosedFeasibility StudiesInnovate UKThe global demand for power and cooling is ever increasing leading to increased fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world’s demand for electricity will increase by more than 70% by 2040 compared to the levels in 2015. Also, it is predicted that the energy demand for space cooling will overtake space heating by 2060 and will exceed it by 60% by 2100 to reach 10,000TWh. The project will deliver a cost-effective zero emission system for power and cooling in confined spaces, by adapting the cutting-edge Dearman Engine (DE), a rankine-cycle expander currently powered by liquid nitrogen (LN2) to utilise liquid air. The use of LAir instead of LN2 provides very attractive proposition for Dearman given its availability, simpler production process but most importantly its safety features. The University of Birmingham in collaboration with Dearman will develop a LAir driven Dearman engine and correlate its performance with LAir composition and properties from storage to exhaust.