Newton Fund: An ORC power plant integrated with thermal energy storage to utilise renewable heat sources for distributed H&P
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Engineering
Abstract
China, as the largest energy consumer, relies heavily on power generation from fossil fuels such as coal, leading to serious air pollution issues. It is therefore crucial for China to transit towards cleaner energy supply. Solar energy resources are abundant in China, particularly in the poorest western provinces, and renewable power generation can potentially play a vital role in energy supply for China in the future. On the other hand, although China became the second biggest economy in the world, it still remains a developing country and its per capita income is ranked as NO. 84 in the world. The exploitation of the abundant renewable energy resources in the underdeveloped regions in China can also help to boost local economy and tackle poverty.
This project aims to develop a heat storage enhanced ORC power technology to utilise renewable heat sources (e.g. solar energy) for localised power and heat supply. ORC power generation technology is believed to be the most promising technology for power generation from low temperature heat sources. Unlike solar PV panels converting sun light into electricity, ORC power plants convert solar thermal energy to power. Integrated with heat storage, solar thermal ORC systems can overcome the intermittency of sun light and provide more stable power generation and heat supply. By increasing the running time of the ORC system, the payback also increases making this technology more affordable as compared to conventional, fossil based sources of energy. Furthermore, their reliability is also increased as the heat input and output are buffered and regulated. Apart from its application to solar energy, such technology is also attractive for utilising geothermal energy or waste heat sources. The wide installation of the developed system will make contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy China, and ultimately reduce the air pollution improve the urban populations' life quality.
The proposed research and development will address several challenges that hinders the commercialisation of these technologies. On the Chinese side, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) will develop high efficiency single screw expander technology for this project, and contribute to the development of high temperature heat storage technology using molten salts. The business partner, China Investment Yixing Red Sun Solar Energy Technology Company(CIYR), will manufacture the expanders and develop the solar powered technology demonstrator. On the UK side, Sunamp will develop and provide medium to high temperature heat storage technology using phase changer materials. The University of Glasgow (UOG) team, building upon their two on-going EPSRC projects on small scale ORC technologies, will focus on the design of the integrated system, the control strategy, and power electronic systems for the connection with grid. The four project partners, having expertise of different subsystems of this integrated technology, form a uniquely strong consortium to address these challenges and to bring the TRL of the proposed technology towards the commercialisation stage.
This project aims to develop a heat storage enhanced ORC power technology to utilise renewable heat sources (e.g. solar energy) for localised power and heat supply. ORC power generation technology is believed to be the most promising technology for power generation from low temperature heat sources. Unlike solar PV panels converting sun light into electricity, ORC power plants convert solar thermal energy to power. Integrated with heat storage, solar thermal ORC systems can overcome the intermittency of sun light and provide more stable power generation and heat supply. By increasing the running time of the ORC system, the payback also increases making this technology more affordable as compared to conventional, fossil based sources of energy. Furthermore, their reliability is also increased as the heat input and output are buffered and regulated. Apart from its application to solar energy, such technology is also attractive for utilising geothermal energy or waste heat sources. The wide installation of the developed system will make contribution to the decarbonisation of the economy China, and ultimately reduce the air pollution improve the urban populations' life quality.
The proposed research and development will address several challenges that hinders the commercialisation of these technologies. On the Chinese side, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) will develop high efficiency single screw expander technology for this project, and contribute to the development of high temperature heat storage technology using molten salts. The business partner, China Investment Yixing Red Sun Solar Energy Technology Company(CIYR), will manufacture the expanders and develop the solar powered technology demonstrator. On the UK side, Sunamp will develop and provide medium to high temperature heat storage technology using phase changer materials. The University of Glasgow (UOG) team, building upon their two on-going EPSRC projects on small scale ORC technologies, will focus on the design of the integrated system, the control strategy, and power electronic systems for the connection with grid. The four project partners, having expertise of different subsystems of this integrated technology, form a uniquely strong consortium to address these challenges and to bring the TRL of the proposed technology towards the commercialisation stage.
Planned Impact
The outcomes of this project will deliver a wide range of social, economic, and environmental benefits to Chinese population, and people living in other underdeveloped regions across the world. The benefits are identified and described as follows, which justify the eligibility of Official Development Assistance (ODA) criteria for this project.
1) Providing electricity for off-grid population.
There are still around 2 million people living the remote rural areas of China without access to electricity. Beyond China, it is estimated that around 1.7 billion people currently live off-grid worldwide. Once the developed system is widely installed in these off-grid areas, it can utilise the renewable energy sources in these areas to provide electricity locally.
2) Improve people's quality of life in China's poorest regions.
The access to electricity will allow people in these poor regions to use mobile phones, televisions, and radios, and other appliances, improving their life quality. This can provide those people with more opportunities of education and access to knowledge through internet. In these west regions of China, it is also very cold in winter, and heating is another challenge that is yet to be addressed. The developed technology can supply both electricity and heat. In addition, it is also attractive for those west regions having access to the grid, because it can also provide heat in winter. This can improve the quality of life for communities living these areas.
3) Boost economy and reducing poverty in China's poorest regions
Manufacturing of the developed power plants will be carried out in China, either through licences or joint ventures. This will allow the final products to be affordable, and will be beneficial for the Chinese companies involved in their manufacturing and distribution, and the whole supply chain. This can benefit a wide range of manufacturing industrial sectors in China. Using the developed technology, the exploitation of the abundant solar and geothermal energy in the poorest western regions can boost the local economic growth, and thus reduce poverty.
1) Providing electricity for off-grid population.
There are still around 2 million people living the remote rural areas of China without access to electricity. Beyond China, it is estimated that around 1.7 billion people currently live off-grid worldwide. Once the developed system is widely installed in these off-grid areas, it can utilise the renewable energy sources in these areas to provide electricity locally.
2) Improve people's quality of life in China's poorest regions.
The access to electricity will allow people in these poor regions to use mobile phones, televisions, and radios, and other appliances, improving their life quality. This can provide those people with more opportunities of education and access to knowledge through internet. In these west regions of China, it is also very cold in winter, and heating is another challenge that is yet to be addressed. The developed technology can supply both electricity and heat. In addition, it is also attractive for those west regions having access to the grid, because it can also provide heat in winter. This can improve the quality of life for communities living these areas.
3) Boost economy and reducing poverty in China's poorest regions
Manufacturing of the developed power plants will be carried out in China, either through licences or joint ventures. This will allow the final products to be affordable, and will be beneficial for the Chinese companies involved in their manufacturing and distribution, and the whole supply chain. This can benefit a wide range of manufacturing industrial sectors in China. Using the developed technology, the exploitation of the abundant solar and geothermal energy in the poorest western regions can boost the local economic growth, and thus reduce poverty.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- Tianjin University (Collaboration)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (Collaboration)
- Soltropy Ltd, UK (Collaboration)
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Collaboration)
- Beijing University of Technology (Collaboration)
- FeTu (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) (Collaboration)
- Sunamp Ltd (Collaboration)
- Scottish Power Ltd (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
Publications
Mohammed Ridha Jawad Al-Tameemi
(2018)
Numerical analysis of a heat pump based on combined thermodynamic cycles using ASPEN plus software
Liang Y
(2018)
Investigation of a gas-fuelled water heater based on combined power and heat pump cycles
in Applied Energy
Mohammed Ridha Jawad Al-Tameemi
(2018)
Combined ORC-HP thermodynamic cycles for DC cooling and waste heat recovery for central heating
Yu G
(2019)
Combined Power and Freshwater Generation Driven by Liquid-Dominated Geothermal Sources
in Energies
Al-Tameemi M
(2019)
Design Strategies and Control Methods for a Thermally Driven Heat Pump System Based on Combined Cycles
in Frontiers in Energy Research
Liang Y
(2019)
A Waste Heat-Driven Cooling System Based on Combined Organic Rankine and Vapour Compression Refrigeration Cycles
in Applied Sciences
Description | 1. Positive displacement expanders are mostly used for such small-scale applications. However, their built-in expansion ratios are often smaller than the expansion ratio required for maximum utilisation of heat sources leading to under expansion and consequently higher enthalpy at the outlet of the expander, and ultimately resulting a lower thermal efficiency. In order to overcome this issue, one possible solution is to introduce an internal heat exchanger (i.e., the so-called regenerator) to recover the enthalpy exiting the expander and use it to pre-heat the liquid working fluid before it enters the evaporator, increasing the cycle efficiency. 2. A technology demonstrator has been constructed and it has proved the concept of integrating the heat storage with ORC power plant to maximise the power generation and also improve the flexibility. 3. The lubricant oil separation is a key challenge of medium scale ORC power plant due to the limited availability of oil separators. Mixing lubricant oil with working fluid has been tested and it is a possible solution to address this issue. 4. Industrial partner Sunamp has been developed new phase change material with a melting temperature of 118 degree C for high temperature heat storage, which has been tested in the Chinese pilot plant. 5. Industrial partner Sunamp has been developed new phase change material with a melting temperature of 88 degree C for low temperature heat storage, which has been tested in the UK prototype system. |
Exploitation Route | We will endeavour to make the findings, models, and experimental data available via open access publications and data management. We will also collaborate with industrial partners to take this technology to higher TRLs. |
Sectors | Creative Economy Energy |
Description | 1. The industrial partner Sunamp is further developing the two new phase change material products, exploring potential markets. 2. UoG team and Sunamp are seeking opportunities to develop mobile waste heat recovery power plant using the obtained technology. 3. The BJUT team has created a joint company with the Jizhong Energy Jingxing Mining Group Co. Ltd to develop commercialise the single screw screw expander technology and molten salt energy storage technology. 4. Prof Zhibin Yu has made a joint IAA application with FETU, and secured a grant to further develop the obtained heat driven heating/cooling technology. The continuous research activities on ORC technology further led to an Impact Acceleration Account project in collaboration with FeTu company to develop a small scale waste heat powered cooling technology. I continue to work with FeTu explore the potential of the combined Organic Rankine Cycle and Vapour Compression Cycle technology. 5. The research work of this project has contributed to a recent award of an EPSRC project on a novel flexible air source heat pump (EP/V042033/1). A patent has also been filed with an UK patent application (application no.: 2015531.3) in September 2020. It has been filed with a PCT (PCT/EP2021/076855) in September 2021. The PCT patent application has been published with a reference WO2022069581A1. |
First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | 5th Generation heating networks |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 12/2023 |
Description | 5th generation of heating networks |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | #176 |
Organisation | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 12/2023 |
Description | An Adsorption-Compression Cold Thermal Energy Storage System (ACCESS) |
Amount | £1,022,621 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/W027593/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 08/2025 |
Description | China-UK workshop on low-carbon heating and cooling technologies |
Amount | £39,320 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 2018-RLWK10-10298 |
Organisation | British Council |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2019 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | Collaborative development of renewable/thermally driven and storage-integrated cooling technologies |
Amount | € 639,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | SEP-210670381 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 05/2021 |
End | 05/2025 |
Description | Decentralised water technologies |
Amount | £5,994,286 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/V030515/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 02/2026 |
Description | ENSIGN: ENergy System dIGital twiN |
Amount | £4,340,128 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/X025322/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2023 |
End | 08/2027 |
Description | Flexible Air Source Heat pump for domestic heating decarbonisation (FASHION) |
Amount | £1,149,351 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/V042033/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2021 |
End | 08/2024 |
Description | Flexible Heat |
Amount | £137,858 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 10025661 |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Flexible Heat Pump Technology - from Concept to Applications |
Amount | £180,255 (GBP) |
Funding ID | IF\R1\231053 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2024 |
End | 12/2027 |
Description | GREEN-ICEs: Generation of REfrigerated ENergy Integrated with Cold Energy storage |
Amount | £398,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2020 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | GREEN-ICEs: Generation of REfrigerated ENergy Integrated with Cold Energy storage |
Amount | £1,204,098 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T022701/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2020 |
End | 08/2024 |
Description | Industrial Doctorate |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 217 |
Organisation | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2023 |
End | 09/2027 |
Description | Industurial doctorate |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 210 |
Organisation | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 02/2027 |
Description | Modelling and Optimisation of Integrated Urban Energy Systems for both Heating and Power |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Energy Technology Partnership (ETP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2018 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | Modelling and Optimisation of Integrated Urban Energy Systems for both Heating and Power |
Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2018 |
End | 08/2021 |
Description | PhD studenship |
Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2023 |
End | 03/2027 |
Description | PhD studentship |
Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2023 |
End | 09/2027 |
Description | Study of the impacts of electrification of heating on electric grid at district level |
Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Sector | Private |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | Transport Scotland Industry Engagement Fund |
Amount | £9,366 (GBP) |
Organisation | Scottish Enterprise |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | Waste heat driven cooling technology - IAA Project (EPSRC via University of Glasgow) |
Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 03/2021 |
Title | Numerical simulations tool for designing the ORC systems or Heat pumps |
Description | A numerical model has been developed to simulate and design the proposed Therma-Pump. This can be used to design the ORC power plants or heat pump systems as well. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This offers the first model of this kind to design such an integrated system. |
Description | Beijing University of Technology |
Organisation | Beijing University of Technology |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provide the design of ORC power plant and the control and power electronic system. |
Collaborator Contribution | Develop and provide a 5 kW single screw expander. |
Impact | Collaborate on the develop of cost-effective ORC power generation technology. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with Dr Yongliang Li |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Established collaboration and secured two more research grants. |
Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaboration in grant applicaitons. |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Collaboration with FETU |
Organisation | FeTu |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Expertise in heat pumps, refrigeration, and power generation |
Collaborator Contribution | FETU compressor / expander technology |
Impact | We are working on a joint grant application to Innovate UK Smart Programme |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Organisation | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Established collaboration with Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China), led to a successful workshop/network grant by British Council and NSFC of China (Ref: 2018-RLWK10-10298) Contribution: expertise in heating and cooling technologies |
Collaborator Contribution | expertise in cooling technologies |
Impact | We will organise a joint China-UK worksho for heating and cooling technologies. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Prof Xiangeng Fan and Dr Martin Sweatman at Edinburgh |
Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I led a joint grant application in collaboration with Prof Xiangeng Fan and Dr Martin Sweatman at Edinburgh. EP/W027593/1 - An Adsorption-Compression Cold Thermal Energy Storage System (ACCESS). It was awarded but yet to start. Total value is £1.01, and University of Glasgow receives £501k. |
Collaborator Contribution | Prof Xiangeng Fan and Dr Martin Sweatman at Edinburgh led two work packages of the joint project. EP/W027593/1 - An Adsorption-Compression Cold Thermal Energy Storage System (ACCESS) |
Impact | This project has not started yet. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with Prof. Hua Tian and Gequn Shu in Tianjin University, China |
Organisation | Tianjin University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Established collaboration with Prof. Hua Tian and Gequn Shu in Tianjin University in the area of super-critical CO2 power generation technologies. Our contribution: expertise of PIV experimental testing by Dr Zhibin Yu and CFD design expertise by Prof. Li He |
Collaborator Contribution | Their expertise of supercritical CO2 power plants |
Impact | Established collaboration with Tianjin University and submitted a China-UK Low Carbon Manufacture grant application in 2018. It received very high review scores but narrowly missed due to the very limited funds available of this Call. We will continue to collaborate in this area. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with SSE |
Organisation | Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Develop a new concept for cold energy storage to mitigate the impacts of the cooling sector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Industrial expertise of the grid operation and the constraints. |
Impact | SSE support me on a successful EPSRC grant application - ACCESS project. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Collaboration with Scottish Power Energy Networks |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Department | Scottish Power Energy Networks |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We developed models and tools to understand the hourly heat demand of the UK and provided the knowledge of the impacts of the heat electrification on the electric grid. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provided funding and research data. |
Impact | Led to further business and academia collaboration: 1) Host Dr James Yu as Industrial Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering/Scottish Power, Value: £84,138. 20/09/2021-19/09/2022. Role: PI. 2) Jointly secured two Ofgem projects: Flexible Heat and Heat Balance. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Scottish power |
Organisation | Scottish Power Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Contribute to the project "Modelling and Optimisation of Integrated Urban Energy Systems for both Heating and Power" in the area of heating networks, including modelling and optimisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribute to the project "Modelling and Optimisation of Integrated Urban Energy Systems for both Heating and Power" in the area of smart grid, including modelling and optimisation. |
Impact | We submitted a joint application for a PhD studentship to Energy Technology Partnership in 2017 and was funded. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with Xian Jiaotong University |
Organisation | Xi'an Jiaotong University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Established collaboration with Dr Mingjia Li in Xi'an Jiaotong University and submitted a China-UK Low Carbon Manufacture grant application in 2018. my contribution: expertise of PIV measurement and thermodynamics |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in thermodynamics and heat transfer |
Impact | Submitted a China-UK Low Carbon Manufacture grant application in 2018. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Sunamp |
Organisation | Sunamp Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Test the heat batteries using our ORC system. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provide new heat batteries. |
Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration. Sunamp develops new heat batteries, and we develop ORC power generation technology. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | collaboration with Dr Yasser Mahmoudi larimi |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Academic collaboration in the area of energy storage. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Yasser Mahmoudi larimi has invited to participate a consortium for a large research EPSRC grant application. |
Impact | just started the collaboration |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | collaboration with Soltropy Ltd |
Organisation | Soltropy Ltd, UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | collaborate on the integration of solar thermal energy with air source heat pump |
Collaborator Contribution | provide solar thermal collectors |
Impact | still ongoing |
Start Year | 2023 |
Title | A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM |
Description | A heat pump system for controlling the internal temperature of a building. The system comprises a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion device and a second heat exchanger which are fluidly coupled together by a flow of refrigerant to define a refrigerant circuit, and a thermal energy storage means which is thermally couplable to the refrigerant circuit to exchange thermal energy with the refrigerant. The heat pump system is configured to be operable in a normal heating mode and in a defrosting mode. In the normal heating mode, thermal energy is transferred from the second heat exchanger into the refrigerant and transferred from the refrigerant by the first heat exchanger to heat the building. In the defrosting mode thermal energy is transferred from the thermal energy storage means into the refrigerant and transferred from the refrigerant by the first heat exchanger to heat the building and by the second heat exchanger to defrost the second heat exchanger. The heat pump system comprises a switching assembly which is configured to switch between the normal heating and defrosting modes, and wherein the switching assembly is configured, when operating the heat pump system in the defrosting mode, to direct refrigerant exiting the first heat exchanger to flow through the second heat exchanger to cause residual heat in the refrigerant to defrost the second heat exchanger. |
IP Reference | WO2022069581 |
Protection | Patent / Patent application |
Year Protection Granted | 2022 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | A list of companies showed interests in the IP, and maintain dialogue with us. |
Description | A talk at China-UK Workshop on Efficient Energy Utilisation 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The China-UK workshop on efficient energy utilisation bring together researchers and industrialists working on energy efficiency in both UK and China. Around 40-50 people attended this event. I gave a talk "A novel heat pump based on combined thermodynamic cycle". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Chair and and give a talk at the "Decarbonising Heat" session of Energy Innovation Emporium Conference 31st May 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | This conference brings together industry, the public sector and academia to discuss innovation for the Energy Strategy. Academia and businesses will present their research expertise & needs, from which the conference will identify avenues of innovation and cooperation that will support the Scottish Government's ambitions around carbon reduction. As the coordinator of the Heat Energy Theme of ETP, I and the BDM and other colleagues organised a session on the topic of "Decarbonise Heat", and it attached around 100 participants. I chaired the session and delivered the open talk. Several other speakers from industry sector and business sector and Scottish government energy team gave talks and participated the debate and panel discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.etp-scotland.ac.uk/NewsandEvents/Events/ETPEmporiumEvent2017.aspx |
Description | Chair/co-organise the workshop - Seasonal Thermal Storage for Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Seasonal Thermal Storage (STS) projects and technologies are allowing regions to decarbonise their heating by allowing heat to be collected during the summer, stored, and then used in the winter when peak heat demand occurs. STS projects are successfully up and running in several countries but not yet in Scotland. This event aims to introduce the concept of STS, how it can add value to local and national energy systems, and the technologies involved. We will hear from experts who have been delivering STS projects in North West Europe, and who have been appraising the potential of STS to best be integrated into energy systems in Scotland. The event will be useful for anyone from both the public and private sector who are in an energy planning, financing, or research role and would like to learn more about energy storage options beyond electrical batteries, and how alternative storage forms can provide key services to local and national energy systems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Engagement with UK Committee on Climate Change |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Round table meeting organised by ETP to engage with with Chris Stark, CEO of the UK Committee on Climate Change, 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Guest on the Science Show - Jambo Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Guest at The Science Show of Jambo Radio. Talk about heating technologies, heat pumps, heat decarbonisation. Challenges and Opportunities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmkfDM-H9nU |
Description | Interview by Physics World of Institute of Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviewed by the journalist to talk about may invention of flexible heat pump and more widely heat decarbonisation. Home, green home: scientific solutions for cutting carbon and (maybe) saving money 13 Oct 2022 Margaret Harris |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://physicsworld.com/a/home-green-home-scientific-solutions-for-cutting-carbon-and-maybe-saving-... |
Description | Interviewed by Knowable Magazine of Annual Reviews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interviewed by a journalist to talk about my invention of flexible heat pumps, and heat decarbonisation more widely. How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices - and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities By Chris Baraniuk 01.11.2023 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://knowablemagazine.org/article/technology/2023/heat-pumps-becoming-technology-future |
Description | Organising a China - UK low carbon heating and cooling workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Around 100 delegate attended, of which there 20 participants from industrial companies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |