Flexibility from Cooling and Storage (Flex-Cool-Store)
Lead Research Organisation:
Cardiff University
Abstract
We are currently facing an unprecedented climate emergency threatening life on our planet. Limiting global surface temperature rise is key to ensure irreversible effects for nature and people are not triggered. For the UK, decarbonisation of the energy sector to mitigate climate change is a crucial ambition, becoming the first major economy to pass legislation to end its contribution to global warming by 2050 by reducing its carbon emissions to net-zero. Even though a significant emission reduction has been already achieved in the electric power sector, progress has been limited in other areas, such as heating (including space cooling), which accounts for over a third of UK emissions. Heating and cooling are central to our lives not only for comfort and daily activities, but also to facilitate productive workplaces and to run a variety of industrial processes. Decarbonising heating and cooling and reducing emissions from buildings are thus paramount to meet net-zero targets.
Cooling decarbonisation has not previously received significant attention, but this is changing due to population increase and climate change. Summertime cooling of buildings is becoming increasingly important and consumer demand for greater comfort levels will also increase the energy used for cooling services. An increased requirement for cooling is anticipated, with the share of UK electricity used for cooling also expected to rise further, which could strain the electricity system. At the same time, summer electricity demand is changing with a surge in solar PV generation, causing concern for balancing the power system. Since cooling facilities are in general limited to building level, significant investments in cooling infrastructure and buildings are needed.
Flex-Cool-Store brings together academics with complementary expertise on techno-economic, societal and policy aspects of electrical power supply and thermal energy systems. The main objective of this interdisciplinary project is to investigate the potential impacts of a growth in UK cooling demand and how this growth can be managed through proactive design and flexible operation of the cooling supply system and energy storage, and how the new demand can be served by an increasingly decarbonised electricity system. Underpinning this, public perception towards the adoption of cooling technologies within buildings and communities and consumer participation in flexibility provision from energy storage at household level will be explored via interviews and public workshops. Outcomes will be considered alongside pathways and policies associated with heat decarbonisation, and novel analysis using 'elite' interviews with policy makers will be conducted to consider the potential relationship between heat decarbonisation strategies, cooling and storage. This interdisciplinary approach will enable Flex-Cool-Store to address the issue of increasing demand for cooling and decarbonisation from multiple angles and to develop an even stronger evidence for best practice around buildings decarbonisation.
Specific objectives of the project are:
1. Understanding cooling demand considering technical and socio-economic factors. Detailed studies will be conducted to understand how cooling demand might change over the next decades.
2. Quantifying the impacts of increased cooling demand on electricity networks. The extent to which supplying cooling will affect peak electricity demand will be quantified and its implications on network reinforcement will be investigated for selected case studies using data from real practical projects.
3. Investigating the flexibility provision to the electrical power system from integrating cooling technologies and storage. The interactions and synergies between cooling and electricity systems will be studied. How to adopt a coordinated approach for designing and operating energy systems of buildings so that the provision of flexibility can be maximised will be explored.
Cooling decarbonisation has not previously received significant attention, but this is changing due to population increase and climate change. Summertime cooling of buildings is becoming increasingly important and consumer demand for greater comfort levels will also increase the energy used for cooling services. An increased requirement for cooling is anticipated, with the share of UK electricity used for cooling also expected to rise further, which could strain the electricity system. At the same time, summer electricity demand is changing with a surge in solar PV generation, causing concern for balancing the power system. Since cooling facilities are in general limited to building level, significant investments in cooling infrastructure and buildings are needed.
Flex-Cool-Store brings together academics with complementary expertise on techno-economic, societal and policy aspects of electrical power supply and thermal energy systems. The main objective of this interdisciplinary project is to investigate the potential impacts of a growth in UK cooling demand and how this growth can be managed through proactive design and flexible operation of the cooling supply system and energy storage, and how the new demand can be served by an increasingly decarbonised electricity system. Underpinning this, public perception towards the adoption of cooling technologies within buildings and communities and consumer participation in flexibility provision from energy storage at household level will be explored via interviews and public workshops. Outcomes will be considered alongside pathways and policies associated with heat decarbonisation, and novel analysis using 'elite' interviews with policy makers will be conducted to consider the potential relationship between heat decarbonisation strategies, cooling and storage. This interdisciplinary approach will enable Flex-Cool-Store to address the issue of increasing demand for cooling and decarbonisation from multiple angles and to develop an even stronger evidence for best practice around buildings decarbonisation.
Specific objectives of the project are:
1. Understanding cooling demand considering technical and socio-economic factors. Detailed studies will be conducted to understand how cooling demand might change over the next decades.
2. Quantifying the impacts of increased cooling demand on electricity networks. The extent to which supplying cooling will affect peak electricity demand will be quantified and its implications on network reinforcement will be investigated for selected case studies using data from real practical projects.
3. Investigating the flexibility provision to the electrical power system from integrating cooling technologies and storage. The interactions and synergies between cooling and electricity systems will be studied. How to adopt a coordinated approach for designing and operating energy systems of buildings so that the provision of flexibility can be maximised will be explored.
Organisations
- Cardiff University (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Collaboration)
- Technical University of Munich (Collaboration)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- Electric Corby (Project Partner)
- Star Refrigeration Ltd (Project Partner)
- Neath Port Talbot County (Project Partner)
- SRS Works (Project Partner)
- Climespace (Project Partner)
- Active Building Centre (Project Partner)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Project Partner)
- Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
Publications


Bastida H
(2022)
Dynamic modelling of ice-based thermal energy storage for cooling applications
in IET Energy Systems Integration


De La Cruz I
(2021)
Microgrids and Local Energy Systems

De La Cruz-Loredo I
(2023)
Experimental validation of a hybrid 1-D multi-node model of a hot water thermal energy storage tank
in Applied Energy

De La Cruz-Loredo I
(2022)
Dynamic simulation and control of the heat supply system of a civic building with thermal energy storage units
in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution

Khosravi F
(2023)
Cooling is hotting up in the UK
in Energy Policy
Description | Geobatteries: energy storage in the pedosphere to enable the renewables revolution |
Amount | £201,583 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/X018865/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2022 |
End | 05/2024 |
Description | Increasing urban overheating risk from cooling decarbonisation by heat pumps |
Amount | £49,992 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 07/2023 |
Title | Methodology to predict future heating and cooling demand in the UK for housing communities |
Description | A methodology that predicts future heating and cooling demand for housing communities in the UK has been developed. It makes use of UKCP database temperature predictions and solar radiation and ambient temperatures obtained from the IES software to calculate indoor heat gains. Transient heat transfer models of simple building components were implemented in Modelica and validated against experimental results, enabling to upscale to a number of houses within a community. The model enables obtaining annual cooling and heating demand datasets for housing communities. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | There is no impact yet, but this methodology will lead to a publicly available datasets for future heating and cooling demand in the UK. |
Title | Methodology to predict future heating and cooling demand in the UK for individual dwellings |
Description | A methodology that predicts future heating and cooling demand for individual dwellings in the UK until the year 2040 has been developed. It makes use of UKCP database temperature predictions coupled with developed models in IES VE which have been validated using experimental data. The models in IES VE incorporate construction material properties and consider the most common dwelling types (such as terraced houses, bungalows, flats). |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | There is no impact yet, but this methodology will lead to a publicly available graphical user interface and datasets for future heating and cooling demand in the UK. |
Title | Methodology to quantify the state-of-charge in thermal batteries for heating and cooling systems |
Description | A methodology that estimates the state-of-charge of sensible and latent heat thermal energy storage units with a minimum amount of measurements was developed. It considers three basic steps: modelling of the thermal store, state observation of the temperatures of the storage medium inside the thermal store, and state-of-charge calculation using the specific heat of the storage medium. The methodology does not require sensors to measure internal temperatures as these are estimated, it only requires three measurements, it has a high accuracy, it is based on a simplified model of the thermal store, and it leads to a reduced computational burden. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The methodology has been presented to a wide range of stakeholders and has attracted queries from manufacturers of thermal energy storage systems. A full academic paper providing the scientific basis for the state-of-charge estimation was published in Applied Energy (10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120448) in February 2023. The methodology was presented in the UKDEA Innovation Showcase Event 2 (November 2022, attended by over 70 people) which was aimed at introducing innovations to members of the UK District Energy Association (UKDEA). A short article on the methodology was also written and included in the UKDEA January Journal, which is available to over 140 members. The UKDEA is a knowledge hub for the district energy sector in the UK and thus, the presentation and the article enabled showcasing the research to UK industrial partners and other stakeholders. |
Title | Photo-elicitation interviews and Grounded Visual Pattern Analysis to understand current and future cooling strategies and demand in the UK for individual dwellings |
Description | Visual methods underpinning qualitative data collection were developed. This method involved engagement with 40 households across the South of England who were asked to provide photographs to represent their perceptions and experiences of cooling their homes, both more broadly in periods of increased temperature and specifically with reference to the July 2022 heatwave. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with participants in two parts. Firstly, photographs were discussed with participants through photo-elicitation interviews and analysed using Grounded Visual Pattern Analysis. Secondly, participants were asked a number of questions interrogating findings drawn from the wider body of literature around strategies for cooling. Thematic analysis was undertaken to analyse qualitative data collected. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Findings from this study have contributed to research currently being undertaken by the University of Nottingham, Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 summer heatwave, which is currently in development. Researchers have contributed to the moderation and development of data collection, specifically drawing on the study findings with reference to the 2022 UK heatwave. The use of visual methods was considered pivotal to drawing out narrative aspects of lived experience and provided important insights for the development of this future heatwave study. |
Description | Advisory Board member for Nottingham heatwave project |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Psychology Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Christina Demski acts as an advisor to the project: Health and wellbeing in Nottingham during the 2022 heat. Louise King has also contributed our methodological expertise and knowledge about heatwave experiences to this project. |
Collaborator Contribution | Exchange of knowledge and theory in relation to heat experiences, vulnerabilities and the future of cooling. |
Impact | still ongoing. Outputs expected later in the project |
Start Year | 2023 |
Description | Research collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Dehli |
Organisation | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team brought expertise on phase change material and thermal energy storage. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi brought expertise in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and access to experimental facilities. |
Impact | The collaboration led to a journal publication (Applied Energy, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120743) and further exchange of ideas. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Research collaboration with the CoSES research group in the Technische Universität München, Germany |
Organisation | Technical University of Munich |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team brought expertise on dynamic modelling, simulation, control, energy storage, and use of datasets. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partners in Technical University of Munich brought expertise in thermodynamics, heat transfer, and access to experimental facilities |
Impact | The collaboration led to a journal publication (Applied Energy, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120556) and further exchange of ideas. A CEU Horizon Europe Doctoral Training Network is being discussed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Research collaboration with the School of Architecture of Cardiff University |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The research team brought expertise on dynamic modelling of energy systems, simulation and control. |
Collaborator Contribution | The research team in the School of Architecture brought expertise on overheating modelling and heat pumps. |
Impact | No outputs yet |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | A presentation on energy storage to Toshiba Research Lab |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | An in-person talk followed by a discussion to exploring collaboration opportunities around the topic of energy storage and its whole system value. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Beijing University of Science and Technology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | J Wu gave a key note speech |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Blog: Cooling, a blind spot in UK energy policy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Blog on cooling and Uk energy policy shared via multiple social media platforms |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/energy/2022/03/25/cooling-a-blind-spot-in-uk-energy-policy/ |
Description | CIGRE Session 2022. Poster presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Carlos Ugalde and Mr Ivan de la Cruz delivered a poster presentation on an accepted conference paper ("Ancillary Services Provision from Local Thermal Systems to the Electrical Power System") in CIGRE Session 2022 to a range of energy stakeholders. The event was held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 2 September 2022. They discussed research findings during a dedicated session. The event brought over 2700 delegates from around the world and over 9000 power industry participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | CSA Catapult Visit/Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Meeting to develop research collaboration with the CSA Catapult |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | ENC workshop: Strategic Plan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Strategic Plan workshop for the Electricity Network Commissioner's Consult and Review Group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | EPSRC Engineering Heads of Department Meeting_ Wed 16th Nov 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | To discuss UKRI Strategic plan |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | EPSRC Panel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Carlos Ugalde participated in the EPRSC Panel "Grid Scale Energy Storage", where funding decisions for research proposals were made |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | EPSRC Workshop - Leveraging LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) for achieving Net Zero in the Built Environment: Challenges and Directions for Future Research". |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Wu participated in this workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | EnergyRev Workshop: CyberPhysical Systems challenges for next generation Smart Energy Places: shaping the future role of AI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was an invitation-only workshop, attended by Dr Pranay Saikia on behalf of Prof Carlos Ugalde, held on 14th March 2023 at Church House, Westminster, London, as part of the summit 'Energy Smart Place: Insights from research and the challenges ahead". The workshop was aimed at identifying and articulating the gaps and challenges to architecting, implementing, and embedding fully digitised smart energy places. Findings from the workshop will be delivered in the form of a report, which will be shared with Research Councils to inform research as well as contribute to future funding strategies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | European Control Conference 2022 in London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu gave a talk gave in the workshop "Machine learning in smart energy systems |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Flintshire LVPN |
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 | Meeting with Gethin Well from Welsh Government to discuss collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Hohai University presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu gave a talk to disseminate our research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | ICAE Panel discussion. Speaker. Women in Applied Energy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu gave a talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://applied-energy.org/icae2022/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ICAE-2022-Program-Book-V2_2022-08-09.... |
Description | IET Wiley virtual event on Carbon Emissions: Pathway Energy Systems of Grid Development under Carbon Neutrality |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Jianzhong Wu gave a presentation on Scenarios of the UK Energy System Transition |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2948361741370996236?source=SocialMedia&utm_source=twitter&... |
Description | INCOSE Energy Systems Interest Group Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Community Engagement |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Keynote talk to Nanjing Normal Univerity workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu gave a presentation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Ktrakow Universoty of Technology KUT Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu invited to give a talk to dessiminate our research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Launch Net 0 Go |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Wu the Ambassador of Cardiff Energy Research. GW4 activity |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.netzerogo.org.uk/s/ |
Description | Meeting with Celsa |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Collaboration meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with Climespace and SRS Works |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Nick Jenkins and Prof Carlos Ugalde attended a meeting with Climespace (district cooling network operator in Paris, France) and SRS Works (industrial partner) on 14th February 2022 to discuss potential research work on district cooling systems featuring thermal energy storage units. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with Eric Brown - Grid Scientific |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A meeting to discuss research collaboration with the Energy Systems Catapult |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with Phil Hourahine to discuss the collaboration with South Wales Engineers Institute |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | regional research collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with Sunamp, Rayleigh and SRS Works |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Carlos Ugalde had a meeting with Sunamp, Rayleigh and SRS Works (three UK SMEs) on 14th June 2022 to discuss collaboration. This collaboration would look at integrating low-carbon technologies (heat pumps, thermal batteries and electrical batteries) to decarbonise UK homes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with The Royal Mint (February 2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Nick Jenkins attended a meeting with The Royal Mint on 23 February 2022 aiming to establish research collaboration on the decarbonisation of their existing operations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with The Royal Mint (May 2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Nick Jenkins and Prof Carlos Ugalde attended a meeting with The Royal Mint on 20 May 2022. The meeting involved their head of operations (Steve Clode), project manager (Antony Read), chemists (Lucia Garcia Rodriguez and Hayley Messenger), engineering manager (Karl Rigby), and account manager (Raymond Doran). This is a follow-up meeting from a previous one held in February to identify funding streams and to define the scope of the collaboration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Meeting with the 'Future of Cooling Programme' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Prof Carlos Ugalde attended a meeting with Prof Radikha Khosla and colleagues from the University of Oxford and the 'Future of Cooling Programme' to discuss collaboration opportunities on the decarbonisation of cooling. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Network H+C webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Mehri Khosravi and Prof Carlos Ugalde delivered the webinar "Flex-Cool-Store project: UK Cooling Demand" on 27th May 2022. In the presentation, an introduction on the 'Flex-Cool-Store' project was provided and the initial research conducted by the team from University of Exeter was presented. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Network+ for the Decarbonisation of Heating and Cooling 2 Sandpit Funding event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The sandpit event took place in 1st November 2022. Prof Carlos Ugalde was invited to attend following a pre-selection process. During the event, he pitched the idea for a research project looking at retrofitting heating systems with heat pumps to meet heating and cooling demand. He also engaged in discussions for potential research collaboration. This led to his involvement in a funded project led by Prof Zhiwen Luo ("Increasing urban overheating risk from cooling decarbonisation by heat pumps", Cardiff University, alongside the University of Plymouth and the University of Birmingham), which kicked off in January 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Nexperia Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Collaboration meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Northern Power Grid Technology Day |
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 | Professor Wu participated in this workshop |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Northern Powergrid - Strategic Technology Day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Inform industrial development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Northern Powergrid 2nd Science and Technology Advisory Panel Meeting (NPg) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Inform industrial development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the Apros User Group Seminar 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Hector Bastida delivered the presentation "Simulation of Heating and Cooling Systems and their Components with Apros" in the Apros User Group Seminar 2022, held in Espoo, Finland, on 27 April 2022. The presentation showcased some of the research undertaken by the research team in Cardiff University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the IEEE 7th International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON'2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Hector Bastida delivered an oral presentation 2022 IEEE 7th International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON'22). This took place in Riga, Latvia, from the 9th to the 12th May 2022. The title of the work was "An experimental facility for latent heat thermal energy storage units". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://ieee-energycon2022.org/ |
Description | Presentation at the International Conference in Applied Energy 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr Daniel Morales, supported by Dr Pranaynil Saikia, delivered an oral presentation on an accepted academic paper at the 14th International Conference of Applied Energy 2022 (ICAE'22), which took place in Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany during 8 to 11 August 2022. The title of the work was "Optimal Operation of a Public Health Facility considering Energy Storage Retrofits'. The paper was selected to be submitted in an extended form to the journal Applied Energy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://applied-energy.org/icae2022/ |
Description | Presentation at the International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automation Control |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Arslan Saleem delivered an oral presentation on an accepted academic paper at the 19th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE 2022), which took place in CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico during 9 to 11 November 2022. The title of the work was "Modeling and performance evaluation of heat pump water heater systems". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://cce.cinvestav.mx/ |
Description | Presentation at the Manchester Energy and Electrical Power Systems Symposium (MEEPS 2022) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Following an abstract submission and a pre-selection, Mr Lloyd Corcoran delivered poster presentation at the Manchester Energy and Electrical Power Systems Symposium 2022 (MEEPS'2022). This was held in Dalton Room, Core Technology Facility, in Manchester. The presentation was entitled 'Understanding the Cooling Demand in the UK' and presented initial research results from his PhD studies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | During the Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference, which took place in Cardiff during the 23rd and 24th November 2022, Mr Lloyd Corcoran delivered a poster presentations entitled 'Understanding the Cooling Demand in the UK'. His work lead to further discussion with other attendees of the conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the UKDEA Innovation Showcase Event 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Prof Carlos Ugalde delivered the presentation "State-of-charge Estimation of Thermal Batteries for Heating and Cooling Applications" on 2nd November 2022. The presentation introduced a methodology formulated by Cardiff University to estimate the state-of-charge of thermal stores. In the event, 14 members from UKDEA, the UK District Energy Association, presented innovations in the world of district energy to over 70 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the joint 2nd WESC - 7th UKES Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr Daniel Morales delivered a poster presentation at the joint 2nd World Energy Storage Conference (WESC) and 7th UK Energy Storage (UKES) Conference. This was a hybrid event which took place in Birmingham, UK, from the 12th to the 14th October 2022. The title of the work was "Dynamic verification of the optimal power dispatch of a public health facility in the UK". Daniel won a 'best poster' award. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the joint 2nd WESC - 7th UKES Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Mr Ivan de la Cruz delivered an oral presentation at the joint 2nd World Energy Storage Conference (WESC) and 7th UK Energy Storage (UKES) Conference. This was a hybrid event which took place in Birmingham, UK, from the 12th to the 14th October 2022. The title of the work was "Dimensionless numbers for the characterisation of thermal stratification and their application in 1-D models of hot water tanks". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation at the joint 2nd WESC - 7th UKES Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Hector Bastida delivered a poster presentation at the joint 2nd World Energy Storage Conference (WESC) and 7th UK Energy Storage (UKES) Conference. This was a hybrid event which took place in Birmingham, UK, from the 12th to the 14th October 2022. The title of the work was "Effective One-Dimensional Modelling of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Units". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation to HAMMAR Southwest on cooling |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation by Mehri Khosravi the the South West branch of the Uk Housing Asset Management Maintenance and Repair Group |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.nhmf.co.uk/files/dmfile/cooling-demand-and-its-status-in-the-uk-energy-policy_mehri-kosr... |
Description | Presentations at the Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | During the Supergen Energy Networks Hub Annual Conference, which took place in Cardiff during the 23rd and 24th November 2022, Dr Pranaynil Saikia delivered a presentation at the Early Career Researcher Workshop (23rd November) and a poster presentation to all attendees of the conference the next day (24th November). The title of his work was 'Modelling Cooling Demand in UK Housing Communities'. His work led to further discussion with other attendees colleagues. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | SGN Proposal Workshop - Cardiff/Sitigrid |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Gas Distribution Networks. Collaboration meeting between academia and industry |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | SPEN Net Zero collaboration meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | to inform industrial development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Science and Tech Advisory Panel (STAP) Npowergrid |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Introductory meeting ahead of the panel |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Scottish Power Energy Networks Challenge Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | industrial engagement |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Scottish Power Energy Networks Challenge Group Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Inform industrial development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Special Session in IEEE PES PowerTech 2023 Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A Special Session co-led by Prof Carlos Ugalde with Dr Vedran Peric (TUM, Germany) titled "Modeling, operation and control of multi-energy systems" has been accepted to be included at the IEEE PES PowerTech Conference in Belgrade in June 2023. The invited session will feature talks by other leading academics and will reach interested participants in IEEE PES PowerTech --- a leading international conference in power engineering. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://powertech2023.com/ |
Description | Strategic partnership on power electronics (CSA Catapult and Cardiff University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Collaboration Meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk at University of Macau Conference. Smart Energy. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Wu gave a presentation. "Peer to peer energy trading to facilitate the net zero transition" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Tata Steele visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Collaboration Meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UK Hydrogen Centre. Meeting with Ben Burggraaf |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | For research collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Visit to Rotherham Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Dr Muditha Abeysekera, Dr Pranay Saikia, Dr Hector Bastida and Mr Ivan de la Cruz visited Rotherham Hospital on 12 to 14 April 2022. A workshop and a site visit with the Director of Estates and Facilities and the Energy Performance and Contract Manager took place. A discussion on the possible renewable energy technologies to be integrated in the future to the hospital took place. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Visit to University of Illinois and University of Wyoming |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | For research collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Welsh Future Energy Grid for Net Zero - Expert engagement |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Acting as expert advisry capacity for project development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Workshops for net zero review with BEIS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Discuss with policy makers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |