Thermochemical seasonal solar energy storage for building applications (SeasonalStorage)

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Title
Thermochemical seasonal solar energy storage for building applications (SeasonalStorage)

CoPED ID
bcc7a469-253c-446d-abf8-1bafcee64093

Status
Active


Value
£787,442

Start Date
June 30, 2020

End Date
June 29, 2022

Description

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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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Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Climate changes
  3. Renewable energy sources
  4. Energy efficiency
  5. Warehousing
  6. Greenhouse gases
  7. Solar energy
  8. Efficiency (properties)
  9. Heat energy
  10. Energy systems
  11. Households (organisations)
  12. Environmental effects
  13. Energy
  14. Sustainable development
  15. Decrease (active)
  16. Energy technology
  17. Heating (spaces)
  18. Heat pumps

Extracted key phrases
  1. Thermochemical seasonal solar energy storage
  2. Seasonal thermochemical energy storage system
  3. Efficient renewable energy storage technology
  4. Decarbonised local energy system
  5. Promising energy storage solution
  6. Local energy service sector
  7. Thermochemical storage material manufacturer
  8. Well local energy resilience
  9. High renewable energy penetration
  10. Smart solar heat storage component
  11. High energy density
  12. Energy efficient
  13. Energy industry
  14. Limited energy availability
  15. Energy consumption

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