High energy density heat storage materials for recovery of high grade heat

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Title
High energy density heat storage materials for recovery of high grade heat

CoPED ID
0a924f7d-53fc-40aa-910a-707fd459756c

Status
Closed


Value
£124,280

Start Date
July 31, 2013

End Date
Nov. 30, 2013

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Generating heat causes around one third of UK greenhouse emissions. The UK 2011 Carbon Plan requires virtually zero carbon buildings in the UK by 2050. Heat storage is a key component when generating heat from intermittent renewable sources or to shift heat production to off-peak periods while heat consumption remains on-peak. Today, water-based thermal stores are commmon in the UK, but their large size make them undesirable or impossible to fit in smaller dwellings. Sunamp's heat battery technology uses Phase Change Materials to shrink heat storage to around one quarter the size of equivalent hot water thermal stores. This project allows Sunamp to rapidly increase the range of temperatures at which heat can be stored in Phase Change Materials, investigating materials with high effectivenes in the 75-90°C range to be used in tandem with high-temperature renewable heat sources, e.g. solar thermal systems, CHP, CO2 heat pumps and biomass boilers.

SUNAMP LIMITED LEAD_ORG
SUNAMP LIMITED PARTICIPANT_ORG

Trisha Miller PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Temperature
  3. Heat energy
  4. Heat pumps
  5. Heat exchangers
  6. Carbon dioxide
  7. Heating systems
  8. Renewable energy sources
  9. Heat treatment
  10. District heating
  11. Production of heat
  12. Climate changes
  13. Energy consumption (energy technology)

Extracted key phrases
  1. High energy density heat storage material
  2. High grade heat
  3. Temperature renewable heat source
  4. Heat battery technology
  5. Co2 heat pump
  6. Heat production
  7. Heat consumption
  8. High effectivene
  9. Equivalent hot water thermal store
  10. UK greenhouse emission
  11. Phase Change Materials
  12. Intermittent renewable source
  13. Solar thermal system
  14. Peak period
  15. Large size

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