History of changes to: Low Cost Solar Thermal System
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April 11, 2022, 1:47 a.m. Updated 35 {"title": ["", "Low Cost Solar Thermal System"], "description": ["", "\nMost solar thermal systems have a separate antifreeze filled loop for protection against freezing and require a new tank\nfitted with a heat exchanger. When retrofitting, a perfectly good tank (usually copper) needs to be replaced. Soltropy Ltd\nhas developed an innovative solution that allows a domestic water supply to be heated directly without the secondary fluid\ncycle. This increases the efficiency of the system and reduces capital and installation costs by allowing the system to\nfreeze but cause no damage; this is achieved by incorporating a compressible tube within an outer copper pipe. When the\nsystem freezes the compressible tube takes up the expansion due to the ice and prevents pressure build up. As part of this\nproject the thermal connection between the header pipe and the heat pipe in the evacuated tube will modularised, allowing\na standard copper pipe to be used as the header with single units clamping over the pipe. This will reduce costs further as\nthe modular connector can be mass produced. In addition the control system will be optimised, simplified and modularised.\nTests at Heriot-Watt University to date have shown that the Soltropy system behaves differently from an "old style" system\nand therefore requires different control strategies.\n\n"], "extra_text": ["", "\n\nPotential Impact:\nOne of the primary beneficiaries of the project will be Soltropy Limited. This project has the potential to significantly impact\nthe profitability of Soltropy Ltd.; by developing a low cost solar thermal system the commercial market for their product and\nservices will increase substantially. The project will up-skill one Research Associate and give them experience in technoeconomic\nmodelling, solar thermal devices and control electronics. This will directly increase the RAs employability directly\nfollowing the completion of the project.\nThe proposed project will reduce the cost of solar thermal technology for domestic and small industrial consumers. Since\napproximately 70 per cent of energy used in UK households is for space or water heating, the benefits of reducing the cost\nof heat from renewable energy sources therefore will significantly reduce fuel poverty and carbon dioxide emissions and\nhelp to mitigate climate change.\nThe renewable energy technology industry is currently heavily reliant on government incentive schemes such as the RHI\n(Renewable Heat Incentive) and more broadly the solar photovoltaic industry benefits from the Feed-In Tariff (FIT).\nReducing the cost of converting energy from renewable sources will make these technologies competitive in the energy\nmarketplace. Therefore the benefit to society in financial terms will be significant as incentives can be reduced and\neventually eliminated.\nFinally, there is significant potential to impact future research in this area. This is discussed in greater detail in the\n"Academic Beneficiaries" section, where a new approach to the research is proposed. This project will employ a Techno-\nEconomic approach to the design of a renewable energy conversion device and demonstrate how the cost of renewable\nenergy can be reduced. The potential impact of this project to have a legacy for research and development of renewable\nenergy technology could be profound and long-lasting.\n\n\n"], "status": ["", "Closed"]}
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