SBIR Phase II: Thermo-optic Rooftop Modulation Using Thermal Panes for Building Energy Decarbonization

SBIR 第二阶段：使用热窗格进行热光屋顶调制以实现建筑能源脱碳

• 批准号: 2126991
• 负责人: Mark Miles
• 金额: $ 78.17万
• 依托单位: Mark Miles Consulting Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126991&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Thermo; optic

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project may enable the generation of as much as 65% of a building’s energy needs from renewable heating and cooling, reducing consumption by 13 Quads and saving consumers potentially billions of dollars. Buildings account for 28% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide and at least 2/3 of these structures will still exist in the year 2040. Achieving significant energy coset reductions will require a retrofit solution that is competitive with natural gas and grid-powered heating and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Such a retrofit must also be easily deployed in a wide variety of building types and architectures. The technology under development is a roof-mounted, panelized array that provides solar heat during the day and radiatively cools at night. The technology may be able to supply building energy resources throughout the year, a disruptive capability for a rooftop clean energy solution. The low cost and renewable nature of this resource may also insure that building owners and residents have access to carbon-free energy that is less expensive, less volatile, and more resilient in the face of interruptions to energy supplied from conventional gas and grid sources.This SBIR Phase II project seeks to validate a panelized rooftop technology to renewably generate heating and cooling resources for buildings. Dominant solutions combust fuel for heat and use grid electricity to power vapor compression for cooling. The proposed solution describes an array of thermal panes that convert a roof into an active environmental interface that continually optimizes the extraction and rejection of heat via absorptive, radiative, and convective processes. The technology continually operates in response to building energy needs. By modulating pane thermo-optic properties the solution enables fluid flow to alter the internal optical and heat transfer configuration. Evaluation of the technology will begin with manufacturing prototypes that incorporate novel thermal bonding techniques for integrating foamed polyiso-, fluoro-, and poly-olefin polymers. A solar simulator will assess efficiency and output temperatures, an iterative process to explore the role of internal fluid flows, visble and infrared radiation paths, and thermal loss mechanisms. An array will be subsequently deployed on a rooftop and coupled to the building energy system. Data will be collected to assess the impact on energy consumption and overall heating/cooling while developing control algorithms for pane modulation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力可能使建筑物的能源需求的65％可以从可再生供暖和冷却，从而减少13个四边形，并节省消费者的消费，并为消费者节省潜在的数十亿美元。建筑物占全球所有二氧化碳（CO2）排放量的28％，这些结构中至少有2/3仍将存在于2040年。实现大量能源固定的减少将需要具有与天然气和电网供电的热气和供暖和供暖，通风，通风和空气（HVAC）系统竞争的转换解决方案。这种改造还必须轻松地部署在各种建筑类型和架构中。正在开发的技术是屋顶安装的镶板阵列，可在白天提供太阳热量，并在晚上冷却。该技术可能能够全年提供建筑能源，这是屋顶清洁能源解决方案的破坏性能力。该资源的低成本和可再生性质也可能确保建筑所有者和居民可以使用较便宜，波动性降低且在面对来自传统气体和网格源提供的能源的无碳能源方面。该SBIR II期项目旨在验证一个储藏式屋顶技术来验证一个为建筑物而产生的式屋顶技术，以验证建筑物的建筑物和凉爽的建筑物。主要的解决方案燃烧燃料，用于加热并使用电网电力为冷却蒸汽压缩。提出的解决方案描述了一系列的热窗格，这些热窗将屋顶转换为活动的环境界面，该界面通过吸收，辐射和对流过程连续优化热量的提取和排斥。该技术不断响应建筑能源需求。通过调节窗格热光特性，解决方案可以使流体流动改变内部光学和传热构型。该技术的评估将始于制造原型，该原型结合了新型的热键合技术，用于整合泡沫式的polyiso-，Fluoro-和Poly-Olefin聚合物。太阳能模拟器将评估效率和输出温度，这是探索内部流体流，粘膜和红外辐射路径以及热损失机制的作用的迭代过程。阵列随后将部署在屋顶上，并耦合到建筑能源系统。将收集数据以评估对窗格调制的控制算法的影响，以评估对能源消耗和整体供暖/冷却的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响评估标准来通过评估来评估。