SmartPump.ai - Next Generation Air Source Heat Pumps Enabled by Novel Manufacturing

SmartPump.ai - 新型制造技术支持的下一代空气源热泵

• 批准号: 10045529
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: SMARTPUMP.AI LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10045529
• 关键词: SmartPump.ai; Next; Generation; Air; Source

**Vision**SmartPump.ai is a start-up with the mission to bring emerging technologies to public infrastructure to help authorities reach their Net Zero goals.SmartPump.ai's first product will utilise its aerospace-inspired 3D-printed axial-flow heat exchanger technology to increase the efficiency and decrease the form factor of domestic air source heat pumps (ASHPs) by 80%. This will enable ASHPs to be more feasibly and viably installed into existing housing stock and help the UK government reach its goal of 600,000 installations per year by 2028\.ASHP technology has existed for decades as a decarbonised heating solution. ASHPs are typically 3x more energy efficient than gas boilers, depending on the installation, and have lesser maintenance requirements, but due to numerous factors have failed to gain traction in the UK.Numerous converging factors indicate that the SmartPump.ai solution is the answer to this challenge going forward:1. Government drive to decarbonise2. Macroeconomics shifting energy cost equation for homeowners3. Recent findings that blending green hydrogen into gas pipelines will not work4. Decreasing cost of industrial 3D-printing**Innovation**This solution uses three emerging technologies, creating a revolutionarily small, light, efficient, easy-to-install and aesthetically-pleasing Outdoor Unit, enabling widespread adoption:1. 3D-Printed Heat Exchangers create complex microchannels, maximising flow/turbulence, and creating large surface areas in very small volumes. Existing systems use traditional metallic/plastic tubing, which cannot create these geometries.2. Aerospace (Axial Flow) Heat Exchangers maximise air flow over the exchanger. Existing systems use less effective fan-blown fin-and-tube systems.3. TinyML Control Systems maximise efficiency and reduce noise based on sensor inputs. Existing systems use binary on-off switching.**Key Objectives & Focus Areas**The key objective of this Fast Start project will be to create real-world, full-scale demonstrations of the technology for the first time.The technical focus will be to design, build, and demonstrate multiple iterations of the 3D-Printed Axial Flow Heat Exchanger in a range of materials. Demonstration will be by comparative tests. The TinyML Control System will be developed and proven at a later stage.These tests will substitute a SmartPump.ai 3D-printed axial-flow heat exchanger into a Samsung AE090RXEDEG Outdoor Unit and measure the exchangers performance relative to the baseline component. The aim will be to demonstrate similar heat exchange performance at 80% reduced form factor.The commercial focus will be to demonstrate the feasibility and viability of the concept to Samsung UK.

** 愿景 **SmartPump.ai是一家初创企业，其使命是将新兴技术引入公共基础设施，帮助当局实现净零goals.SmartPump.ai的首款产品将利用其受航空航天启发的3D打印轴流式换热器技术，提高效率，并将家用空气源热泵（ASHP）的外形尺寸减少80%。这将使ASHP能够更可行地安装到现有的住房中，并帮助英国政府实现到2028年每年安装60万套的目标。ASHP的能效通常比燃气锅炉高出3倍，具体取决于安装方式，并且维护要求更低，但由于许多因素，ASHP在英国未能获得牵引力。许多融合因素表明，SmartPump.ai解决方案是未来这一挑战的答案：1.政府推动脱碳2。宏观经济学为房主改变能源成本方程3。最近的研究结果表明，将绿色氢气混合到天然气管道中是行不通的。降低工业3D打印的成本 ** 创新 ** 该解决方案使用三种新兴技术，创造了一种革命性的小型，轻型，高效，易于安装和美观的户外设备，使其广泛采用：1. 3D打印热交换器创建复杂的微通道，最大化流动/湍流，并在非常小的体积中创建大的表面积。现有系统使用传统的金属/塑料管材，无法创建这些几何形状。2.航空航天（轴流式）热交换器最大限度地提高了交换器上的空气流量。现有的系统使用效率较低的风扇吹翅片和管系统。TinyML控制系统根据传感器输入最大限度地提高效率并降低噪声。现有系统使用二进制开关。**主要目标和重点领域 ** 该快速启动项目的主要目标是首次创建真实世界的全尺寸技术演示。技术重点是设计、构建和演示3D打印轴流换热器的多种迭代，包括各种材料。将通过对比试验进行验证。TinyML控制系统将在稍后阶段进行开发和验证。这些测试将把SmartPump.ai 3D打印的轴流式换热器替换为三星AE 090 RXEDEG室外机，并测量交换器相对于基准组件的性能。其目的是在外形尺寸减少80%的情况下展示类似的热交换性能。商业重点是向英国三星展示该概念的可行性和可行性。