Project GANESHA - Getting power Access to rural-Nepal through thermally cooled battery Energy storage for transport and Home Applications

GANESHA 项目 - 通过热冷却电池为尼泊尔农村地区提供电力 用于运输和家庭应用的储能

• 批准号: 10085992
• 金额: $ 86.3万
• 依托单位: P.A.K. ENGINEERING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10085992
• 关键词: Project; GANESHA; Getting; power; Access

_Project GANESHA_ focusses on development, manufacture and implementation of an innovative battery module solution for powering Nepal rural-based small passenger vehicles and off-grid low-power home energy systems. Solar-power installations will be constructed to pilot our innovation in two seperate rural-Nepal pilot sites with marginal-/zero-power access.Our consortium including three-UK and two-Nepal organisations, was formed to assist solution-development for commercial challenges faced by the _Nepal Electric Vehicle Institute (NEVI)_ in achieving its ambition to provide Nepal-wide zero-carbon public-transport/power access. NEVI were established in the mid-1990s when growing urban-population densities led to exponential-increase in urban-internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle registrations/polluton. NEVI were pioneers in retrofitting Nepal-ICE-rickshaws to EV, and developing battery-solutions to power these vehicles. It rents batteries to marginalised-/low income-communities through its its affordable model, to facilitate their independant-income-generation (60% of its work-force being female).Limitations of Nepal's rural-/urban-location power grid/distribution restrict EV-rollout across the country. NEVI are forced to depot-recharge EV-rickshaws during night-periods when power-demand is low and risk of powercuts are minimised. Limited depot-space and grid-power restrictions limit EV-rickshaws numbers NEVI can provide each location's public-transport market. NEVI wish to access solar-power to charge vehicle battery packs and envision a removable solution simlar to products currently marketed in India and Sub-Saharan Africa to expand its service to rural-communities where solutions are most needed (aligning with its original mission). However, current module-products are recharged at low C-rates and require large capital-investment. To supply a public-transport EV-fleet NEVI would require large module-stocks and high-area solar-arrays. Our projects innovation/case study-sites resolve this dilemma.A new module will be designed, manufactured, and mobilised incorporating _PAK-Engineering Ltd's_ robust-/lightweight-heat exchanger technology. PAK's system facilitates high C-rate charging and design-versatility enabling PAK to adapt/optimise its function to suit multiple environmental-conditions. _EPT Ltd_ will design module-incorporated state-sensor/communications technology so module-function is optimised, and location tracked when in use. _Gamma-Meon Ltd_ will design, adapt and incorporate a specilised payment systems platform that EV-rickshaw operators and users will use to access NEVI services. Our solution will reduce mentioned-capital investment-requirments, and enable rollout to two rural-communities with marginal-/zero-power access in project-timescales.NEVI via partneship with Nepal-famed gender/social-equity pioneer _3 Sisters Trekking Group_ will construct two rural-solar arrays for charging our-modules, for powering 8-10 EV-vehicles adapted to location-conditions, and provide home-energy-kits for lighting and small-device charging for imroving life-quality in these locations.

Ganesha项目专注于开发、制造和实施一种创新的电池模块解决方案，为尼泊尔农村小型乘用车和离网低功率家庭能源系统提供动力。我们将建造太阳能装置，在尼泊尔两个边际/零功率接入的独立农村试验点试验我们的创新。我们由三个英国组织和两个尼泊尔组织组成的财团成立，以帮助尼泊尔电动汽车研究所(NEVI)为实现其在尼泊尔范围内提供零碳公共交通/电力接入的雄心而面临的商业挑战的解决方案开发。NEVI成立于20世纪90年代中期，当时不断增长的城市人口密度导致城市内燃机(ICE)车辆登记/污染呈指数级增长。奈维是将尼泊尔冰车改装为电动汽车并开发电池解决方案为这些车辆提供动力的先驱。它通过其负担得起的模式将电池出租给被边缘化/低收入的社区，以促进他们的独立收入产生(其劳动力的60%是女性)。尼泊尔城乡电网/配电的限制限制了电动汽车在全国的推广。Nevi被迫在电力需求低、停电风险最小的夜间为电动三轮车充电。有限的仓库空间和电网功率限制限制了电动三轮车的数量，nevi可以提供每个地点的公共交通市场。NEVI希望获得太阳能为汽车电池组充电，并设想一种类似于目前在印度和撒哈拉以南非洲销售的产品的可拆卸解决方案，以将其服务扩展到最需要解决方案的农村社区(与其最初的使命一致)。然而，目前的模块产品是以低C利率充电的，需要大量的资本投资。为了提供公共交通电动汽车车队，nevi需要大量的模块库存和高面积的太阳能电池板。我们的项目创新/案例研究网站解决了这一难题。将结合_PAK-Engineering Ltd的_Robust-/轻型热交换器技术设计、制造和动员一个新的模块。PAK的系统促进了高C率充电和设计的多功能性，使PAK能够适应/优化其功能，以适应多种环境条件。_EPT有限公司将设计包含状态传感器/通信技术的模块，以便优化模块功能，并在使用时跟踪位置。_Gamma-Meon Ltd.将设计、调整和整合一个专门的支付系统平台，电动人力车运营商和用户将使用该平台来访问nevi服务。我们的解决方案将减少上述资本投资需求，并能够在项目时间范围内向两个边际/零电力接入的农村社区推出NEVI。NEVI通过与尼泊尔的伙伴关系-著名的性别/社会公平先锋_3姐妹徒步旅行集团-将建造两个农村太阳能电池板，用于为我们的模块充电，为适应位置条件的8-10辆电动汽车供电，并提供家庭能源套件用于照明和小设备充电，以提高这些地点的生活质量。