Flow Control Reliability and Optimisation

流量控制可靠性和优化

• 批准号: 106021
• 金额: $ 1.62万
• 依托单位: RHEENERGISE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=106021
• 关键词: Flow; Control; Reliability; Optimisation

A collaborative project between RheEnergise and the National Engineering Laboratory.RheEnergise are developing a technological solution where a high-density-fluid (2.5x the density of water, about the density of concrete) can be used in pumped energy-storage applications, increasing both the power and energy densities of pumped energy-storage projects. The high-density-fluid means that sites can be found in locations with lower elevations (~9,500 in the UK alone) and that civil engineering work is also reduced by 2.5x. Projects are closed loop and can therefore be located in any climate, including deserts.The project seeks to identify how the high-density-fluid affects the long-term operation and reliability of valves used in traditional pumped energy-storage applications. How maintenance costs can be minimised through understanding of fluid-flow characteristics through valves, in particular areas of static flow, (eg. trunnions).The potential opportunity is for RheEnergise (and other UK businesses in the supply-chain) to capture a large percentage (perhaps 10%) of the total predicted global energy-storage and system-flexibility market, using a gravitational/ mechanical solution rather than solely relying on emerging battery technologies for future system-flexibility.RheEnergise has identified the need to undertake this research work to address the huge potential market for system-flexibility:Aurora-Energy-Research forecast a £6bn requirement, in the UK alone, for 13GW of new flexible assets (2030). Bloomberg-NEF predict a global energy-storage market worth \>$600bn (2050).This projects goal is to enable a 10% increase in operational and cost efficiencies that in-turn enables RheEnergise to reach its goal of ~10% global market share, meaning ~$6bn of direct benefits to the UK economy, driven by a UK innovator company.The Committee-on-Climate-Change, National-Grid, Energy-UK, IPPR and many other commentators all state that energy-storage is the enabler required to achieve a net-zero carbon energy-system.Parts of the world have already demonstrated that renewable energy plus storage is cheaper than coal, nuclear and even gas. RWE has abandoned new coal development in Germany. Off-shore wind contracts are now <£40.00/MWh in UK and France. On-shore wind and solarPV in many locations globally is contacted ~£30.00/MWh.RheEnergise's GIS analysis shows ~9,500 UK site opportunities, ~80,000 Europe (ex. Nordics), ~160,000 Africa.At an average project size of 20MW/80MWh, only 350 UK sites would be required to provide 50% of Aurora's predicted 'need' for the UK's 2030 market. The numbers of wind-power and solarPV installations seen in the the last decade shows that the construction of 350 sites in a decade is entirely achievable.

RheEnergise和国家工程实验室的合作项目。RheEnergise正在开发一种技术解决方案，其中高密度流体（密度为水的2.5倍，约为混凝土的密度）可用于抽水蓄能应用，提高抽水蓄能项目的功率和能量密度。高密度流体意味着可以在海拔较低的地方找到场地（仅在英国就有9，500），土木工程工作也减少了2.5倍。该项目是闭环的，因此可以在任何气候下进行，包括沙漠。该项目旨在确定高密度流体如何影响传统抽水蓄能应用中使用的阀门的长期运行和可靠性。如何通过了解通过阀门的流体流动特性来最大限度地降低维护成本，特别是静态流动区域（例如：耳轴）。RheEnergise的潜在机会（以及供应链中的其他英国企业）占据很大比例（可能占全球储能和系统灵活性市场预测总量的10%），使用重力/机械解决方案，而不是仅仅依赖于新兴的电池技术，灵活性。RheEnergise已经确定需要开展这项研究工作，以解决系统灵活性的巨大潜在市场：Aurora-Energy-Research预测，仅在英国，13 GW的新灵活资产（2030年）就需要60亿英镑。Bloomberg-NEF预测全球储能市场价值超过6000亿美元（2050年）。该项目的目标是使运营和成本效率提高10%，从而使RheEnergise能够实现其全球市场份额约10%的目标，这意味着在英国创新公司的推动下，英国经济将直接受益约60亿美元。气候变化委员会，国家电网，英国能源，IPPR和许多其他评论家都指出，能源储存是实现净零碳能源系统所需的推动因素。世界部分地区已经证明，可再生能源加上储存比煤炭，核能甚至天然气便宜。莱茵集团已放弃在德国开发新的煤炭。英国和法国的离岸风电合同现在<40.00英镑/兆瓦时。全球许多地区的陆上风能和太阳能光伏发电的价格约为30.00英镑/兆瓦时。RheEnergise的GIS分析显示，英国约有9,500个站点，欧洲约有80,000个（例如，在平均项目规模为20兆瓦/80兆瓦时的情况下，仅需350个英国站点就可以提供Aurora对英国2030年市场预测“需求”的50%。在过去十年中看到的风力发电和太阳能光伏发电装置的数量表明，在十年内建造350个站点是完全可以实现的。