Increasing Energy Efficiency and Decarbonising Swimming Pools Using Non-Chemical, Advanced Physical Water Treatment Technology

使用非化学、先进的物理水处理技术提高游泳池的能源效率和脱碳

• 批准号: 77463
• 金额: $ 16.72万
• 依托单位: ENVIRONMENTAL TREATMENT CONCEPTS 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=77463
• 关键词: Increasing; Energy; Efficiency; Decarbonising; Swimming

**The Market Need:** There are over 3100 commercial and private pools in the UK, ranging from small 10 metres pools as part of fitness centres to 50 metre "Olympic" competition pools. The operation of swimming pools can be very expensive as there is a constant need for heat and water treatment. This means that swimming pools have a disproportionally high carbon footprint per square metre in comparison to other business sectors. An average 20 metre pool can expect to spend £45,000 per annum on water heating and treatment along, with having a carbon footprint of 194 tonnes per annum associated with energy, water and chemical consumption.The Covid-19 crisis has hit the leisure sector hard, with swimming pools being some of the last to be released from lock down. The crisis has potentially damaged the growth of the industry for some time as no one is sure what the speed of recovery will be like.With the governments 2050 Net Zero targets in mind and the current need to reduce costs, there has never been a better time for the industry to invest in sustainable technology to help improve energy efficiency and reduce water and chemical consumption. Such investments would contribute to savings in OPEX whilst reducing the impact on climate change.**The Solution:** Environmental Treatment Concepts (ETC) is a market leading UK company in the area of non-chemical water treatment solutions and will use the proposed project to output a new, non-chemical method for treating pool water (also known as physical water treatment) using frequency-modulated energy to change the properties of the water. The goal will be to help end users lower their carbon footprint and operational expenditure by installing technology to reduce chemical, water and energy consumption**Addressing The Need:** The proposed new water treatment device will be developed to show where pool operators can make carbon and cost savings through physical water treatmentThis will be achieved by experimenting with frequencies and outputs to establish which type of physical water treatment is most suited to pool water. When this is concluded, ETC will evaluate working prototypes on 3 nominated trial sites. Once all availabe data is collated, a final design specification will be settled on and a suitable range of products will be added to ETC's product list and presented to the industry sector along with a trial report showing what can be achieved with physical water treatment

**市场需求：**英国有3100多个商业和私人游泳池，从小型10米的游泳池作为健身中心的一部分到50米米的“奥运会”比赛池。游泳池的运行可能非常昂贵，因为不断需要热量和水处理。这意味着游泳池与其他业务部门相比，游泳池的碳足迹较高。平均20米的游泳池可以预计每年花费45,000英镑用于水加热和处理，并且与能源，水和化学消耗相关的每年194吨的碳足迹。COVID-19危机危机严重打击了旅馆，而游泳池是最后一部释放锁定的游泳池。一段时间以来，没有人确定恢复速度会是什么样。与政府2050净零目标以及当前降低成本的需求，该行业从未有更好的时机投资可持续技术来帮助提高能源效率并降低水和化学消耗。这些投资将有助于节省OPEX，同时减少对气候变化的影响。目的是通过安装技术来减少化学，水和能源消耗的技术来帮助最终用户降低其碳足迹和运营支出。结束时，等等将评估3个提名试验地点的工作原型。一旦整理了所有可用数据，最终的设计规范将进行结算，并将合适的产品范围添加到ETC的产品列表中，并向行业部门介绍，并提供了一份试用报告，以显示实物水处理可以实现的目标