High-Density Hydro [HDHydro]; New energy-storage system demonstration.

这个项目是关于能源脱碳，减缓气候变化，促进新的可再生能源装置的增长。HDHydro：一种在抽水蓄能系统中使用创新的环保高科技流体的储能解决方案。抽水蓄能在概念上非常简单：在能源充足的时候，低成本的电力被用来将大量的水从下水库抽到上水库，从山上抽到下水库。随着能源价格的上涨，水通过管道和涡轮机被释放到山下，涡轮机将电能再生回电网，使用水的抽水蓄能通常往返效率约为80%。然而，RheEnergise不使用水，而是使用他们专有的高密度流体(密度是水的2.5倍)，在一个地埋式闭环系统中。在其他条件相同的情况下，这将使可用的功率和能量增加2.5倍。这种液体是一种对环境无害的悬浮固体，存在于水中。在没有电池系统中寄生冷却负载的情况下，往返效率为~83%。由于高密度流体，这也意味着项目可以安装在低山而不是高山上，因为与水相比，HDHydro项目在低2.5倍的场地上实现了同样的功率。HDHydro项目位于小山丘上，而不是山区。气候变化委员会、能源系统弹射委员会、Aurora能源研究公司、BloombergNEF和其他机构都同意，能源储存是平衡未来能源供需的一项基本技术，未来能源系统以大量间歇性可再生能源和基本负荷核能发电为主。这两种发电类型都将依靠储能来匹配可变的供应和可变的需求。该项目是第一阶段：一项技术可行性研究，包括一些初步启动工作，以促进第二阶段项目的交付(如果申请过程成功)。第二阶段项目将是专门为使用RheEnergise高科技流体而设计的可操作可逆泵-水轮机的实物展示质量演示。涡轮机将安装在便携式底座上(ISO容器尺寸)，连接到加压储罐(以模拟山丘的高度)，使用歧管和阀门来控制流量。它将包括一个定制的电力系统、操作控制系统和客户显示界面。该项目的范围是确保按照COP-26时间表交付。这一项目实现了英国继新冠肺炎之后‘重建-重建-更好’的目标。它在几个工程学科上具有高度的创新性*为英国提供了巨大的商业机会*保护了气候和环境*显示了客户的兴趣和批量销售的机会。*通过COP26构建演示的能力。

This project is about decarbonising energy, climate-change mitigation and facilitating growth in new renewable energy installations. HDHydro: An energy-storage solution that uses an innovative environmentally benign, high-technology fluid in a pumped-energy-storage system. Pumped-energy-storage is conceptually very simple: at times of energy abundance, low-cost electricity is used to pump massive quantities of water, up mountains, from a lower-reservoir to an upper-reservoir. As energy prices rise, the water is released back down the mountain, through pipes and a turbine, which regenerates electricity back to the electricity-grid, typically round-trip efficiencies for pumped energy storage using water is about 80%. However Instead of using water, RheEnergise use their proprietary high-density fluid (2.5x the density of water), in a buried, closed-loop system. All else being equal, this increases the power and energy available by a factor of 2.5\. The fluid is an environmentally benign suspended-solid in water. Round-trip efficiencies are ~83%, without parasitic cooling loads, found in battery systems. Because of the high-density fluid it also means that projects can be installed on low hills rather than mountains, as HDHydro projects achieve the same power, compared to water, on sites that are 2.5x lower. HDHydro projects are located on small hills rather than mountains. The-Committee-on-Climate-Change, The-Energy-Systems-Catapult, Aurora-Energy-Research, BloombergNEF and others all agree that energy-storage is an essential technology to balance the supply and demand of future energy-systems dominated by large volumes of intermittent renewable-energy and base-load nuclear generation. Both generation types will rely on energy-storage to match variable supply with variable demand. This project is Phase1: A technical feasibility study with some initial enabling works that would facilitate the delivery of a phase2 project (if successful in the application process). The Phase2 project would be a physical exhibition quality demonstration of an operational reversible-pump-turbine specifically designed for use with the RheEnergise high-technology fluid. The turbine would be mounted on portable base (ISO container sizing) be connected to pressurised store tanks (to simulate the elevation of a hill) use a manifold and valves to control the flow. It would include a bespoke power-system, operational control system and customer display interface. The project has been scoped to ensure deliverability against COP-26 timescales. This project fulfils the UKs aims of 'build-back-better' following Covid-19\. It is * Highly innovative across several engineering disciplines * Provides large UK business opportunities * Protects the climate and environment * Shows customer interest and the opportunity for volume sales. * The ability to construct a demonstration by COP26\.