SoFo (ScOre FOllow on Project)

SOFO将利用对Score-For项目所做的研究，探索至少两种在孟加拉国、塔吉克斯坦和英国各自开发的商业模式。EPSRC最初的呼吁是专门针对发展中国家的应用程序。EPSRC批准的SCORE提案是为了确保在发展中国家获得的任何利润都留在这些国家。这些地区的商业化必须使目标社会受益。SCORE热声技术有更广泛的应用，我们还打算通过许可和拨款在英国将该技术商业化，用于热电联产(CHP)和生物燃烧烹饪炉灶。记分炉是一种低成本的燃烧木材或粪便的炉子，也可以发电供个人家庭使用。它减少了高达50%的木材消耗，并几乎消除了烟雾吸入，在发展中国家，家庭在3英石的炉子上做饭，而且没有电，烟雾吸入导致了如此多的健康问题。SOFO将激发对发展中国家和英国制造商和投资者的兴趣。通过论证，它将获得更准确的炉具制造成本，并针对每个目标区域进行生产市场调查。每个演示都将根据当地的烹饪习惯、燃料和美学要求进行定制，以便将现有的科学钻机投入到更具吸引力的商业主张中。根据产品成本和可获得的碳信用或赠款，这种炉子在全球农村地区的潜在市场从1500万到5亿台不等。据估计，英国替代热电联产锅炉市场每年约有25万台。该项目将评估这些市场在三个目标国家中的可获得性。

SoFo will take the research done on the Score-Stove project and explore at least two business models for exploitation in each of Bangladesh, Tajikistan and the UK. The original call from EPSRC was specifically targeted at developing country applications. The Score proposal, as granted by EPSRC, was covenanted to ensure that any profits made in the developing countries remained in those countries. Commercialisation in these regions has to benefit the targeted societies. The Score thermo-acoustic technology has wider applications and we also intend to commercialise the technology within the UK by licence and grants for such uses as CHP (Combined Heat and Power) and bio-mass burning cooking stoves. The Score-Stove is a low-cost wood or dung burning stove that also generates electricity for use in individual households. It reduces wood consumption by up to 50% and virtually eliminates smoke inhalation that causes so many health concerns in developing countries where households cook on a 3 stone stove and have no access to electricity. SoFo will stimulate interest in developing country and UK manufacturers and investors. Through demonstrations it will obtain more accurate costs for stove manufacture and produce market research for each target area. The demonstrations will each be customised for local cooking habits, fuel and aesthetic requirements, so as to put the existing scientific rig into a more attractive business proposition. The potential rural world-wide market for the stove is from 15 million to 500 million units depending on the product cost and carbon credits or grants available. The UK replacement CHP boiler market is estimated at 250,000 units per year. This project will evaluate how much of these markets are available within the three targeted countries.