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SPECIFIC Tranche 1: Buildings as Power Stations

具体部分 1：建筑物作为发电站

基本信息

批准号：
EP/K000292/1
负责人：
David Worsley
金额：
$ 355.74万
依托单位：
Swansea University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2012 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK000292%2F1
关键词：
SPECIFIC Tranche Buildings Power Stations

项目摘要

Every day more solar energy falls on the Earth's surface than the whole of human kind will use in 27 years. At this point we do little to harvest this energy. Buildings are major consumers of energy and yet they are often clad in metal and glass, both materials which can be capable of sophisticated engineering. In the UK annual production of metal and glass for construction of the outside faces of buildings is running at around 300 million square metres per annum. The aim of SPECIFIC as an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) is to rapidly adapt excellent small scale devices that have been demonstrated in UK universities, scale up their application and ensure their stability so that the outsides of building can become active surfaces, essentially converting buildings into power stations. The key feature will be to combine technologies such that the panels will generate, store and release energy. This will create a whole new manufacturing sector for the UK as well as making a serious contribution towards our renewable energy targets and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.Already as part of the IKCs activity in the first nine months we have produced demonstrator systems at an A4 scale to show to architects and building owners to gauge the market attractiveness. A major activity is underway with partners including Tata, Dyesol, Imperial College, Bangor and Bath University to 'industrialize' the manufacture of a new type of solar cell (the dye sensitized solar cell). The advantage this system has is it works well in lower light conditions and with low angles of illumination so making it ideal for application in Europe. A key is what to do with this electricity however since it is often generated when we do not need it. As such a key component of the next phase of the SPECIFIC IKC is to work with partners to develop a suitable storage option. This is a very different challenge to developing batteries for a mobile phone or computer. The key criteria are that it must last up to 40 years, be rechargeable every day, be made from sustainable and non toxic elements and have relatively low cost. This eliminates most of the more modern battery technologies and the IKC will be working on a revision of the original 'Edison' cells based on Nickel and Iron with support from Sheffield University and Tata (iron) and Vale Inco (Nickel). Another key aspect that often puts people off renewables is the appearance on a building. As such over the next two years we will be setting up work with colleagues at the Welsh School of Architecture and with product designers to make sure the products that UK industry produce are not only technically excellent but also aesthetically pleasing. In parallel we are building a pilot manufacturing facility next to the Innovation Centre to allow demonstration scale products to be made which can be attached and trialled on real buildings to evaluate their performance.

每天落在地球表面的太阳能比整个人类27年使用的还要多。在这一点上，我们几乎没有做什么来收获这种能量。建筑是能源的主要消耗者，但它们通常被金属和玻璃覆盖，这两种材料都可以进行复杂的工程。在英国，每年用于建筑外墙的金属和玻璃的产量约为3亿平方米。SPECIFIC作为创新和知识中心（IKC）的目标是快速适应在英国大学中展示的优秀小型设备，扩大其应用范围并确保其稳定性，以便建筑物的外部可以成为活动表面，基本上将建筑物转换为发电站。其关键特征将是结合各种技术，使电池板能够产生、储存和释放能量。这将为英国创造一个全新的制造业，并为我们的可再生能源目标和减少二氧化碳排放做出重大贡献。作为IKCs前9个月活动的一部分，我们已经制作了A4尺寸的演示系统，向建筑师和业主展示，以评估市场吸引力。与塔塔、Dyesol、帝国理工学院、班戈和巴斯大学等合作伙伴正在进行一项重大活动，以“工业化”制造一种新型太阳能电池（染料敏化太阳能电池）。该系统的优点是它在较低光照条件下工作良好，照明角度较低，因此非常适合在欧洲应用。然而，关键是如何处理这些电，因为它经常在我们不需要它的时候产生。因此，SPECIFIC IKC下一阶段的关键组成部分是与合作伙伴合作开发合适的存储选项。这对于开发手机或电脑电池来说是一个非常不同的挑战。关键的标准是，它必须使用长达40年，每天可充电，由可持续和无毒的元素制成，并且成本相对较低。这消除了大多数更现代的电池技术，IKC将在谢菲尔德大学、塔塔（铁）和淡水河谷英科（镍）的支持下，研究基于镍和铁的原始“爱迪生”电池的修订。另一个经常让人们远离可再生能源的关键因素是建筑物的外观。因此，在接下来的两年里，我们将与威尔士建筑学院的同事以及产品设计师合作，确保英国工业生产的产品不仅在技术上优秀，而且在美学上令人愉悦。与此同时，我们正在创新中心旁边建立一个试点制造工厂，以允许生产示范规模的产品，这些产品可以附着在真实的建筑物上进行试验，以评估它们的性能。