A Novel Environment/Solar-Interactive and Building-Integrate-able Power Generation System Enabling Harness of Solar and Environmental Energy

建筑物的电力需求约占欧盟能源消耗的50%。为了履行欧盟的气候变化承诺并实现其节能目标，电力行业必须大幅削减化石燃料的使用。现有的建筑可集成发电(BIPGs)机组无法同时利用太阳能和环境能源。拟议的MSCA项目将研究一种新型的环境/太阳能互动和建筑可集成发电单元(ESI-BIPG)，该单元可以同时利用太阳能和环境能源，从而提供比现有BIPG相对稳定和更大的功率输出。该研究的创新之处在于：(1)首创的季节相关、热流可调的热管面板阵列(HP)使来自光伏系统的热流能够随季节变化，从而在温差驱动热流的基础上产生正热，并增强了ESI-BIPG的全年功率输出；(2)独特的形状稳定的相变材料(SSPCM)与传统的SSPCM相比，能够增加储热容量，并稳定相变温度；(3)面向耦合能效的协同集成方法，能够建立耦合数学方程的完整解，以实现ESI-BIPG的最大能效；(4)面向寿命周期-功率-成本的新的社会经济评价方法，能够为ESI-BIPG提供多因素影响的解决方案。项目任务包括研究框架开发、理论研究和计算机建模、实验测试和模型验证/改进，以及社会经济绩效研究。该项目将吸引一位在SSPCM、BIPV和热质传递方面具有特殊知识的经验丰富的研究人员进入欧洲，这将实现知识从外部转移到欧洲，从而帮助欧盟发展以知识为基础的经济和社会。

The electrical demand of buildings accounts for around 50% of the EU's energy consumption. To fulfil the EU's climate change commitments and meet its energy saving goals, the power sector must sharply cut its use of fossil fuels. Existing building integratable power generation (BIPGs) units cannot harness solar and environment energy simultaneously. The proposed MSCA project will investigate a novel Environment/Solar-Interactive and Building-Integrate-able Power Generation (ESI-BIPG) unit that can harness both the solar and environmental energy simultaneously, and thus, provide a relatively stable and larger power output compared to the existing BIPGs. Novelties of the research lie in: (1) The first-of-its-kind season-dependent, heat-flow-adjustable heat pipe panel array (HP) enabling the heat flow from the PV to be altered seasonally, leading to the positive heat addition to the temperature-difference-driven heat flow and enhanced power output of the ESI-BIPG all year round; (2) A unique shape-stabilized phase change material (SSPCM) enabling the increased heat storage capacity, and stabilised phase transition temperature compared to traditional SSPCMs; (3) A novel coupled-energy-efficiency oriented collaborative and integrated method able to create an integrated solution for the coupled mathematical equations to achieve the maximum energy efficiency of the ESI-BIPG; and (4) A novel 'life-cycle-power-cost' oriented socio-economic assessment method able to provide a multi-factor-impacting solution for the ESI-BIPG. The project tasks include research framework development, theoretical study and computer modelling, experimental testing and model validation/refinement, and socio-economic performance study. The project will attract an experienced researcher with particular knowledge in SSPCM, BIPV and heat and mass transfer into Europe, which will achieve transfer of knowledge from outside into Europe, and thus help growing EU's knowledge-based economy and society.