EPSRC Core Equipment 2022

EPSRC核心设备2022

• 批准号: EP/X034984/1
• 负责人: Patrick Grant
• 金额: $ 181.57万
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FX034984%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Core; Equipment; 2022

This is an enabling grant that will support a wide range of researchers and fields of research across the engineering and physical sciences (EPS) remit through the upgrade of existing multi-user equipment. Two investment packages have been prioritised that support core EPS research capabilities:1. High resolution X-ray powder diffractometer - powder diffraction is an essential characterization tool for polycrystalline materials, providing information about the atomic structure, compositional homogeneity, orientational and strain distribution in a variety of samples. The Quantum Materials, Photovoltaic, and Nanoscience programmes at Oxford generate a large and steady stream of polycrystalline samples of materials ranging from halide perovskites for solar cell applications to functional oxides and compounds with unique properties at the quantum level. Rapid structural characterisation for each and every sample is vital to achieve the desired characteristics through iterative development cycles. Advanced characterisation such as structural changes at low and very high temperatures are vital to understand the physical properties of the material, for example, sample stability and how the solar efficiency varies at different temperatures. The modern and flexible instrument funded here offers different levels of resolution and flux, and provides both high throughput and reliability.2. Hydrogen Electrolyser - a system to provide high pressure gaseous hydrogen, comprising of five electrolysers, a compressor system and pressurised gaseous hydrogen storage. The equipment will be hosted in the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, alongside over £40m of previous investment in experimental facilities for research into aircraft propulsion (covering heat transfer, hypersonics, instrumentation and numerical modelling) and thermal propulsion systems, supporting nine academic groups, and a number of strategic industrial partnerships (such as Rolls Royce and Jaguar Land Rover). It will enable the ability to produce gaseous hydrogen for the rapidly growing research portfolio in hydrogen for aircraft and road vehicle propulsion within the Oxford Thermofluids Institute, updating the way in which we supply hydrogen to our experimental facilities. There is no other low TRL research centre focussed on the use of hydrogen for propulsion in the UK; with this investment the Oxford Thermofluids Institute will be well-placed to fill this important gap.

这是一笔支持性赠款，将通过升级现有的多用户设备来支持工程和物理科学 (EPS) 领域的广泛研究人员和研究领域。已优先考虑支持 EPS 核心研究能力的两项投资方案：1。高分辨率 X 射线粉末衍射仪 - 粉末衍射是多晶材料的重要表征工具，可提供各种样品中原子结构、成分均匀性、取向和应变分布的信息。牛津大学的量子材料、光伏和纳米科学项目产生了大量稳定的多晶材料样品，范围从用于太阳能电池应用的卤化物钙钛矿到在量子水平上具有独特性能的功能氧化物和化合物。每个样品的快速结构表征对于通过迭代开发周期实现所需的特性至关重要。先进的表征（例如低温和极高温度下的结构变化）对于了解材料的物理特性（例如样品稳定性以及太阳能效率在不同温度下的变化情况）至关重要。这里资助的现代化、灵活的仪器提供不同水平的分辨率和通量，并提供高通量和可靠性。2。氢电解槽 - 提供高压气态氢的系统，由五个电解槽、压缩机系统和加压气态氢储存器组成。这些设备将由牛津热流体研究所托管，此外还对飞机推进系统（涵盖传热、超音速、仪器仪表和数值模拟）和热推进系统研究的实验设施进行了超过 4000 万英镑的投资，支持九个学术团体和一些战略工业合作伙伴（如劳斯莱斯和捷豹路虎）。它将能够为牛津热流体研究所内快速增长的飞机和道路车辆推进氢气研究组合生产气态氢气，从而更新我们向实验设施供应氢气的方式。英国没有其他低 TRL 研究中心专注于使用氢进行推进；通过这项投资，牛津热流体研究所将能够很好地填补这一重要空白。