UK-India Foundation Industries Sustainable Thermal Energy Management Collaboration (UK-India FI-SusTEM Collaboration)

基金会行业是英国和印度就业市场的重要推动力。虽然金属、水泥、纸张、玻璃、陶瓷和散装化学品是英国的主要制造业产品，但金属、水泥和散装化学品是印度重要的基础产业，印度每年向英国供应许多产品，如染料中间体和药品。尽管每年产量巨大，但基础工业主要以传统技术和商业运作为导向。它们是能源和资本密集型产业，往往需要数十年才能收回投资。基础产业的业务、运作和最终产品各不相同，但实现清洁增长面临着共同的挑战。通过发展热交换器和回收技术、热能储存材料和新的热化学循环，利用低品位的废热来发电、供热和制冷，可以最大限度地利用基础工业。对英国和印度来说，战略性地规划和实施这些基础产业的转型是至关重要的，这样它们才能保持国际竞争力（拥有最佳的生产性能和具有成本竞争力的产品），变得可持续（在能源和材料消耗方面），并继续增长并实现温室气体净零排放目标。杜伦大学和Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham都在独立探索可能的创新热能管理和废热利用解决方案，以改变基础行业。英国-印度fi - system合作旨在了解和连接当前的研究和实验室能力，以创造新的合作研究和商业机会。这个为期5个月的项目将由杜伦大学领导，并与Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham合作，通过捕获、储存和利用废热，重点关注优化、效率提高和能源成本降低。英国印度商业委员会也将作为分包商参与其中，主要协助发展虚拟网络，并为英国和印度之间潜在合作的确定创新解决方案开发商业案例。

Foundation industries are significant drivers in both the UK and Indian job market. Whilst metals, cement, paper, glass, ceramic and bulk chemicals are main manufacturing products in the UK, metals, cement and bulk chemicals, are important foundation industries to India, with many products, such as dye intermediaries and medicine, supplied to the UK every year.Despite massive annual production, foundation industries are primarily oriented by conventional technology and business operations. They are energy and capital intensive, often taking decades to recoup their investment. The business, operation, and end products of the foundation industries are different from one to another, but common challenges exist among themselves to achieve clean growth. The foundation industries could be transformed by maximising the use of waste low-grade heat through the development of heat exchanger and recovery technology, thermal energy storage materials and new thermochemical cycles to exploit low-grade heat for power, heat and cooling applications. It is vital for the UK and India that the transformation of these foundation industries is strategically planned and implemented so that they remain internationally competitive (with optimal production performance and cost-competitive products), become sustainable (in terms of energy and materials consumption), and continue to grow and meet net-zero greenhouse gas emission targets.Both Durham University and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have independently been exploring possible innovative thermal energy management and waste heat utilisation solutions to transform foundation industries. The UK-India FI-SusTEM Collaboration aims to understand and link the current research and laboratory capacities to create new collaborative research and business opportunities. The 5-month project will be led by Durham University and work collaboratively with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to focus on the optimisation, efficiency improvement, and energy cost reduction through the capture, storage and utilisation of waste heat. The UK India Business Council will also participate as a sub-contractor to primarily assist in growing the virtual network and developing a business case for the identified innovative solution for potential collaboration between the UK and India.