Trigeneration Recovery Efficient Energy Storage (TREES) – Collaborative Technical Feasibility

工业部门可回收热的市场潜力估计高达每年40TWh。此外，可再生的低品位热能，如地热能和太阳能热能，在支持能源结构方面也日益引起人们的兴趣。在这个项目中展示的TREES概念是一个高度颠覆性和多用途的能源系统，其知识产权已经得到保护，以帮助未来的商业化。这是一种基于热化学吸附技术的零碳排放解决方案，提供热电结合储能，并在一个集成系统中提供加热、冷却和/或电力。在广泛的应用中，它具有大幅减少化石燃料消耗和能源需求的潜力。TREES概念的理论基础已经在以前的研究项目中通过建模和实验室实验得到了证明。因此，已经获得了交付该项目所需的技术知识和对每个系统组件的理解，并证明了TREES系统的技术可行性。

The market potential for recoverable heat in the industrial sector is estimated to be up to 40TWh per annum. Also, renewable low grade heat, such as geothermal and solar thermal sources, is of increasing interest to support the energy mix. The TREES concept to be demonstrated in this project is a highly disruptive and versatile energy system and the IP has been protected to aid future commercialisation. This is a zero carbon emission solution based on thermochemical sorption technology providing combined thermal and electrical energy storage and the delivery of heating, cooling and/or electrical power in one integrated system. It has potential to substantially reduce fossil fuel consumption and energy demand in a wide range of applications. The theoretical foundation of the TREES concept has been proven in previous research projects through modelling and laboratory experimentation. Hence the technological know-how and understanding of each system component required to deliver this project and to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the TREES system has already been acquired.