Interdisciplinary Centre for for Storage, Transformation and Upgrading of Thermal Energy (i-STUTE)

英国致力于在2050年之前将温室气体排放量减少80%的目标。超过40%的化石燃料用于低温供暖，16%的电力用于制冷，这些都是必须解决的关键领域。我们的跨学科中心的愿景是开发一系列技术，以经济高效的方式提供热量和冷量，从而实现目标，并制定精心规划和强大的业务，基础设施和技术路线图。我们应对挑战的方法的特点是：a）将经济、行为、政策和能力/技能因素与科学/技术研究相结合，以产生技术上优秀、兼容并吸引企业、最终用户、制造商和安装商的解决方案。B）管理我们在交付温度工作包（DTWP）（冷冻/冷却，空间加热，过程热）方面的研究工作，以便示范研究解决方案适用于多个行业（例如商业/住宅，商业/工业）。DTWP的子任务（项目）将被分配到不同的阶段：第一波技术或产品将在5-10年的时间内投入使用，第二波的想法和概念将在更长的时间内应用，并成为2050年能源格局的重要组成部分。第一波项目将与最终用户进行演示或现场试验，第二波项目将进行概念验证（proof of concept，缩写为EEE）评估。d）以市场和排放目标为导向，研究将侧重于需求和高容量市场，这些市场提供了巨大的减排潜力，以最大限度地发挥影响。第1阶段（近期）活动必须承诺在减少二氧化碳排放方面产生重大影响，并且将优先考虑周转时间短/流失率高的技术。e）一个主要的传播网络，与核心行业利益相关者、最终用户、承包商和中小企业定期举行研讨会，并致力于制定技能能力发展计划，以确定未来安装人员和操作人员所需的新技能。SIRACH（制冷空调和供暖可持续创新）网络将在国家和国际层面运作，以最大限度地发挥影响力，并将研究结果纳入旨在培养未来工程专业人员的教材中。f）为了使项目的平衡和时间安排能够随着成果的交付/分析而变化，并最大限度地提高中心的总体资金效益和影响力，只有50%的所需资源预先指定用途。 g）每个DTWP通常会涉及完整的多学科团队，筛选不同的解决方案，然后追求一个或两个选择的方案来实现和测试。我们的联盟汇集了四个合作伙伴：沃里克，拉夫堡，阿尔斯特和伦敦南岸大学，在电力和燃气热泵，制冷技术，蓄热以及政策/法规，最终用户行为和商业建模方面有着良好的记录。工业、商业、非政府组织和监管资源和建议将来自主要利益相关者，如DECC、能源技术研究所、国家电网、英国天然气公司、阿斯达公司、合作集团、惠普公司、制冷研究所、北方爱尔兰住房执行局。咨询委员会由工业、政府、商业和能源供应商的代表以及德国卓越中心的国际代表组成，意大利和澳大利亚将提供指导。合作（工作人员/学生交流，分享成果等）与政府资助的热能中心在德国（在弗劳恩霍夫伊势）、意大利（米兰PoliMi）和澳大利亚（CSIRO）建立的合作伙伴关系清楚地表明了这一专题的国际相关性和重要性，并将提高应对气候变化的国际努力的有效性。

The UK is committed to a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% before 2050. With over 40% of fossil fuels used for low temperature heating and 16% of electricity used for cooling these are key areas that must be addressed. The vision of our interdisciplinary centre is to develop a portfolio of technologies that will deliver heat and cold cost-effectively and with such high efficiency as to enable the target to be met, and to create well planned and robust Business, Infrastructure and Technology Roadmaps to implementation.Features of our approach to meeting the challenge are: a) Integration of economic, behavioural, policy and capability/skills factors together with the science/technology research to produce solutions that are technically excellent, compatible with and appealing to business, end-users, manufacturers and installers. b) Managing our research efforts in Delivery Temperature Work Packages (DTWPs) (freezing/cooling, space heating, process heat) so that exemplar study solutions will be applicable in more than one sector (e.g. Commercial/Residential, Commercial/Industrial). c) The sub-tasks (projects) of the DTWPs will be assigned to distinct phases: 1st Wave technologies or products will become operational in a 5-10 year timescale, 2nd Wave ideas and concepts for application in the longer term and an important part of the 2050 energy landscape. 1st Wave projects will lead to a demonstration or field trial with an end user and 2nd Wave projects will lead to a proof-of-concept (PoC) assessment. d) Being market and emission-target driven, research will focus on needs and high volume markets that offer large emission reduction potential to maximise impact. Phase 1 (near term) activities must promise high impact in terms of CO2 emissions reduction and technologies that have short turnaround times/high rates of churn will be prioritised. e) A major dissemination network that engages with core industry stakeholders, end users, contractors and SMEs in regular workshops and also works towards a Skills Capability Development Programme to identify the new skills needed by the installers and operators of the future. The SIRACH (Sustainable Innovation in Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating) Network will operate at national and international levels to maximise impact and findings will be included in teaching material aimed at the development of tomorrow's engineering professionals. f) To allow the balance and timing of projects to evolve as results are delivered/analysed and to maximise overall value for money and impact of the centre only 50% of requested resources are earmarked in advance. g) Each DTWP will generally involve the complete multidisciplinary team in screening different solutions, then pursuing one or two chosen options to realisation and test.Our consortium brings together four partners: Warwick, Loughborough, Ulster and London South Bank Universities with proven track records in electric and gas heat pumps, refrigeration technology, heat storage as well as policy / regulation, end-user behaviour and business modelling. Industrial, commercial, NGO and regulatory resources and advice will come from major stakeholders such as DECC, Energy Technologies Institute, National Grid, British Gas, Asda, Co-operative Group, Hewlett Packard, Institute of Refrigeration, Northern Ireland Housing Executive.An Advisory Board with representatives from Industry, Government, Commerce, and Energy Providers as well as international representation from centres of excellence in Germany, Italy and Australia will provide guidance. Collaboration (staff/student exchange, sharing of results etc.) with government-funded thermal energy centres in Germany (at Fraunhofer ISE), Italy (PoliMi, Milan) and Australia (CSIRO) clearly demonstrate the international relevance and importance of the topic and will enhance the effectiveness of the international effort to combat climate change.