SusTEM Network: Sustainhermal Energy Management Network

人们对英国实现国家和国际气候变化目标以及长期供应安全的能力表示严重关切。在现有建筑物/工厂和运输方式中提高热能的有效利用，并在未来设计中更多地考虑热能管理方面存在许多机会。 2011年，工业消费占英国最终能源消费总量的18%。在这个工业部门中，热量使用（空间加热，干燥/分离，高/低温处理）占英国工业能源使用总量的70%以上。废热的市场潜力估计在每年10 TWh-40 TWh之间。能源加工的最新发展和减少二氧化碳的需求导致人们对利用这种热量的兴趣越来越大。中小企业占工业能源使用量的45%，但其流程和工厂的效率往往较低，主要原因是优化的财务成本。因此，重要的是要确保对中小企业的支持和关注，特别是解决适用于这一经济部分的有效热利用的障碍。商业和住宅建筑约占英国非运输能源总使用量的40%，空间供暖和热水占住宅能源使用量的近80%，占商业能源使用量的60%。海洋和铁路运输每年为英国贡献超过1400万吨二氧化碳当量的温室气体排放量，并且存在与工业和建筑部门类似的减少热能需求的机会。随着越来越严格的排放法规的采用和燃料成本的增加，优化动力和推进系统中的热能变得更加重要，例如通过更大的能量回收和储存。SusTEM网络将在PRO-TEM网络成功的基础上进一步发展，并扩大其范围。这将包括让具有社会和经济专门知识的研究人员参与进来，并通过进一步让以前没有参加过PRO-TEM网络的工业界，特别是中小企业、学术界、政府和决策者（地方和国家）参与进来，扩大网络。SusTEM网络将有以下主要目标：1.为工业、建筑和运输部门的热能管理领域提供一个论坛，以纳入利益相关者的意见。与英国高等教育机构（包括最终用途能源需求中心）研究界的多学科研究人员合作，以最大限度地扩大研究成果的传播、影响、范围和意义。促进学术界、工业界、政府和其他知识产权持有者之间的知识转移。根据合作伙伴的贡献、路线图以及与知识转移网络（KTN）、欧洲技术平台（ETP）和其他相关网络和倡议的链接，确定并促进未来的研究需求。促进英国和中国优秀研究团队之间的长期合作，确保知识的双向转移。

There are significant concerns about the UK's ability to meet national and international climate change targets and long term security of supply. There exists many opportunities to improve the efficient use of thermal energy in existing buildings/plants and modes of transport and to give greater consideration to thermal energy management in future designs. Industrial consumption accounted for 18% of total UK final energy consumption in 2011. Within this industrial sector, heat use (space heating, drying/separation, high/low temperature processing) accounts for over 70% of total UK industrial energy use. The market potential for waste heat is estimated to be between 10TWh - 40TWh per annum. Recent developments in energy processing and the need for CO2 reduction have led to a growing interest in using this heat. SMEs account for 45% of industrial energy use but their processes and plants are often less efficient, largely due to the financial cost of optimisation . It is therefore important to ensure support and focus is given to SMEs, particularly addressing the barriers to effective thermal use applicable to this part of the economy. Commercial and residential buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of the UK's total non-transport energy use, with space heating and hot water accounting for almost 80% of residential and 60% of commercial energy use between sectors. Marine and rail transport contribute over 14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to UK annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and similar opportunities to those in the industrial and building sectors to reduce thermal energy demand exist. The adoption of increasingly stringent emissions legislation and increasing fuel costs have made it even more important that the thermal energy in the power and propulsion is optimised, for example through greater energy recovery and storage.The SusTEM Network will build upon the success of the PRO-TEM Network and expanding its remit. This will include the engagement of researchers with social and economic expertise and widening the network through further engagement with industry, particularly SMEs, academia and government and policy makers (local and national) who have not previously participated in the PRO-TEM Network. SusTEM Network will have the following key objectives:1. Provide a forum to incorporate stakeholder opinions in the area of thermal energy management for the industrial, building, and transport sectors.2. Engage with multi-disciplinary researchers within the research community at UK HE institutions, including End Use Energy Demand Centres, to maximise dissemination, impact, reach and significance of research outcomes.3. Stimulate knowledge transfer between academia, industry, government and other stakeholders.4. Identify and promote future research requirements based on partner contributions, road-mapping and links to Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTN), European Technology Platforms (ETP) and other relevant networks and initiatives.5. Foster long-term collaboration between outstanding research teams in the UK and China and to ensure there is a two way transfer of knowledge.