Multi-scale ANalysis for Facilities for Energy STorage (Manifest)

可变可再生电力在英国的快速部署将使平衡能源供需变得更具挑战性。在过去的五年里，储能系统应对这一挑战的潜力已经得到了工业界和政策制定者的认可。能源系统变化的其他全球驱动因素显示出更广泛的机遇：为偏远社区提供电力、城市化进程加快和基础设施老化。储能的特点可以从满足个人和家庭的需求，到本地/城市配电网，再到高压输电网的需求。但是，为了满足所需的性能和成本水平，需要在能量存储设备本身及其集成系统方面取得进展。凭借强大的研究和产业基础，英国可以站在储能创新的最前沿，在全球市场上获得价值。为此，政府在“八大技术”号召下投资了3000万英镑用于储能设施，为五个大学联盟提供最先进的设备，用于开发和测试跨越应用领域的技术。然而，虽然拨款用于资本开支，但并没有专门拨款进行研究。我们提出了一个真正的跨学科项目，以这项投资为基础，解决能源储存社区面临的一些关键挑战。我们设计了一个方案，将利用联盟中存在的集体专业知识和设施来解决跨越正在开发的存储技术的研究问题，并最大限度地发挥试验台示范的影响。我们的方法是解决一系列研究问题，这些问题适用于由资本投资支持的技术。我们将考虑跨长度尺度的关键挑战，从材料到设备再到系统，具体解决：-如何在储能技术中使用材料，包括电池和热能-如何在技术中模拟过程；并通过实验验证模型-如何将储能设备最有效地集成到能源系统中-从试验工厂的运行运行中获得的数据如何提高我们对储能作用的理解该项目可以成为催化剂，从而提高对物理过程的理解，加速技术开发，并从储能技术的运行中共享学习。这项研究还将推动机构之间的进一步合作，建立国家研究和创新社区，提高对英国角色的认识，并最大限度地发挥这些设施在国际能源格局中的影响。作为其原始资本拨款投标的一部分，该联盟在研究能力方面表现出色。该项目直接利用这些专业知识，并由具有国际领先声誉的高级调查员参与。我们还将受益于来自整个能源部门的技术用户的额外支持，以及通过各个财团咨询委员会建立的联系。

The rapid deployment of variable renewable electricity in the UK will make it more challenging to balance the supply and demand of energy. Over the last five years, the potential for energy storage to meet this challenge has been recognised by industry and policy makers. Other global drivers of energy system change show the wider opportunity: providing remote communities with access to power, increasing urbanisation, and ageing infrastructure. The characteristics of energy storage can range from meeting the needs of individuals and households, to local/city distribution networks, to those of the high-voltage transmission grid. But advances, in energy storage devices themselves and their integration into systems, are needed to meet the required performance and cost levels. With a strong research and industry base, the UK can be at the forefront of innovation in energy storage, capturing value in the global market. To these ends, the Government invested £30m in energy storage facilities under the 'Eight Great Technologies' call, providing state-of-the-art equipment in five university consortia for the development and testing of technologies that span application areas. However, whilst funding was made available for capital expenditure, no dedicated funding for undertaking research was attached. We propose a truly interdisciplinary programme building on this investment to tackle some key challenges facing the energy storage community. We have designed a programme which will draw on the collective expertise and facilities that exist in the consortia to tackle research questions that span the storage technologies being developed, and to maximise the impact of the test-bed demonstrators. Our approach is to address a set of research questions that apply across the technologies supported by the capital investment. We will consider the key challenges, across length scales, from materials to devices, to systems, specifically addressing:- How the materials used in energy storage technologies, including batteries and thermal energy- How processes are modelled in the technologies, and validating the models with experiments- How energy storage devices can be integrated into the energy system most effectively- How data from operational runs of pilot plants can improve our understanding of the role of energy storageThis project can be the catalyst which leads to improved understanding of physical processes, accelerated technology development, and shared learning from the operation of energy storage technologies. The research will also drive further collaboration between institutions, build the national research and innovation community, increase recognition of the UK's role, and maximise the impact from these facilities in the international energy landscape.The consortia demonstrated excellence in research capability as part of their original capital grant bids. This project draws on this expertise directly with the involvement of senior investigators who have internationally leading reputations. We will also benefit from the additional support of technology users from across the energy sector, as well as the links through the individual consortia Advisory Boards.