A Novel Environment/Solar-Interactive and Building-Integrate-able Power Generation System Enabling Harness of Solar and Environmental Energy

建筑物的电力需求约占欧盟能源消耗的50%。为了履行欧盟的气候变化承诺并实现其节能目标，电力部门必须大幅减少化石燃料的使用。现有的建筑可集成发电（BIPG）装置不能同时利用太阳能和环境能源。拟议的MSCA项目将研究一种新型的环境/太阳能互动和建筑一体化发电（ESI-BIPG）装置，该装置可以同时利用太阳能和环境能源，因此与现有的BIPG相比，提供相对稳定和更大的功率输出。本研究的创新点在于：（1）首次提出了一种随季节变化的热流可调热管阵列（HP），使太阳能电池的热流随季节变化，从而实现了对温差驱动热流的正向加热，提高了ESI-BIPG全年的功率输出;（2）独特的形状稳定的相变材料（SSPCM），与传统的SSPCM相比，其能够增加储热能力和稳定的相变温度;（3）一种新的耦合能效导向的协同集成方法，能够为耦合数学方程创建集成解，以实现ESI-BIPG的最大能效;以及（4）一种新的面向“生命周期-功率-成本”的社会经济评估方法，能够为ESI-BIPG提供多因素影响的解决方案。项目的任务包括研究框架发展、理论研究和计算机建模、实验测试和模型验证/改进，以及社会经济表现研究。该项目将吸引一位在SSPCM，BIPV和热量和质量转移到欧洲方面具有特殊知识的经验丰富的研究人员，这将实现知识从外部转移到欧洲，从而有助于欧盟知识型经济和社会的发展。

The electrical demand of buildings accounts for around 50% of the EU's energy consumption. To fulfil the EU's climate change commitments and meet its energy saving goals, the power sector must sharply cut its use of fossil fuels. Existing building integratable power generation (BIPGs) units cannot harness solar and environment energy simultaneously. The proposed MSCA project will investigate a novel Environment/Solar-Interactive and Building-Integrate-able Power Generation (ESI-BIPG) unit that can harness both the solar and environmental energy simultaneously, and thus, provide a relatively stable and larger power output compared to the existing BIPGs. Novelties of the research lie in: (1) The first-of-its-kind season-dependent, heat-flow-adjustable heat pipe panel array (HP) enabling the heat flow from the PV to be altered seasonally, leading to the positive heat addition to the temperature-difference-driven heat flow and enhanced power output of the ESI-BIPG all year round; (2) A unique shape-stabilized phase change material (SSPCM) enabling the increased heat storage capacity, and stabilised phase transition temperature compared to traditional SSPCMs; (3) A novel coupled-energy-efficiency oriented collaborative and integrated method able to create an integrated solution for the coupled mathematical equations to achieve the maximum energy efficiency of the ESI-BIPG; and (4) A novel 'life-cycle-power-cost' oriented socio-economic assessment method able to provide a multi-factor-impacting solution for the ESI-BIPG. The project tasks include research framework development, theoretical study and computer modelling, experimental testing and model validation/refinement, and socio-economic performance study. The project will attract an experienced researcher with particular knowledge in SSPCM, BIPV and heat and mass transfer into Europe, which will achieve transfer of knowledge from outside into Europe, and thus help growing EU's knowledge-based economy and society.