Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/T00522X/1 | |
| Title | Demand Side Renewables for Agricultural Base Load Energy (DeSiRABLE) | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Energy system analysis) 10%; Renewable Energy Sources(Solar Energy, Photovoltaics) 20%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 70%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 50%; Applied Research and Development 50%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Development Studies) 10%; AREA STUDIES (Middle Eastern and African Studies) 10%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 10%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 70%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 50%; Systems Analysis related to energy R&D (Energy modelling) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr PAB (Patrick ) James No email address given Faculty of Engineering and the Environment University of Southampton |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 31 July 2019 | |
| End Date | 11 August 2020 | |
| Duration | 13 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £207,470 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr PAB (Patrick ) James , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor AS (AbuBakr ) Bahaj , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | hrough our previous Energy Catalyst Round 4 project, EVERESST DC, we established that DC energy services, centred around an Anchor Base Load can provide better value energy provision than diesel systems. In addition, such provisions also open up large numbers of energy access opportunities to support rural development enhancing growth and eradication poverty. However, in such applications each system is to some degree bespoke, depending on the Anchor Base Load and local community's requirements.Within this project we aim to develop renewable energy technology platforms to support agricultural loads and provide additional energy services to enhance local enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Further, a toolbox that will allow us to quickly and accurately determine cost effective solutions including, system size and additional energy services for rural communities will be developed. Within the toolbox, these platforms will be integrated with a DC micro grid system that can support each of these opportunities, tailoring them to specific needs. Such integrated systems, designed for high autonomy in order to deliver a reliability of energy services surpassing that provided by diesel, designed to also create spare capacity during times of high renewable energy availability, e.g. solar irradiation. Engaging the local community to make best use of this spare capacity represents a "leapfrogging" adoption of demand side response, an approach to energy management only now being trialled in many developed counties including the UK | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 08/04/19 | |
