Thermal Energy Conversion, Conservation and Storage (TECCS) Network

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)
Energy Efficiency(Industry)

Basic and strategic applied research
Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour)

Professor RE Critoph
School of Engineering
University of Warwick

Standard

EPSRC

27 April 2007

26 April 2009

24 months

£129,400

Energy

West Midlands

Engineering -- Process Environment and Sustainability

Professor RE Critoph, School of Engineering, University of Warwick

Professor PC Eames, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University

Project Contact, Functional Fluids Ltd, Japan
Project Contact, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Project Contact, Kyushu University, Japan
Project Contact, London South Bank University
Project Contact, Chemviron Carbon Ltd
Project Contact, Ciba Speciality Chemicals Plc
Project Contact, Jiangsu Shuangliang Air Conditioning, China
Project Contact, Kanazawa University, Japan
Project Contact, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan
Project Contact, King's College London
Project Contact, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Project Contact, Hightex Group plc
Project Contact, Thermomax Ltd
Project Contact, Brunel University
Project Contact, Sandwell College
Project Contact, Sheffield College
Project Contact, The
Project Contact, University of Bristol
Project Contact, Zhejiang University, China

The Network will link academic researchers and industrial partners in the UK, China and Japan whose common goal is to further the advance of new energy conserving technologies for heating and/or cooling that can make a serious impact on the emissions that lead to global warming. The technologies are diverse but linked; they all involve the 'smart' manipulation of heat flows. They include such possibilities as air conditioning (a major energy consumer worldwide) driven by solar energy or waste heat, the use of advanced techniques for hot or cold storage to reduce demand or improve efficiency of use, etc.By including industrial partners and by having a strong representation from both Japan and China (major and growing users of energy), we intend to accelerate the take-up of these new ideas in the economies where they will have the maximum impact. The Network quite deliberately hosts a range of thermal technologies and seeks synergies between them. In a series of workshops, inaddition to reporting academic research, there will be a strong emphasis on solving the challenges that the industrial partners see as most pressing without any preconceptions as to which technology or combination of technologies will be most appropriate.In addition the network will sponsor medium term (one month) visits between partners in different countries. For younger researchers there will be particular benefits in terms of broadening experience and training as well as the participationin a particular project

22/02/07