EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Applications
Reference Number
EP/L016818/1
Title
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy Storage and its Applications
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)
Research Types
Training
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)
Principal Investigator
Dr S Brown
Chemical and Process Engineering
University of Sheffield
Chemical and Process Engineering
University of Sheffield
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 April 2014
End Date
30 September 2023
Duration
114 months
Total Grant Value
£4,148,616
Industrial Sectors
Energy; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region
Yorkshire & Humberside
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr S Brown, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield
Other Investigator
Dr A Cruden, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
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Objectives
Abstract
The ability to store and release energy on demand is essential to an energy future that is based on clean, non-polluting and sustainable renewable energy. This includes both electrical and thermal energy and a large number of technologies are being developed to fulfil this need.Energy storage will become a major industry in our century and will employ hundreds of thousands of people globally. Energy storage will be everywhere - in large scale batteries connected to electrical networks, in homes to store energy generated from solar panels and in cars, replacing petrol engines.In order to meet this challenge and to ensure that UK plays an important role in this industry we will form a Centre of Doctoral Training in to train researchers at the highest level to help form and influence the direction of Energy Storage technologies.Our students will receive training in all aspects of energy but concentrating on the core technologies of electrochemical storage (batteries and supercapacitors), mechanical storage, thermal storage and superconducting magnetic energy storage. They will have the opportunity to interact with industrialists and gain experience in running a grid connected Lithium-ion battery. They will also undertake a major three-year research project allowing them to specialise in the topic of their choice.
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