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Projects: Summary of Projects by Region
Projects in Region Scotland involving Sunamp Limited : InnUK/131930/01
Reference Number InnUK/131930/01
Title Enhancement of Heat-Storage Technology Using Advanced Composite Materials
Status Completed
Energy Categories Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 100%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 50%;
Final stage Development and Demonstration 50%;
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Project Contact
Sunamp Limited
Award Type Feasibility Study
Funding Source Innovate-UK
Start Date 01 May 2015
End Date 31 August 2015
Duration 4 months
Total Grant Value £23,083
Industrial Sectors
Region Scotland
Programme Competition Call: 1411_FS_TI_AM - Technology Inspired Feasibility Competition 2014 Advanced Materials. Activity Technology Inspired - Advance Materials (FS)
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , Sunamp Limited
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Objectives
Abstract Generating heat causes around one third of UK greenhouse emissions. The UK 2011 Carbon Plan requires virtually zero-carbon buildings in the UK by 2050. Heat storage is well known to be a key component when generating heat from intermittent renewable sources or to shift heat production to off-peak periods while heat consumption remains on-peak. Today, water-based thermal stores are commmon in the UK, but their large size make them undesirable or impossible to fit in smaller dwellings. Sunamp's heat battery technology uses Phase-Change Materials or Thermochemical Materials to shrink heat storage to one quarter or more the size of equivalent hot water thermal stores. This project allows Sunamp to further increase the energy storage density and power density of heat batteries to increase the potential applications and market for thermal storage, ultimately facilitating the transition to a renewable energy generation scenario.
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