SBIR Phase I: Development of a Low Cost Thermal Storage System Using a Novel Phase Change Material for Use with Solar Thermal and Waste Heat Recovery Systems

SBIR 第一阶段：使用新型相变材料开发低成本蓄热系统，用于太阳能热和废热回收系统

• 批准号: 0944716
• 负责人: Christopher Edwards
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Fulcrum Composites Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0944716&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Development; Low; Cost

This Small Business Innovation Research Project will develop a thermal storage system combined with solar thermal heating and waste heat recovery allowing energy to be accumulated throughout the year to be used when needed in winter. The use of a new phase change material as the energy storage device, combined with the use of winter and summer heat generation will make feasible the storage of sufficient heat for a typical family residence in an acceptably small storage space. Storage of thermal energy is the single largest barrier to large scale implementation of solar thermal collection. Currently, no viable option exists for heat storage in a reasonable volume. The objective is to develop a solar thermal heating system with sufficient heat storage capacity to allow heat to be generated and stored throughout the year and used to provide heating in winter. During phase I a prototype system capable of generating and storing 300MJ of heat, or roughly the daily heat requirement for a domestic house in winter, will be developed. The techniques and data developed during this work will provide the necessary basis to develop a full scale system capable of providing heating throughout the winter to a typical domestic house. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project lies in making localized solar heat generation for space heating a viable option for domestic as well as commercial, institutional and industrial buildings a commercial practicality. It is estimated that approximately 40 million buildings in the US are suitable for implementation of solar thermal heating. This represents a US-based manufacturing opportunity of $400 billion. Successful implementation on this scale could result in annual energy savings of 300billion kWh corresponding to $30 billion in energy costs.

该小型企业创新研究项目将开发一种与太阳能热供暖和废热回收相结合的蓄热系统，使能量全年积累，以便在冬季需要时使用。 使用新型相变材料作为能量存储装置，结合冬季和夏季产热的利用，将使典型家庭住宅在可接受的较小存储空间内存储足够的热量成为可能。热能储存是大规模实施太阳能集热的最大障碍。 目前，尚不存在合理体积的储热的可行选择。 目标是开发一种具有足够储热能力的太阳能热采暖系统，以便全年产生和储存热量，并用于冬季供暖。 在第一阶段，将开发一个能够产生和储存 300MJ 热量的原型系统，或者大约满足家庭冬季每日热量需求。 这项工作中开发的技术和数据将为开发能够在整个冬季为典型住宅提供供暖的全尺寸系统提供必要的基础。该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于使用于空间供暖的局部太阳能热发电成为家庭以及商业、机构和工业建筑的商业实用性的可行选择。 据估计，美国大约有4000万座建筑物适合实施太阳能热采暖。 这代表着美国制造业价值 4000 亿美元的机会。 如此规模的成功实施每年可节省 3000 亿千瓦时的能源，相当于 300 亿美元的能源成本。