UK-India Foundation Industries Sustainable Thermal Energy Management Collaboration (UK-India FI-SusTEM Collaboration)

英国-印度基金会工业可持续热能管理合作（英国-印度 FI-SusTEM 合作）

• 批准号: 10019361
• 金额: $ 10.18万
• 依托单位: DURHAM UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10019361
• 关键词: UK; India; Foundation; Industries; Sustainable

Foundation industries are significant drivers in both the UK and Indian job market. Whilst metals, cement, paper, glass, ceramic and bulk chemicals are main manufacturing products in the UK, metals, cement and bulk chemicals, are important foundation industries to India, with many products, such as dye intermediaries and medicine, supplied to the UK every year.Despite massive annual production, foundation industries are primarily oriented by conventional technology and business operations. They are energy and capital intensive, often taking decades to recoup their investment. The business, operation, and end products of the foundation industries are different from one to another, but common challenges exist among themselves to achieve clean growth. The foundation industries could be transformed by maximising the use of waste low-grade heat through the development of heat exchanger and recovery technology, thermal energy storage materials and new thermochemical cycles to exploit low-grade heat for power, heat and cooling applications. It is vital for the UK and India that the transformation of these foundation industries is strategically planned and implemented so that they remain internationally competitive (with optimal production performance and cost-competitive products), become sustainable (in terms of energy and materials consumption), and continue to grow and meet net-zero greenhouse gas emission targets.Both Durham University and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have independently been exploring possible innovative thermal energy management and waste heat utilisation solutions to transform foundation industries. The UK-India FI-SusTEM Collaboration aims to understand and link the current research and laboratory capacities to create new collaborative research and business opportunities. The 5-month project will be led by Durham University and work collaboratively with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham to focus on the optimisation, efficiency improvement, and energy cost reduction through the capture, storage and utilisation of waste heat. The UK India Business Council will also participate as a sub-contractor to primarily assist in growing the virtual network and developing a business case for the identified innovative solution for potential collaboration between the UK and India.

基础产业是英国和印度就业市场的重要驱动力。虽然金属、水泥、纸张、玻璃、陶瓷和大宗化学品是英国的主要制造产品，但金属、水泥和大宗化学品是印度重要的基础工业，许多产品（例如染料中间体和医药）供应给英国尽管年产量巨大，但基础工业主要以传统技术和商业运营为导向。它们是能源和资本密集型企业，通常需要数十年才能收回投资。基础产业的业务、运营、最终产品各有不同，但实现清洁增长面临着共同的挑战。通过开发热交换器和回收技术、热能储存材料和新的热化学循环，最大限度地利用低品位废热，可以对基础产业进行改造，以利用低品位热能用于电力、供热和冷却应用。对于英国和印度来说，至关重要的是，对这些基础产业的转型进行战略规划和实施，以使其保持国际竞争力（具有最佳的生产绩效和具有成本竞争力的产品），变得可持续（在能源和材料消耗方面），并继续发展并实现温室气体净零排放目标。杜伦大学和 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 一直在独立探索可能的创新热能管理和余热利用解决方案，以改造基础产业。英国-印度 FI-SusTEM 合作旨在了解并联系当前的研究和实验室能力，以创造新的合作研究和商业机会。这个为期 5 个月的项目将由杜伦大学领导，并与 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 合作，重点关注通过捕获、储存和利用废热来优化、提高效率和降低能源成本。英国印度商业委员会也将作为分包商参与其中，主要协助发展虚拟网络并为英国和印度之间潜在合作的已确定创新解决方案开发业务案例。