Breakthrough High Temperature Heat Pump Technology for Foundation Industry Decarbonisation

突破性高温热泵技术助力基础工业脱碳

• 批准号: 98339
• 金额: $ 66.39万
• 依托单位: FUTRAHEAT LIMITED
• 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=98339
• 关键词: Breakthrough; Temperature; Heat; Pump; Technology

Climate change has been described by the UN as the defining crisis of our time, which is happening even more quickly than previously feared. Human-induced warming reached approximately 1°C above pre-industrial levels in 2017 and is continuing to increase at 0.2°C per decade.To keep the temperature increase compared to pre-industrial levels below an increase of 2°C, global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is required. The industrial sector (of which Chemical Manufacturing is a significant part) is responsible for around 46% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, improving industrial energy efficiency has a significant role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Industrial waste heat recovery is recognised as a vital technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, most heat below 100°C is lost to the ambient environment, even though it could theoretically be captured using high-efficiency heat-pump technology. Heat pumps use electrically activated compressors in a reverse Carnot cycle to raise the low-temperature waste industrial heat source to valuable high-temperature heat, usually in the form of steam or pressurised water. In particular, high-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) are defined by the International Energy Agency as those which convert heat source temperatures of 40-60°C to heat sink temperatures of 80-100°C (the current market offer), while very HTHPs operate at heat sink and source temperatures of above 100°C and 60°C, respectively.Although the environmental benefits and potential of HTHPs are well understood, they have not yet gained widespread commercial acceptance because of technological challenges and their higher cost (at c£500 - 900/kW) compared to conventional boilers and fossil fuels (c£200/kW). Yet, it has been estimated that 2.85% of the world's primary energy consumption is lost as industrial waste heat below 100°C. If all the industrial waste heat in the EU could be captured, then we estimate that this would be equivalent to a reduction of approximately 15 million tonnes/year of carbon dioxide emissions (roughly equivalent to taking 20 million petrol cars off the road).With Innovate UK support, Nthalpy (lead SME) will partner with Projective (partner SME; leading UK provider of technical consulting and engineering services) to develop the world's first sub-1MW high-temperature heat-pump that can compete commercially with burning fossil fuels. By overcoming the existing technological and commercial barriers, this project will unlock the ability to capture waste low-temperature heat at scale. Mitigating climate change and supporting the UK's net zero ambition.

气候变化是通过我们时间的定义危机描述的，而这种事件的变化比减少的危机更快。为了提高2°C的工业水平，需要全球温室气体排放的工业部门％。减少温室气体排放的重要技术。通常以蒸汽或精确的水的形式。 C（当前的市场报价），而VERE HTHP在散热器和ABE 100°C和60°C C的源温度和HTHP的潜力的源温度下运行，但由于技术局限器的挑战和技术挑战，它们尚未获得商业认可。与传统锅炉和化石燃料（c£200/kW）相比，它们的成本（$ 500-900/kW）估计，随着工业废物热量低于100°C，全球主要能源消耗的2.85％损失欧盟的废热捕获了大约1500万吨/年的二氧化碳排放量（大约等同于将2000万汽油汽车乘坐公路）。亚1MW的高温热 - 可以通过燃烧化石燃料竞争，通过熄灭技术障碍。