Research within the Thermal Energy Conversion and Storage Group
Our research includes:
- Formulation and characterization of new materials for thermal and thermochemical energy conversion and storage, with a focus on composite phase change materials (cPCM), composite thermochemical materials (cTCM) and hybridization of cPCM and cTCM, covering a temperature range of -160oC to +950oC;
- Design and optimisation of cPCM and cTCM modules and devices for stationary large scale centralized and small scale decentralised applications;
- Design and optimisation of cPCM and cTCM modules and devices for mobile applications including electrical vehicles, rail freight and passenger trains and cold chain applications;
- Development of manufacturing technologies for the cPCM and cTCM modules and devices;
- Integration and optimisation of the cPCM and cTCM based devices for a variety of applications;
- Cryogenic energy storage including large-scale liquid air energy storage technology for transmission/distribution side applications, and small-scale liquid air combined heating, cooling and power technology for user side applications;
- Thermal, thermochemical and cryogenic based energy conversion and storage technologies for offshore renewable transmission and distribution applications;
- Multiscale modelling and optimization of thermal and thermochemical energy conversion and storage systems.