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Dr Elaine Groom QUESTOR Centre

InSPIRE Innovation in Sustainable Production and Integration of Renewable Energy Competence Centre EoI. Dr Elaine Groom QUESTOR Centre. What is a Competence Centre?. Industry-led research partnership Five year duration Funding in range £5-10M Of which industry contribution is ~25%

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Dr Elaine Groom QUESTOR Centre

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  1. InSPIREInnovation in Sustainable Production and Integration of Renewable EnergyCompetence Centre EoI Dr Elaine GroomQUESTOR Centre

  2. What is a Competence Centre? • Industry-led research partnership • Five year duration • Funding in range £5-10M • Of which industry contribution is ~25% • Can be in-kind contribution

  3. Benefits for Companies • Higher-risk, longer-term research into market problems • Leading to a competitive edge • Direct input into the Competence Centre’s strategic research direction • Access to intellectual property • Early influence on its exploitation • Networking with experienced researchers • Leading to involvement in other R&D initiatives.

  4. Benefits for Research • Dynamic interaction with industry • Ensuring research delivery of economic benefits • Better awareness of needs/alignment of research with industries’ needs • Longer-term funding • Time to bring research to fruition • Enhanced commercialisation and exploitation of intellectual property • Leveraging mechanism for other large research projects.

  5. InSPIRE - Structure

  6. InSPIRE – Industrial Partners • Current QUESTOR Members (39) • Affiliated companies (22) • Potential to add companies at full application stage

  7. Academic Partners • Queen’s University (Institute for a Sustainable World) • QUESTOR Centre (Co-ordinator) • Environmental Engineering Research Centre (EERC) • Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) • Catalytic Advances in Sustainable Technology (CASTech) • Electric Power and Energy Systems (EPES) • Integrated Aircraft Technologies (IAT) • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

  8. Technological / Innovative challenges • Resources • extraction of the highest value from renewable resources (including biomass/ waste, wind, tidal and wave) in terms of energy and related by-products. • Production • development of robust relatively small-scale distributed energy production technologies and the integration of these into a ‘smart’ electricity grid. • Storage • creation of a suite of bespoke energy storage systems focusing on chemical/mechanical/thermal strategies to maximise storage density and efficiency.

  9. Five Year R&D Plan Co-ordinated research & development programme • Suggested research areas reflect academic expertise available • Develop detail through interactive workshops • use combined partnership expertise • Research chosen by industry • Industrial Advisory Board • Project selection and steerage

  10. Potential deliverables • Technology for efficient conversion of biomass to energy • for use on-site or • sale to an electricity grid and/or • conversion to second generation transport fuels. • Energy storage devices for balancing of the electricity grid and/or production of liquid transport fuels. • Criteria and technology to allow integration of distributed energy onto a national grid.

  11. Potential deliverables • Optimised design and manufacturing criteria for marine/ land-based micro-turbines and systems and turbines. • Waste heat extraction technologies • efficient capture and reuse of waste heat from transport, power generation and manufacturing processes. • Development and application of alternative fuels technology for mobile and stationary power generation. • New concepts for the efficient use of energy in energy-intensive applications in materials, manufacturing, heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration.

  12. Energy Workshop - Today Chaired groups each asked to discuss three areas: • Energy from Biomass • Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment • Energy Efficient Processing in Industry

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