Characterisation of novel designs and device optimisation

The thermal regulation along with the thermal storage charge and discharge capacity will be tested with upscaled design The proposed IDEAS system includes subcomponents i PV temperature regulation for CPC ii PVT thermal storage iii Underfloor PCM structure optimisation iv Insulation with PCM for building facade storage v Underground Thermal Energy Storage The key points for the system design are effective heat transportation for tuneable climate during the chargedischarge stage Combination of geometry structures and PCM materials eg Optimised PCMs for each case will be considered to increase the capacity for heat dissipation and release of expansion pressure for PV temperature regulation along with other thermal storage applications will be investigated The PCM will stabilise the temperature in the PV for a certain period dependent on the selected PCM system sizes shapes and ambient conditions as well as offer options for the use of heat stored for air water heating coolingDevelopment and fabrication of a novel structure for heat sink design in the BIPV system to improve the thermal performance will be undertaken in this task It builds on UUs experience in PV temperature regulation and thermal energy storage in buildings with PCM Huang et al 2004 2006 Huang 2011 Huang and Hewitt 2015 Dissipation of the heat from IDEAS device and store through PCM charge and discharge the heat cost efficiently are key aims for this project i Improve design by utilising natural convection in the finned PCM Huang et al 2011 and ii design by utilising biomimetic will be investigated in the charging and discharging of the stored heat in PCM through water circulation Julabo F33MA heat flow control equipment with 30 to 200C temperature control capacity will be used with circulation pump to provide thermal operation conditions for heat charge and discharge processing analysisAn advanced cost effective PCM thermal regulation system will be designed to optimise the heat dissipation from PV along with those enhanced PCMs developed in task 22 Numerical and experimental methods will be used to investigate the novel designSimplified information will also be developed in this deliverable to be given to those in preparation of D63 to be included in the focus groupsThis will be completed under task 26