ADVANCED MATERIALS RENEWABLE ENERGY

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ADVANCED MATERIALS RENEWABLE ENERGY
Prof. Elias Siores Institute for Materials
Research and Innovation (IMRI)
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Power Generation, Usage, Conservation

• POWER GENERATION
• Gas, oil and coal fired power plant
• Nuclear power plant
• CO 2 capture technologies
• ENERGY USAGE
• Transmission
• Distribution / Transportation
• Storage
• CONSERVATION
• Electricity usage and materials consumption
• Technologies for demand management and reduction
• The built environment

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Power Generation Alternatives and Challenges

• Biomass and Biofuels (fuel material, fouling,
  corrosion)
• Solar (Si photovoltaic cost, efficiency,
  reflectivity, fouling, thermal cycling)
• Wind (fatigue, drive train reliability, erosion,
  fouling, composites)
• Wave, Hydro and Tidal (fatigue, fouling,
  corrosion)
• Fuel Cells (solid oxide, proton and syngas
  membranes, stable anode, low temperature
  electrolytes and cathodes)
• Hydrogen (distributed production equipment,
  pipelines, storage)

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Life Cycle Issues and Challenges

• Design, Manufacture / Installation Improve
  efficiency, reduce cost
• Life Management Life cycle analysis and
  performance of structures and systems
• Decommissioning / Recycling / Re-use
• IOM3 Materials UK Energy Review 2008, Mapping
  of materials supply chains in UK power
  generation sector

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Areas of Interest for RD

• New Alloys and Composites (temperature,
  degradation, pressure)
• Functional Materials (sensing / actuating -
  condition monitoring, systems evaluation,
  failure prognosis, structural repair )
• Energy Conversion Materials (photovoltaic,
  piezoelectric, metamorphic new smart materials)
• Advanced Coatings, Films, Membranes and Fibres
  from Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies

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Institute for Materials Research and Innovation

• New Alloys and Composites Design Modelling and
  simulation (collaboration with Daresbury) /
  Fundamental R
• Functional Materials Core competency in smart
  materials, structures and systems development /
  Applied RD
• Energy Conversion Materials Core competency in
  PV, PZ and ER
• / Commercial RD IP and licences
• Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies Fibres,
  films and foams
• Applied RD, Commercial RD IP and licences

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OBJECTIVES

• Discuss key issues
• RD priorities capacity, capability,
  collaboration ?
• Drivers to innovation local companies, size,
  strength?
• Barriers to commercialisation international
  reach ?
• Recommendations group and consolidate answers.