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ElmoNet Q Project |
Dr Sasa Djokic
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Impact of increasing penetration of electrical vehicles and photovoltaic installations on power quality in public low voltage distribution networks
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FLOWBEC - FLOW and Benthic Ecology 4D |
Dr Angus Creech
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The FLOWBEC project aims to improve the understanding of how the physical behaviour of the water such as currents, waves and turbulence at tide and wave energy sites influences the behaviour of marine wildlife, and how tide and wave energy devices might alter the behaviour of such wildlife.
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Small Scale Hydrogen Storage for Integrated Energy Systems |
Dr Dimtri Mignard
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The integration of a greater proportion of renewable energy, compounded by the rise in small scale distributed generation, is making it increasingly difficult to balance demand and supply of electricity without adequate energy storage facilities. However, the effective deployment of these solutions at any particular location will require an understanding of the local energy system at the time. Conversion between energy vectors will also be required not just to meet storage needs, but also to allow major shifts from fossil fuels to low carbon energy in applications like heat and transport. Hydrogen is an energy vector that is particularly versatile from this viewpoint.
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Development and Evaluation of Sustainable Technologies for Flexible Operation of Conventional Power Plants |
Dr Hannah Chalmers
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The increasing amounts of renewable energy present on the national grid reduce C02 emissions caused by electrical power but they fit into an electrical grid designed for fossil fuels. Fossil fuels can be turned on and off at will and so are very good at matching variations in load. Renewable energy in the form of wind turbines is more variable (although that variability is much more predictable than most people think) and there is a need for existing power plants to operate much more flexibly to accommodate the changing power output from wind, tidal and solar power.
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COPTIC: Co-optimisation of CO2 transport, injection and capture |
Dr Hannah Chalmers
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Statement of the Project
Development of a very sound expertise on CO2 transportation infrastructure
Identification and understanding of uncertainties during integration of CO2 capture, compression, injection and reservoir units together with CO2 transportation system
Provide industry and academia with the required technical knowhow in this context
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EURECA - Effects of utilisation in real-time on electricity capacity assessments |
Dr Hannah Chalmers
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EURECA, the Effects of Utilisation in Real-time on Electricity Capacity Assessments, investigates the operating regimes of thermal power plants in future generation portfolios with large amounts of variable renewable energy sources (VRE). The impacts of additional VRE and energy storage capacity on the operating profiles and flexibility of thermal power plans are investigated using a unit commitment and energy storage optimisation model.
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On the Leading Edge Vortex in Highly Turbulent Flow Conditions |
Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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Bio-inspired foils for low-speed performance of renewable energy converters
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The Edinburgh Fluid Dynamics Group |
Dr Ignazio Maria Viola
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The Edinburgh Fluid Dynamics Group (EFDG) webpage can be found below:
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Off-grid Hybrid Energy Systems |
Dr Jonathan Shek
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This project aims to innovate and improved solutions for the management of power flows in a hybrid electrical power system, to provide a secure, reliable, and high quality supply to varying load demands. The expected research outcome is the design of a robust and fault-tolerant management system, featuring higher efficiency and improved techno-economic performance.
Optimal system sizing through linear programming
Testing and analysis of an off-the-shelf hybrid system
Novel control system design for optimised performance
Lab testing and field testing
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CAUSE - Control of wave energy Arrays Using Storage of Energy |
Dr Jonathan Shek
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There are 3 main objectives in this project:
Answer the research question: Can energy storage radically improve off-grid and on-grid control in wave energy arrays? How can it be done?
Develop an electrical array model for wave energy, with energy storage and co-ordinated control
Strengthen the partnership between the UK and Chinese Institutions for future research collaboration
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