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Principal Investigator
Department of Engineering, Durham University
Department of Engineering, Durham University:
Prof Anthony Paul Roskilly
Dr Yousaf Khalid
Dr Andrew Smallbone
Dr Ugochukwu Ngwaka
Centre for Sustainable Engineering, Teesside University:
Dr Huda Dawood
Prof Nashwan Dawood
Faisal Siddiqui
Ruben Pinedo-Cuenca
Support local efforts to decarbonise all industrial clusters, starting with Teesside industrial cluster.
Decarbonising industrial clusters will require a paradigm shift in the supply and utilisation of energy and a switch to alternative energy vectors, e.g. hydrogen, BECCS and increased electrification underpinned by intermittent renewable energy re-balanced with energy storage. These transformations require a deeper understanding of integrated energy systems, a long-term strategic vision and a place-based planning capability. Current energy systems modelling is generally based on simplistic and non-dynamic assumptions which greatly limits their ability to inform decision-making and thus hinders effective decarbonisation. Alternatively, multi-energy-vector engineering models are more robust but have shown limited success in scale-up when applied to large and complex energy systems, like industrial clusters.
This project will develop a “best of both-worlds” planning tool; a simpler solution which accounts for uncertainties and is more scalable for the analysis of multi-vector energy flows. The model will be initiated using real-world data from the Teesside Cluster but built into a flexible response surface methodology (RSM) framework as a case-study. The complexity will be made appropriate by populating the RSMs with more physical, multi-dimensional representations of cluster energy system components. The tool will be used to explore high-level planning scenarios and help support local efforts for decarbonising all the industrial clusters.
Four key sites:
Seal Sands
Teesworks
Billingham
Wilton International
Multi-Vector Energy System
Integrated networks
Generators
Storage units
Consumers
Wilton International in Teesside Industrial Cluster offer the UK’s largest private wire network with plug in and play utility supply capabilities and import/export energy to the National Grid. Four energy generation units utilising three fuel types are located in the Wilton cluster.
The tool will model and simulate the multi-vector energy system networks on the Wilton site as described above and assess the impact of the planned interventions for achieving net-zero. The key tool features are listed below: