Sustainable Energy Engineering & Design
SEED is a dynamic new group undertaking research in low carbon energy technologies and design essential to underpin a sustainable built environment.
Research is focused in six principal areas: heat pumps and heating/cooling technology, heat transfer modelling and design, energy storage and phase change materials, lightweight building structures, solar energy and sustainable chemical processes.
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Heat Pumps |
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Energy Storage
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Lightweight Structural Design |
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Solar Energy
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Sustainable Chemical Processesand Materials |
Energy Research: A broad range of cutting-edge thermal energy technologies are investigated by SEED researchers including adsorption refrigeration/heat pump systems, phase change material slurries, thermal energy storage, enhanced heat transfer and solar collectors. The SEED group is central to much of the Energy Theme research within the School of Engineering and is also a key part of the Energy GPP at Warwick.
The SEED research group is part of the Birmingham Science City Research Alliance
. SEED is delivering the thermal energy technology part of the Science City Energy Efficiency Project . Our facilities include refurbished laboratory space with some of the latest analytical and test equipment.
We continue to develop links across the world and currently have funding to establish networks with China and North America that will lead research into thermal energy storage. More information about some of our collaborative work and international partners can be found on the networks page.
