Projects

The MODES group are involved in a large number of innovative research projects tackling diverse challenges, from numerical to experimental scale. We are financially supported by the main UK and European funding schemes and proud to collaborate with a range of internationally recognised academics, as well as industrial partners.

Live Projects

SO-WHAT: Supporting new Opportunities for Waste Heat and cold valorisation Towards EU decarbonisation

Project type: EU
Duration: 3 years (2019-2022)
Funding: EU H2020 (FET) IA Innovation Action – Grant ID: 847097

The Design of a High Temperature Molten Salts Thermal Energy Storage System and It’s Charging and Discharging Mechanism

Project type: Research Councils
Duration: 2 years (2018-2020)

Understanding Wetting Behaviour of Thermochemical Fluids

Project type: The Royal Society (RGS\R2\192150)
Duration: 1 year (2019-2020)

Whole system analysis of advanced thermal energy storage technologies in future UK energy networks

Project type: Supergen Energy Networks Hub Flex Fund

Reducing energy consumption via thermal energy storage

Project type: EU
Duration: 1 year (2018-2019)

Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing of Thermal Storage Heat Exchangers with PCMs (TopAddPCM)

Project type: UK (Research Council)
Duration: 1 year (2018-2019)
Funding: EPSRC – Grant EP/R016402/1

Reducing energy consumption via thermal energy storage

Project type: EU
Duration: 1 year (2018-2019)

Closed projects

Ultra-efficient cryogenic heat exchangers for liquid air energy storage (CryoHex)

Project type: Research Councils
Duration: 1 year (2018-2019)
Funding: Innovate UK – Project reference 133705

Power Generation for African Rural Communities: Initial Assessment of High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for Small Scale Solar Brayton System

Project type: Research Councils
Duration: 1 year (2018-2019)