Networks, Capability and Demand

The focus of this theme spans a broad range of areas including:

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• The development of Heat Pumps and Boilers using hydrogen and ammonia including the conceptual design of high CoP devices

• Reception and use of ammonia at household and community level. For example, a full Health & Safety assessment and user training challenges.

• Combining both electro fuels, hydrogen and ammonia, to deliver zero carbon power and heating.

• Integrity of components under transient conditions i.e. various temperatures for cooling and heating applications, flow regimes and periodicity.

• Efficient re‐conversion of ammonia into hydrogen with low ammonia traces under safe  conditions.

• Experimental  validation of integrated system using bespoke concepts for mitigation of  emissions..)

• Public perception assessment to determine acceptability of new ammonia‐based systems at a local level.

• Life Cycle Analysis and an overall assessment of system sustainability using a range of metrics, such as safety, environmental, economic, thermodynamic, resource efficiency and planetary boundaries.

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The aim is to avoid unintended consequences and demonstrate good performance across these  metrics and guide decision‐making by identifying sustainability bottlenecks.

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Cross cutting themes include:

• Safety