Optimising Fluid Machinery: Heat Pumps and Hydrogen Boilers

Name: Optimising Fluid Machinery: Heat Pumps and Hydrogen Boilers
Start: 2024-06-12T09:00:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

12 June 2024

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Overview

The future of domestic heating is a topic of increasing relevancy. With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of consumers’ minds, the drive for low-carbon heating is paramount for manufacturers and governmental bodies.

Across industry, work on a range of methods and application areas is being undertaken to solve the problem of providing decarbonised homes. This seminar will highlight the areas in which mechanical engineers are developing products and roadmaps to provide efficient, low-cost heating at scale.

Through an investigation of a range of decarbonisation technologies including heat pumps, district heating, heat interface units, waste heat storage systems, hydrogen boilers, hybrids and hydrogen blend boilers, this seminar will give an overview of all areas of engineering progress in the low carbon heating sector.

It is unclear as to what combination of engineering solutions will provide customers long term, sustainable heating. With a future and consumer base that requires an increasingly complex and varied set of solutions to the problem of decarbonisation, this IMechE seminar seeks to provide a forum for engineers, researchers and global manufacturers to come together and share their challenges and project development in the pursuit of the same goal of low carbon domestic heat.

Join this event to:

Better understand the way forward in the decarbonisation of domestic heat production
Gain an industry update on hydrogen ready boilers
Hear from experts on heat pumps installation and maintenance
Gather key regulatory and research updates from academics, governing bodies and advisory institutions
Network with senior engineers, OEMs and fluid machinery experts in order to progress professional and industrial relationships

This event will cover the following topics:

Understanding the Way Forward in the Decarbonisation of Domestic Heat Production
Hydrogen Boiler Manufacturing and Industry Update
Delivering City Wide Decarbonisation with District Heating and Large Heat Pumps
Waste Heat Storage Technologies and District Heating Systems
Electrification Technologies and the Impact on Decarbonised Heat Production

Organising Committee:

Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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Day 1

09:00 - Seminar programme

	Wednesday, 12 June 2024
09:00	Registration and Refreshments
09:30	Chair’s Opening Remarks Dr Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi, Senior Lecturer in Low Carbon Energy Systems, University of Manchester
	The Future of Decarbonised Heat Production
09:40	Understanding the Way Forward in the Decarbonisation of Domestic Heat Production Martyn Bridges, Director of Technical Services, Worcester Bosch Overview of decarbonisation technologies, looking at: heat pumps, hybrids, heat interface units, hydrogen boilers and hydrogen blend boilers
10:10 Opening Panel Session	The Future of Decarbonised Heat Production Martyn Bridges, Director of Technical Services, Worcester Bosch Paul Needley, Managing Director, Enertek International Dave Pearson, Group Sustainable Development Director, Star Refrigeration Ltd Akos Revesz, Manager – Cities & Regions, The Carbon Trust
10:40	Networking Refreshment Break
	Infrastructure Challenges: Fluid Machinery, Safety Cases and Availability
11:10	Hydrogen Ready Boilers: Industry Update Paul Needley, Managing Director, Enertek International · Hydrogen boiler manufacturing updates and technology readiness · Hydrogen blending and the gas network
11:40	UK Hydrogen – Aligning Production and Supply Mathew Barnett, Head of Business Development, Kiwa UK · Hydrogen and geological storage · Utilising existing gas infrastructure · Reducing installation disruption
12:10	Consumer-centred domestic heat transition Dr Wei He, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, King’s College London · Consumer perspective is critical for the adoption. · Electrification and hydrogen pathways for net zero at the individual household level · Energy tariff structure matters
12:40	Networking Lunch
13:40	Large Scale Heat Decarbonisation Through Heat Networks; Challenges and Opportunities Akos Revesz, Manager – Cities & Regions, The Carbon Trust · Why heat networks · Upcoming regulatory changes · Key challenges and opportunities for the sector · Few illustrative case studies
14:10	Networked Heat Pumps and Enabling the Mass Deployment of Heat Pumps James Standley, Chief Technology Officer, Kensa Heat Pumps · Technology overview · Installation and maintenance barriers - the perceived and the real
14:40	Networking Refreshment Break
	Decarbonised Heating Project Development
15:10	European Projects Heating Homes with Hydrogen: Lessons Learnt Adam Madgett, Principal Hydrogen Consultant, DNV · Update on the UK’s progress from the Hydrogen strategy in relation to H2 for domestic heat · An overview of the development of international hydrogen heating trials · Why is the UK not the only nation exploring H2 for heat?
15:40	Delivering City Wide Decarbonisation with District Heating and Large Heat Pumps Dave Pearson, Group Sustainable Development Director, Star Refrigeration Ltd; Royal Academy of Engineering, Visting Professor, Edinburgh Napier University · Why district heating wins · Why central heat pumps win · What barriers are preventing mass roll-out and how to fix them
16:10	Waste Heat Storage Technologies and District Heating Systems Jo Darkwa, Professor of Energy Storage Technologies, University of Nottingham
16:40	Chair’s Closing Remarks Dr Yasser Mahmoudi Larimi, Senior Lecturer in Low Carbon Energy Systems, University of Manchester
16:50	End of Seminar

Martyn Bridges: Director of Technical Services, Worcester Bosch

Martyn has been in the heating industry for over 40 years. Within the Worcester Bosch Group he has specific responsibility for Engineering Services, Training and Regulations and Standards. He is the chairman of the Boiler Technical panel in the HHIC and is also on the Board at the Hot Water Association, OFTEC and the CIPHE. He is regularly called upon by DESNZ and other Government policy makers to advise on new standards and regulations.

Paul Needley: Managing Director, Enertek International Ltd

Paul Needley is Managing Director of Enertek International Ltd in the United Kingdom. The company is an independent engineering consultancy and specialises in in domestic and commercial heating and cooking appliance design, development, and certification. Paul is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He joined Enertek in 1987 after working in engineering research and development for a major gas appliance manufacturer and completing professional level qualifications in both engineering and business.

Dr Wei He: Senior Lecturer in Engineering, King’s College London

Dr Wei He is Senior Lecturer and Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Research Fellow in the Department of Engineering King’s College London. Before King’s, he took positions in University of Warwick and MIT to develop his research on energy storage, low-carbon heating, and liquid separation. His research has led to over 40 journal articles, two patents, and one online simulation platform HeatMyHome.ninja.

Mark Crowther: Associate Director, Kiwa UK

Mark Crowther is currently Associate Director of Hydrogen at Kiwa. He has over 40 years’ experience in the energy sector and has a wide knowledge of energy use (biomass, gas, oil and coal) from the industrial to domestic scales of operation.

He was the first to encourage DECC to investigate the re-purposing of the UK gas grid to hydrogen in 2012 following work for the IEA.

This led to the NGN Leeds H21 project a world first to determine the practicality of repurposing a whole city.

He was subsequently technical lead for Hy4Heat again a UK first to develop a wide range of hydrogen domestic and commercial appliances and obtain a letter of assistance from the HSE.

Akos Revesz: Manager – Cities & Regions, The Carbon Trust

Akos is a Chartered Engineer and a Project Manager with extensive experience in low-carbon heating and cooling spanning over a decade. He frequently assists public sector clients at the Carbon Trust in developing district energy projects, from initial energy master planning to commercialisation. Prior to his current role, Akos held a position as a Senior Research Fellow at London South Bank University. In this role he contributed to various innovative energy projects involving energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, and district heating. Beyond his managerial responsibilities, Akos actively contributes to the field as a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.

James Standley: Chief Technology Officer, Kensa Group

James has worked for Kensa, the UK's largest manufacturer and installer of Ground Source Heat Pumps, for the last 16 years, has been an IMechE member since studying at Bristol and is a Non-Executive Director at the ADE.

Adam Magett: Principal Hydrogen Consultant, DNV

Adam is Principal Consultant with over 18 years' experience in a variety of challenging roles. He served with the British Army as an Aircraft engineer for 11 years in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers (REME). Since then he has gained further experience across two new industries in Rail and Gas. In his current role, Adam is responsible for providing technical support and project leadership on hydrogen projects which are supporting the UK's transition to a low carbon energy future.

Dave Pearson: Group Sustainable Development Director, Star Refrigeration Ltd; Royal Academy of Engineering, Visting Professor, Edinburgh Napier University

Dave Pearson is Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Renewable Energy and Sustainability for Zero Emission at Edinburgh Napier University. He is Group Sustainable Development Director, at Star Refrigeration Ltd. Since 2009, Dave has been extolling the sustainability advantages of large river source heat pumps highlighting the successes achieved to date and further opportunities. With a diverse insight across technical, economic and policy factors he continues to share across academia, industry and government in pursuit of their ubiquity.

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