About Decarbonising UK domestic heating: Disruptive approaches
This event was held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London on November 6th, 2024 and featured a programme of presentations by leading researchers from UK universities, followed by a discussion panel with participation from industrial stakeholders. Anna Stephenson of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero chaired.
In the UK, domestic space heating accounts for approximately 20% of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions. Combined, our domestic gas boilers emit twice as much CO2 as all the gas-fired power stations in the country.
One thing is very clear, we need to transform the way we heat our homes to reach Net Zero.
This event was supported by the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) and the University of Nottingham Energy Institute, and brought together academics, industrial stakeholders, and policy makers to discuss the challenges around decarbonising space heating in the country but more importantly, to explore innovative, exciting and potentially disruptive research work being carried out in UK universities that could accelerate our transition to zero-carbon heating.
Programme videos & presentations
Experimental testing of an absorption-based heat store
Sai Yagnamurthy (University of Warwick)
Heat pump fully integrated with thermochemical store
Rahul Ravindran ( Ulster University)
High-performance hydrogen-powered heat pumps
Bruno Cardenas (University of Nottingham)
Latent: Residential heat as an energy system service
Patrick James (University of Southampton)
Flexible air source heat pump for domestic heating decarbonisation
Muhammad Abid (University of Liverpool)
A novel heating concept based on aqua-ammonia
Zahra Baniamerian (University of Nottingham)
Decarbonisation pathways for cooling and heating
Daniel Friedrich (University of Edinburgh)
The role of distributed thermal energy storage in achieving Net Zero space heating
Miguel Angel Pans Castillo (University of Loughborough)
Non-potable water in the gas network to support electrically driven heat pumping
Ramin Mehdipour (University of Nottingham)
e-Thermal Bank: An innovation to revolutionize the electrification of heat
Yongliang Li (University of Birmingham)
A novel refrigerant-free ventilation and heating system
Seamus Garvey (University of Nottingham)
Metal oxide cycles for high temperature heat and longer energy storage
Adriano Sciacovelli (University of Birmingham)
Thermochemical energy storage using a closed cycle thermal store
Yuehong Su (University of Nottingham)
Advanced hybrid thermochemical-compression seasonal solar energy storage and heat pump system
Ma Zhiwei (University of Durham)
Thermal energy transport for heating and cooling with innovative H2 technologies
Yunting Ge (London Southbank University)
Discussion Panel
Arntzen Carl (Worcester Bosch), Elliotte Sharpe (Vital Energi) and Richard Cooper (Northern Gas Networks)
Chair: Anna Stephenson (DESNZ)