Sam Cooper
Sustainable Energy Research Team, Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Research:
Thermodynamic and environmental performance of domestic microgeneration - Heat provisionResearch interests:
I am interested in the performance of low carbon, efficient domestic heating systems. I have focussed on Air Source Heat Pumps and micro-Combined Heat and Power units but future work will expand on this to consider other systems. Energy and exergy analysis will be used along with other, environmental indicators such as carbon footprinting to assess the relative performance of the systems. I am supervised by Prof. Geoff Hammond and Dr. Marcelle McManus at the University of Bath. The work is sponsored by EPSRC as part of the SUPERGEN HiDEF project which considers a future power system that delivers sustainability and security through the widespread deployment of distributed energy resources.Publications:
S. Cooper, G. P. Hammond, M. C. McManus, 2011, 'Thermodynamic Analysis of Efficient Domestic Heating Systems', in Proc. of Microgen 2: 2nd International Conference on Microgeneration and Related Technologies, Glasgow, 4 - 6 April 2011S. Cooper, G. P. Hammond, M. C. McManus, 2011, 'Heat Pump Performance and factors affecting it', in Proc. of Research students' conference on "Buildings Don't Use Energy, People Do?" - Domestic Energy Use and CO2 Emissions in Existing Dwellings. Bath, 28 June 2011
Other work:
Considering the variability in the carbon intensity of grid supplied electricity. There is some interesting analysis (and real time feed of current grid intensity) available at www.earth.org.uk websiteLooking at the effect of climate change on the performance of ASHPs
Background to exergy analysis
Background information about heat pumps
Telephone:
+44 (0)1225 38 4550E-mail Address:
sjgcooper+sert@gmail.comPostal Address:
Sustainable Energy Research Team4 East 3.18
Dept. Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
United Kingdom