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Innovation Challenge Fund (ICF)Concept Note 1.Name / Organisation Dr.S.Shanmuga PriyaAssociate Professor Department of Chemical EngineeringManipal Institute of Technology,Manipal Academy of Higher Education,ManipalKarnataka, India.2.Email address / Phone numberEmail : shan.priya@manipal.eduOff : 0820-2924314Mob: +91-97407301263.Title of ProjectArtificial Intelligence based Model Predictive control for performance evaluation of solar liquid desiccant cooling system using metal organic framework as a suitable adsorbent4.Application for ICF ClusterAI/Data Science, Karnataka5.Co-Members of the Consortium *(Type – Indian Academia, Indian Business, International Academia, International Business, Indian non-commercial organisation, International non-commercial organisation, Other - specify)* Information not mandatory for the concept note stage.#OrganizationType1.Dr.Siddig A OmerAssociate Professor,Department ofArchitecture and Built EnvironmentUniversity of Nottingham,University ParkNottingham,UKInternational Academia2.Dr.K.SudhakarSenior Lecturer/Faculty of Mechanical EngineeringUniversiti Malaysia PahangPekan, MalaysiaInternational Academia3.Dr.I.ThirunavukkarasuAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Instrumentation and Control EngineeringManipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.Indian Academia4.Dr.V.KirubakaranAssistant ProfessorEnergy EngineeringGandhigram Rural InstituteGandhigram, TamilNadu, IndiaIndian Academia5.(a)Solar Desiccant coolingM/s Desiccant Rotor International Pvt.Ltd,100-101, Udyog Vihar – IV,Gurgaon – 122015, Haryana. India (b)MaterialM/s Need Innovation Pvt.LtdVill-Gopalpur(JL.No.27),PO-Sonarpur,PS-Sonarpur,South24Parganas,700150, WestBengal,IndiaIndian business6.If you do not already have agreed consortium members, please indicate here the kind of partners you would like to hear from. Consortium is formed already as shown in S.No.57. Are you content for us to publish your concept note on our web platform in order to encourage potential consortium members to reach out to you? Yes8.Funding Requested (up to ?250k)?200k9.Co-funding provided (if any) and sourceNo 10.Please summarise your Innovation Challenge Fund research project in one sentence. 350 character limitIntegration of Artificial intelligence based Model Predictive Control with TRNSYS simulation in a solar liquid desiccant cooling systems using Metal Organic Framework (MOF) is targeted to maintain healthy indoor air environment so as to combat against COVID -19 virus and climate change.11.Please describe your project further. What problem does your pilot project seek to address? Who are the potential beneficiaries and other stakeholders? What are the inputs and activities, and what are the outputs? What does success look like after 12 months of funded research? How will your solution reach the market place? 2500 character limit In developed countries, the demand for air-conditioning is almost 10% of the electricity consumed thus escalating the problem of ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP). Therefore, there is always a scope for new innovative sustainable technologies which can address these issues. Our work on MOF based solar liquid desiccant air cooling gives a suitable option for the future perspectives on the ongoing energy demands and climate change.The pilot project shown in the below figure seeks to formulate an alternative for the commercially available air conditioner unit which nearly consumes 40% of energy in the buildings. MOF-801 [Zr6O4(OH)4(fumurate)6] based potassium formate liquid desiccant using evacuated tube heat pipes solar collectors is to be employed. There are different liquid desiccants previously used like lithium chloride and calcium chloride which are prone to corrosion and are toxic to environment where as potassium formate overcomes those drawbacks. We are trying to eliminate harmful coolants like CFCs which are certainly harmful to the environment. Fig 1 : MOF based solar liquid desiccant cooling systemMOFs have high surface area, pore volume, high adsorption capacity, low heats of adsorption, high mass loading capacity compared to other conventional adsorption materials like silica gel or zeolites. Therefore, desiccant sorbents will be an efficient technology for rendering good indoor air quality by targeting the vapor molecules, PM 2.5 particles and viruses. The solar thermal collectors are normally applied as low temperature heating sources (range from 50oC to 75oC) to dry the desiccant material. High adsorption capacity and lower input heat are the two major requirements for efficient thermally driven cooling technologies. Thus solar would be feasible option.Model predictive control with TRNSYS simulation will be used to predict the efficiency of feasibility of the system. The system output air temperature and humidity ratio with suitable input conditions can be considered. There are few aspects like corrosion, reverse dehumidification, carryover of liquid desiccant should be considered.At the end using MOF based liquid desiccant it could reduce around 36.1 % of total energy required for operation. Thus implementing air conditioners with such virus targeting MOFs can help in killing the virus like COVID-19 and help in maintaining better indoor air quality and better service for society.2.What is ‘technological’ about your proposed solution and why might this be appropriate to the challenge areas?1000 character limitThe future technological outlook of high efficiency solar collectors for desiccant cooling systems are targeted for proposed study. The evacuated tube collectors (ECTs) absorb the incident solar energy and convert to usable heat and hence the heat loss. An alternative and cheaper desiccant potassium formate has recently shown to be more environment friendly and less corrosive. They are appropriate for high humid, high temperature applications. Liquid desiccants require lower regeneration temperature than their solid counterparts. Once the desiccant is cooled it can be used again in the conditioner. Also solar regenerative system design will be improved through process parameters like density and temperature of the liquid desiccant, total solar energy, moisture absorbed, relative humidity. We are targeting for zero carry over, simple hydraulic design employing new sorption materials. MOF-801 has high hydrothermal stability and large water adsorption quantity. Model predictive controllers with TRNSYS can be used to optimize some of the controlling parameters. The challenges like indoor air quality and global warming will be focused on this proposed study. 13.Is your proposed solution a response to the impacts of COVID-19, or an effort to contain the pandemic? If so, please explain. 1000 character limit Yes, recently Collagen station, Texas along with framergy, Inc has come up with a breakthrough innovation stating that AYRSORB-T125 MOF incorporated in air conditioners has the ability to kill the COVID-19 virus. The US- Centre for disease Control and prevention (CDC) reported that air conditioners are prone to spread the virus in centralised air conditioning system. Currently, adding MOF help to protect indoor spaces from virus. Therefore, air conditioners that uses MOF based desiccants can destroy the COVD-19 and render better indoor air quality. Thus this exciting work could be efficiently used in health care centres and hospitals. Apart from that the MOF which are super adsorbent materials helps to lower the energy consumption as desiccants in air conditioner. A first order dynamical model would be developed for implementation in the model predictive controller which could predict the system performance. 14.Does your proposed solution contribute to combatting climate change or promoting a greener planet? If so, please explain. 1000 character limitAlmost 50% of the GHG’s at home is due to Air conditioning, heating. Nearly 2-2.5 tons of GHG’s are emitted every year. As the planet is getting warming every passing decade, there is increased scope for the cooling and air conditioner systems. Unfortunately, all the existing methods consume lot of energy. Mostly, energy sources for all these cooling systems are from fossil fuels which will further produces more harmful gases. Using solar cooling is equivalent to removal of 15 M tons of CO2 and 3.5 million cars off road. In conventional coolers CFC’s are used as coolant, which when emitted has harmful effects. The fact that in summers there is more demand for cooling, hence enormous solar radiation can be drawn from the sun which is a substitute for conventional energy source. Thus it’s a great step towards bringing clean environment. Using solar energy for regeneration is energy efficient solution for air conditioning in the humid regions since the solar radiation is higher during the hours of the day when the demand of cooling is maximum. In this regard, the solar cooling technologies can be a very promising tool in bringing in a cleaner environment for the future generation. 15.How is your proposal relevant to the development challenges of India? 1000 character limitThe worldwide energy crisis can be addressed efficiently using solar energy. solar cooling can help alleviate the problem using suitable desiccant adsorbents material for effective air quality control and targeting COVID-19 virus. The output of the project will help in rendering clean indoor air services for the society. Implementing the virus killing MOFs will effectively reduces the spread of air born infections thus helps in the well being of the people. Using these kinds of air conditioners in the health care centres will help in proper maintenance of the surroundings. There are a few patented works regarding the MOF we have selected (MOF-801), indicating that the material of interest holds greater importance in the future for novel scientific discoveries in the country. This work also throws major light on controlling the environmental pollution by not using harmful chemicals like CFCs, and also saving on the precious energy that is usually used to run the conventional air conditioners. Thus saving on lots of useful energy source. 16.What consideration have you made of gender in developing your concept? Could your project address gender inequality or other kinds of inequality? 1000 character limitPercentage of women enrolled in higher education and women scientists in India are very much low when compared to other developed countries. To some extent the project itself addresses the gender inequality in our country as it is led by a female researcher.There is scope for testing the indoor air quality for every individual irrespective of the gender. Because right to access healthy and clean environment is not a privilege for a particular gender rather it’s a human rights. Thus through our project we would like to support gender equality in all possible terms. ................
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