Transforming Agriculture Residues to Bio-Composite Solutions for Sustainable Growth and Energy Efficiency in Brazil and Bangladesh

Many countries, like Brazil and Bangladesh, struggle with inefficient energy use and limited access to clean energy sources (Bangladesh) leading to high electricity bills, unreliable power grids, and unhealthy cooking practices. Brazil and Bangladesh hold significant potential for solar technologies to tackle their energy challenges and Agriculture plays a key role in both economies, generating significant waste. TERRA project proposes to transform agriculture waste into Shape-Stabilized Phase Change Materials(SSPCMs). The SSPCMs could be explained as a thermal battery, that absorbs and stores excess heat, like sunlight or waste heat, and then releases it later for various uses: hot water, cooler buildings, or even cleaner cooking solutions.

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Sustainable Evaluation of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Materials in Domestic Applications"

This project will evaluate and compare the environmental impact and real sustainability of some of the most technically promising PCMs integrated into a hot water tank for domestic LHTES application. The results of this research will increase the understanding of the environmental impact of the “nano-enhanced” PCMs materials to support decision-making and policymaking in the transition to a circular economy.

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Accelerating the discovery and characterisation of new energy storage materials

This multidisciplinary project aims to accelerate the discovery and development of innovative and sustainable multi-component and heterogeneous materials. It necessitates a collaborative approach utilising complementary expertise. The project's primary focus is advancing fundamental knowledge through the characterization of these materials.

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𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗙 – 𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮)

🎉 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲! 🎉 We are delighted to share that 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 has awarded funding to our 𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗙 – 𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮) proposal for the 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. This grant will enhance support for our collaborative research with outstanding colleagues Dr Edemar Morsch Filho and 𝘿𝙧 Mahbuba Jannat, strengthening partnerships

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Edinburgh Welcomes TERRA Project Partners

Huge thanks go out to our incredible partners from 𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗣 (Brazil) 𝘋𝘳 Edemar Morsch Filho and 𝗕𝗨𝗘𝗧 𝘋𝘳 Mahbuba Jannat (Bangladesh), for their dedication and collaboration in the 𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙍𝘼 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩: “𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙞𝙤-𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙝”, funded by The Royal Society. More info

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

Welcome back Saeid Mehvari and Mumtahina Mim, CSCA™, who have just returned from a highly productive mobility visit at La Rochelle Université. Their visit took place as part of the 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗞 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 funded mobility project “𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨”, creating an excellent opportunity for collaboration and knowledge exchange.

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Invited Talks – Wednesday 11th February (12pm-2pm), Merchiston

We’re looking forward to welcoming Dr Edemar Morsch Filho and Dr Mahbuba Jannat to give invited talks on Wednesday 11th February 12pm-2pm at Merchiston (room E14). Speaker:  Dr Mahbuba Jannat Title: Engineering Education and Agricultural Waste Valorisation Research for Sustainable Growth and Energy Efficiency in Bangladesh Abstract: This presentation introduces a short description of the engineering education

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Welcome Dr Saeid Mehvari to the team

We’re pleased to officially welcome Dr. Saeid Mehvari, who joined us on 15 August as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Thermal Energy Research Lab Group (TER-Lab). Dr. Saeid Mehvari is contributing to the TERRA Project – Transforming Agriculture Residues to Bio-Composite Solutions for Sustainable Growth and Energy Efficiency in Brazil and Bangladesh, funded by The

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Continuing collaborations

We’re happy to share that 𝗗𝗿. Saeid Mehvari is currently at La Rochelle Université in France as part of our collaborative project: “𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨”, funded by UK Universities. This international mobility project promotes a new and valuable partnership between Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) and La Rochelle University

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TERRA project online event – 13th November

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us today for the 𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙍𝘼 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣:  “𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙞𝙤-𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙝,” funded by The Royal Society under the ISPF International Collaboration Awards 2024. Together, we are advancing research on bio-composite phase change materials (SS-PCMs) for

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Collaboration update

We are delighted to share that our international collaboration project, “Sustainable Evaluation of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Materials in Domestic Applications,” funded by The Royal Society, has recently progressed through successful bilateral visits between the research teams at Edinburgh Napier University and Konya Technical University. These visits, which took place over the past months,

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Welcome to our students!

We are happy to welcome our students who are eager to join the newly developing Thermal Energy Research Lab (TER-LAB) Group within the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Edinburgh Napier University! During the recent Materials Lab Induction Training with Dr. Allan Lewis, our students began their journey in the TER-LAB,

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