MECH433 Assessment - Part 2 2023-24

Submission Deadline : 13th of May 2024 at 23:59

What you need to do

You are being asked to outline a practical energy mix for the following situation:
• A location centred on Liverpool, for a population of 5 million.
• The energy mix is up to you to decide, but it must be net zero carbon emitting, and
located within a 100 mile radius of Liverpool.
• The energy requirements will be determined by you using the table on the next page to
determine energy total energy demand
• For the assessment there are no restrictions on land usage, ie no protected spaces

What to include
In your scenario you will need to include the following information:
• What your assumptions are outside of the energy requirements outlined above, eg what
you are, or not including, in your calculations.
• What your key criteria are in de ning the energy mix, ie why you have chosen what you
have chosen.
• How you would manage demand, and account for sudden extra energy requirement,
consider excess capacity
• Technologies proposed need to be either in operation now or about to be used. This
includes CCS, if you wish to use CCS then it must be in operation now at an industrial
scale, include the location and operator in your submission
In this case study you need to design your own energy system, and not use the current
energy mix as your mix.
Develop a new one based on the module - do not repeat what is being used

Assumptions
Key assumptions you can make are:
• There are no space issues, and there are no space requirements for food
• The amount of energy for heat/cooking can be provided from electricity
• The technologies you can use are open, but must be in use or about to be
implemented…this includes CCS
• There is no cost limit for your energy mix - just ensure you cost your energy on the
strike price cost
• The cost for the energy can be based on those outlined in the lectures
• Your demand cycle can be based on those presented in the module
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 Energy No of
Requirement Notes
Need people
5A for 15 hours, 10A for 9 hours
Fridge for food 230V, 5A (10A) Household
spread over 24 hours
Washing
230V, 10A Household 60 mins, twice a day
Machine
Dryer 230V, 10A Household 90 mins, twice a day
Dishwasher 230V, 10A Household 75 mins, once a day, 10pm - 2am
7 hours in December per day
Lighting 230V, 1A Individual 3 hours in June per day, can assume
linear change
Broadband 5W Household 24 hours
TV 100W Individual 5 hours per day (6pm-11pm)
Laptop 67W Individual 5 hours per day
Charging (Phone
15W Individual 3 hours per day (9am-12am)
/Tablet)
25 MWh Family of 4 Total over a year, base demand on UK
heat needs, you de ne your
Heating 15 MWh Couple
population split, make clear in
10 MWh Individual assumptions what they are

Used three times daily, state what is

Cooking Your choice Individual
being used and power requirements
Used twice daily for 60 mins,
travelling total of 50km per trip -
Transport Your choice Household
charging time your choice, state car
and energy requirements
Total over a year, things such as
supermarkets, outside entertainment
Services 6 MWh Individual etc. This includes infrastructure such
as water / sewage / hospitals /
schools etc

For the purposes of this assessment a household refers to ‘people living in a location
collectively’, with the breakdown being 40% as single, 30% as couples, and 30% as a
family of four.

A template has been provided for your submission, it is available as a download from
Canvas.
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