Planning - holistic architectures and assets

  • Thermoelectricity in metal-organic perovskites: recycling waste energy heat as electricity

    Project dates: 01. Jan 2022 - 31. Dec 2023

    Objective

    Thermoelectric materials convert thermal and electrical energy, and performant thermoelectric devices could be used to recover waste heat in manufacturing, cogeneration, and heavy transportation - reducing both energy requirements and greenhouse gases' footprint. Solid-state cooldown would also change refrigeration technologies, in both efficiency and maintenance. Broadly speaking, a materials' breakthrough in thermoelectrics would have an impact on energy efficiency similar to nitride LEDs for lightning technologies. Optimal thermoelectrics need to balance the contrasting requirements of good electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity; nowadays the best bulk thermoelectric approaching the desired efficiency is SnSe. However, large-scale production is too expensive, and applications remain limited to niche markets. The goal of this project is to find efficient thermoelectrics in the class of metal-organic single and double halide perovskites. These are intensely studied for their photovoltaic efficiency, thanks also to their good electrical properties; they can be manufactured inexpensively at scale; and their lattice vibrations are very anharmonic and tunable, allowing to engineer low thermal conductivity. Since the overall number of possible compounds is above 500, there is wide chemical tunability of their properties. However, due to both theoretical and experimental difficulties, thermoelectric efficiency has been investigated only in very few compounds. Thanks to the unique capabilities I have developed during my PhD to study from first-principles materials with very large anharmonic distortions, I will investigate the full chemical space of these perovskites in the quest for the most efficient thermoelectric. Success in the project would bring major advantages to the industrial and economic EU ecosystem, but will also cement my leadership in characterizing and designing electrical and thermal properties of far from equilibrium materials.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 1
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    ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Controlled Growth of Lightweight Metal-Free Materials for Photoelectrochemical Cells

    Project dates: 01. Jan 2020 - 31. Dec 2024

    Objective

    One of the most promising future sources of alternative energy involves photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) that can convert sunlight and water directly to clean hydrogen fuel. Up to now, the PEC field has been dominated mostly by metal-based materials and despite the progress in this field, semiconductors that fulfil all the stringent requirements as PEC semiconductors do not exist today and novel materials are still much sought after. Thus, the development of suitable semiconductor materials will be a game changer, allowing PECs to fulfil their role in the energy-devices landscape. The aim of this project is to introduce a new class of metal-free materials that are particularly suitable as semiconductors in PECs through the development of new strategies for the controlled synthesis and growth of metal-free materials on various substrates, ranging from carbon nitride to nitrogen-doped carbon and new carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus/boron/sulfur materials (referred as CNXs, X = P, B or S). Central to this goal is the understanding of the growth mechanism of CNX layers from the molecular level, which will in turn permit the rational design of synthesis and deposition methods. More specifically, we will (i) develop effective deposition pathways of CNXs on substrates with controlled properties, (ii) understand the factors that determine the CNX layer properties and, from this, (iii) control CNXs properties such as band gap, exciton lifetime, crystallinity, porosity, and electronic structure, with the aim of improving their photoelectrochemical activity through rational design of the synthetic parameters. This highly interdisciplinary proposal combines materials science, photoelectrochemistry and supramolecular chemistry. It will open up new opportunities in these fields, in particular in the synthesis and deposition of metal-free materials, and it will significantly accelerate the integration of lightweight materials into energy–conversion and other devices.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 1
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    BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Solid oxide fuel cell combined heat and power: Future-ready Energy

    Project dates: 01. Jan 2021 - 31. Aug 2024

    Objective

    The overall objective of SO-FREE is the development of a fully future-ready solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-based system for combined heat and power (CHP) generation. This means a versatile system concept for efficient, near-zero-emission, fuel-flexible and truly modular power and heat supply to end users in the residential, commercial, municipal and agricultural sectors. Beyond the primary objective required by the call topic – i.e. the delivery of a pre-certified SOFC-CHP system allowing an operation window from zero to 100% H2 in natural gas and with additions of purified biogas – the SO-FREE project will endeavour the realization of a standardized stack-system interface, allowing full interchangeability of SOFC stack types within a given SOFC-CHP system. This interface design will be taken to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a new work item proposal (NWIP) for international standardization. In such a way all commercial barriers to full and free competition between SOFC stack suppliers and system integrators aim to be levelled. Furthermore, this interoperability will be proved by doubling the required demonstration period: two systems will be run for 9 months each, each operating, alternately, two different stacks, which will be exchanged between the two systems. One system will be operated to assess compliance with all applicable certification requirements of a TRL 6 prototype, defining the outstanding pathway to full product certification; the other system will run at TRL7 (demonstration in operational environment) providing combined heat and power with natural gas with injections of hydrogen. As a final proof of robustness and flexibility, the two stacks integrated in each of the two systems (one developed by AVL, the other by ICI Caldaie) will be characteristic of the extreme ends of the spectrum of SOFC operating temperatures: 650°C (Elcogen) and 850°C (Fraunhofer IKTS).

    Partners

    Number of partners: 9
    Site numbers:

    PGE POLSKA GRUPA ENERGETYCZNA SA

    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

    AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

    KIWA NEDERLAND BV

    AVL LIST GMBH

    ELCOGEN OY

    INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI

    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI - TELEMATICA

    I.C.I CALDAIE SPA

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Hybrid Propulsion Module for transfer to GEO orbit

    Project dates: 01. Feb 2015 - 31. Jan 2018

    Objective

    Independent access to space is a key component of the European Space Policy. The competition is increasing in this area both for the full launching systems and the key subsystems. Cost-effectiveness becomes the main driving factor. HYPROGEO ambition is to study a propulsion module based on Hybrid chemical propulsion. Hybrid propulsion is not a new technology but its application to a transfer module or to a re-ignitable upper stage is very innovative. It is an interesting alternative for the GEO transfer, between the chemical propulsion (bi-liquid) and the new trend of Electrical Propulsion (EP). There are very good synergies and complementarities with the other propulsion activities. The proof of concept (specific impulse, thrust) has been demonstrated. The main technical challenge is the long duration firings. The future development of an operational system, already identified in the current roadmaps, requires advanced R&D work on 4 critical technologies: - Combustion chamber. - High endurance nozzle. - Catalytic injector. - Production, storage and use of high concentration hydrogen peroxide. These R&D activities structure 4 main work packages. A system study ensures the global vision in coherence with an economic analysis, the identification of technical challenges and the consolidation of scientific results. A last work package performs the dissemination of results. An innovative aspect is the fact that the R&D activities are directly driven by the evolution of market needs and system requirements. Main expected benefits are: - Green and simpler design (compared to bi-liquid). - Shorter transfer time and reduced cost of operations (compared to EP) A TRL 3-4 level is expected at the end of the project. The impact of the project is secured by the composition of the consortium led by Astrium with the main European actors of the hybrid: it contributes to the consolidation of the European industrial supply chain for Hybrid propulsion. Project duration is 36 months.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 16
    Site numbers:

    DELTACAT Limited

    NAMMO RAUFOSS AS

    ARIANEGROUP GMBH

    SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ-INSTYTUTLOTNICTWA

    ARIANEGROUP SAS

    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH

    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA

    EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG

    OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES

    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

    NAMMO WESTCOTT LTD

    INSTITUT VON KARMAN DE DYNAMIQUE DES FLUIDES

    SPACETEC PARTNERS SRL

    EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH

    AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LTD

    UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Maximizing the impact of innovative energy approaches in the EU islands

    Project dates: 01. Apr 2019 - 31. Mar 2023

    Objective

    The aim of INSULAE is to foster the deployment of innovative solutions for the EU islands decarbonization by developing and demonstrating at three Lighthouse Islands (located in Croatia, in Denmark and in Portugal) a set of interventions linked to seven replicable use cases, whose results will validate an Investment Planning Tool that will be then demonstrated at four Follower Islands (located in Spain, in Germany, in The Netherlands Antilles and in Greece) for the development of four associated Action Plans. The chosen islands are complementary in many aspects: location, size, connection with the mainland, economic development, renewable share and carbon intensity. INSULAE contributes to the Clean Energy for EU Islands Initiative by providing an Investment Planning Tool (IPT) able to create Actions Plans for the islands to generate their own sustainable, low-cost energy. The interventions will prove the ability of the use cases to develop RES-based systems 40-70% cheaper than diesel generation, thus, enabling an average reduction of the fossil fuel consumption of 11% after a large deployment of the use cases in the INSULAE islands. The INSULAE IPT will support the decision maker on the selection and design of cost effective Action Plans looking for the island decarbonization. It will be mainly composed by two modules: the Island modeling assistant and the Scenarisation module. The project team is carefully balanced along all the value chain counting with five public authorities, six energy and water utilities, four technology providers, two energy software developers, six RTOs, one environment NGO, one business models expert, one engineering company and one entity for social aspects and replication. The legal and regulatory framework of 57% of the total population living in EU islands will be directly considered within the project.

    Partners

    Number of partners: 27
    Site numbers:

    COPPET MARYSE

    STEINBEIS INNOVATION GGMBH

    DIKTYO AEIFORIKON NISON TOY AIGAIOUAE

    ERICSSON NIKOLA TESLA D.D.

    CONSELL INSULAR DE MENORCA

    ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS

    VODOOPSKRBA I ODVODNJA CRES LOSINJDOO

    ASSOCIACAO COMERCIAL E INDUSTRIAL DO FUNCHAL - CAMARA DE COMERCIO E INDUSTRIA DA MADEIRA

    ANONIMI ETAIRIA DIAXEIRISIS ANANEOSIMON PIGON ENERGEIAS

    DIMOS PSARON

    RINA CONSULTING SPA

    STADTWERKE NORDERNEY GMBH

    ALBUFERA ENERGY STORAGE SL

    DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

    FREMSYN APS

    WWF ADRIA -UDRUGA ZA ZASTITU PRIRODE I OCUVANJE BIOLOSKE RAZNOLIKOSTI

    EFACEC ELECTRIC MOBILITY, SA

    KEMA BV

    • Partner
    • KEMA BV
    • Netherlands
    • Budget: 196, 514

    ARTELYS

    • Partner
    • ARTELYS
    • France
    • Budget: 870, 844

    EEM EMPRESA DE ELECTRICIDADE DA MADEIRA SA

    REGIONALNA ENERGETSKA AGENCIJA KVARNER

    BORNHOLMS ENERGI OG FORSYNING AS

    AALBORG UNIVERSITET

    SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU, FAKULTET STROJARSTVA I BRODOGRADNJE

    BORNHOLMS REGIONSKOMMUNE

    ICT providers

    SUITE5 DATA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

    Partner Others

    DNV NETHERLANDS BV

    Key Exploitable Results

    • TRL

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  • Austrian Institute of Technology

    Last update: 02. Nov 2022

    Description

    The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) is Austria’s largest research and technology organisation. As a national and international network node at the interface of science and industry, AIT performs contract research, licensing IPR or launches spin-offs for industry partners as well as provides input in the form of coordinating foresight processes, performing studies and evaluations and developing concepts and programmes with regard to infrastructure and technology policy decisions for public institutions.

    The main research areas of AIT are energy, mobility systems, low-emission transport, health & bio resources, digital safety & security, vision, automation & control and technology experience, all paired with competence in the area of innovation systems & policy. Among their facilities in the field of smart grids is the Smartest (Smart Electricity Systems and Technology Services) laboratory analysing interactions between components and the grid under realistic conditions.

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