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Project Coordinator:
Dr. Eduardo Miera
Technische Universität
Berlin
Repsol
[email protected]
TECNALIA
Dissemination contact:
Dr. Patrizia Circelli
[email protected]
Technion – Israel Institute
Of Technology
Fertinagro Nutrientes S.L.
Ciaotech (PNO Innovation B.V.)
Ron Weerdmeester
[email protected]
PNO Innovation (PNO Innovation B.V.)
Circe Foundation
(Centre Of Research For
Energy Resources And
Consumption)
Indus3Es Project
New technologies for
utilization of heat recovery in
large industrial systems
Bs Nova Apparatebau
Gmbh
Indus3Es is a project funded by the
European Commission
Sistemes Avancats De
Energia Solar Termica Sccl
Aiguasol
Pno Innovation, Part Of
The Pno Innovation B.V.
This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation
program under Grant Agreement n° 680738
www.indus3es.eu
Large quantities of waste heat are continuously
one condenser, one evaporator one absorber
rejected from industries.
and one generator.
Most of this waste energy, however, is of
In contrast to absorption chiller, in a heat
low-quality and is not practical or economical to
recover
it
with
current
technologies.
The
Indus3Es project will develop an innovative
Absorption Heat Transformer (AHT) for this
purpose, focused on low temperature waste
heat recovery (below 130ºC, referred to a
recovered waste heat source temperature). The
Indus3Es System will effectively recover and
revalorize almost 50% of the low temperature
waste heat, increasing quality of the waste
source to the required temperature and reusing
it again in the industrial process.
The single effect heat transformer technology is
effectively a single effect absorption chiller
working in reverse mode. It consists primarily of
transformer absorber and evaporator operate at
Impact
Economic
high pressure than condenser and generator.
This system has the potential of saving up to 20%
Waste heat is fed into the evaporator and
of energy consumption and an increase of
generator and upgraded/revalued heat at an
energy efficiency by 25%.
increased temperature level is extracted from
the absorber.
Absorption Heat Transformer technology is
inversion of Absorption Heat Pumps(Absorption
Chillers). Waste heat is fed into the Evaporator
and Generator while hot temperature and cold
temperature heat out is rejected from Absorber
and Condenser respectively. As a result, in
contrast to Absorption Heat Pumps, primary
interest of Absorption Heat Transformers are
recycling heat energy converting it high quantity
temperature usable and high quality energy.
Environmental
The AHT technology will contribute to the EU
objective of reducing by 20% the energy
consumption
with
further
reduction
in
greenhouse gases emissions and also will have a
positive effect on the reduction of primary
energy consumption.
Social
Energy efficiency stimulates economic activity
and it is a key driver to a more robust and
abundant economy. Companies’ investments in
energy efficiency improve their experience and
increase competitiveness. This is a potential
20
Fossil Fuels
100
Industrial Process
20
80
contributing factor to bringing jobs back. US
Process Temperature
Waste Heat Temperature
40
20
COP = 0.5
economy estimates states that by investing and
deploying
existing
and
more
advanced
technologies has a potential of a net increment
of 1.3 to 1.9 million jobs by the year 2050.
Heat Sink Temperature