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  • UP-FLEXH — Innovative High Temperature Heat Pump for Flexible Industrial Heat on Demand

    UP-FLEXH aims to develop and validate a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) integrated energy system to provide flexible industrial heat, as well as cooling and opportunities for power flexibility, maximizing and facilitating the renewable integration within the industrial sector and enhancing the overall efficiency of heating generation whilst ensuring a complete fulfilment of the industrial requirements.

  • JOULIA — Electrification of industrial processes using induction and microwaves technologies

    JOULIA aims to support the energy transition of the industrial sector by demonstrating the flexibility, effectiveness and sustainability of two alternative fully electrified processes using induction and microwave technologies. Both contactless and electromagnetic heating technologies will be precisely applied to reach mid temperature in two demonstrations in the rubber and plastic sector.

  • I-UPS — Innovative High Temperature Heat Pump for Flexible Industrial Systems

    I-UPS aims to develop and validate a first-of-a-kind (FOAK), cost-effective and reliable high-temperature industrial heat pump fully integrated in a flexible energy system for industrial medium temperature (~400°C) heat decarbonisation. I-UPS validate up to TRL 5 a FOAK high-temperature heat pump, based on Stirling cycles and exploiting a non-toxic, inert, zero ozone depletion potential and zero global warming potential fluid, able to deliver decarbonized heat up to 400°C. No other commercial alternatives are available achieving this heat delivery temperature at efficiencies higher than 100%. The developed heat pump provides enhanced performance thanks to the optimization of key subcomponents, such as optimized static and dynamic sealing solutions and compact heat exchangers enabled by genetic algorithm based design optimization and additive manufacturing techniques. I-UPS provides also a seamless integration of the developed high temperature heat pump in flexible energy systems including molten salts based thermal energy storage (TES) for on-demand decarbonized industrial heat based on RES electricity. The integrated heat pump configuration will enable higher modularity, flexibility, and efficiency for heating decarbonisation also leveraging waste heat recovery and contributing to the circularity of the industrial sector.

  • eLITHE – Electrification of ceramic industries high temperature heating equipment

    eLITHE aims to support the electrification of the ceramic industries by demonstrating sustainable and cost-effective pathways to electrify high temperature thermal processes (>1,000ºC) from the ceramic industry. Three different processes will be demonstrated at 3 different pilot sites at relevant scale: 1. A ceramic frits smelter (1,100-1,500ºC) combining induction and resistive heating through electrodes. 2. A microwave-based calcination furnace (1,200ºC) for the calcination of alumina. 3. A tunnel kiln (1,100ºC) combining radiant walls and flexible hybrid burners for bricks and tiles firing. These technologies will be endorsed through the application of advanced modelling techniques to develop Digital Twins (DTs) of each of them, as a core tool to support design and operation. eLITHE will also involve material science to develop novel products and refractory materials compositions adapted to the new requirements of electrified processes and will test waste materials derived from the ceramic industry for high temperature energy storage applications, improving the sector circularity.

  • The impact of Electrification on Road Freight Transport Efficiency: a PhD presentation

    On 30th September, Claudia Andruetto and Zeinab Raoofi presented their recent work titled “How Does Electrification Impact Road Freight Transport Efficiency? A System Dynamics Approach” at the ITRL’s member seminars.

  • COMHPTES — Flexible Compact Modular Heat Pump and PCM based Thermal Energy Storage System for heat and cold industrial applications

    COMHPTES aims to develop innovative heat pump (HP) and thermal energy storage (TES) cost-effective compact technologies, and to demonstrate them up to TRL 5 in a fully integrated flexible and modular system able to supply heat and cold energy on demand for industrial applications, including interfaces with affordable renewable energy systems (RES), waste heat recovery and district networks. The COMHPTES system will address industrial end-users with flexible heat loads and temperature requirements in the ranges from 0.5 to 10 MW-t and 5 to 225°C, respectively, which represent approximately half of the total industrial installations and a quarter of the total process heat consumption in EU. The COMHPTES system will build upon the compactness and modularity of its technologies to best comply with space constraints in industry, and to enable gradual technology adoption, thereby reducing large upfront investments and operational risks.

  • FRONTSH1P — A FRONTrunner approach to Systemic circular, Holistic & Inclusive solutions for a New Paradigm of territorial circular economy

    FRONTSH1P, centered in Poland’s Łódzkie region, aims to lead the way in transitioning from a linear to a circular economy. Over the next four years, it will develop and demonstrate Circular Systemic Solutions in key sectors like packaging, food, water, and plastics. These solutions will also be implemented in other European regions, fostering Circular Regional Clusters and involving diverse stakeholders. The project boasts a consortium of 35 partners from nine European countries, ensuring a well-balanced representation across the circular economy value chain and related fields.

  • Recycling of end-of-life wind blades through renewable energy driven molten salt pyrolysis process

    Disposal of large volume of end-of-life (EOL) wind blades in an environmentally friendly way is becoming a major challenge for the global wind power industry. The project aims at developing a renewable energy driven molten salt pyrolysis process for achieving a cheap, clean and efficient EOL wind blade recycling process. The levelized cost and potential carbon footprint per kg of the EOL wind blade material of new recycling process should be significantly lower than the traditional thermal pyrolysis process. The process will be developed based on a close collaboration between two departments of KTH and Vattenfall.

  • EVAccel — Accelerating the Integration of Electric Vehicles in a Smart and Robust Electricity Infrastructure

    The project aims to develop a new standard for dimensioning and operating electrical grids specifically for electric vehicle charging. For this, load flow analysis will be conducted at different voltage levels of the network in order to quantify the effect that charging strategies and behaviors have on the aggregated power ratios of the network. The calculated ratios will help distribution system operators in swiftly identifying network bottlenecks and take the necessary measures such as load management and new investments to ensure that electric vehicle penetration can continue to grow at an accelerated rate without threatening the robustness of the network.