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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.