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Summer 2018 European Energy Innovation 39
COMMUNICATION
to supply heating or cooling for supported by an inorganic PCM. It temperature and temperature
buildings acclimatization. is capable of generating steam for range in temperature controlled
plant demand and the remaining rooms. These KPIs are directly
• The energy recovery process will heat, in condensed water form, is related to the energy recovery
be controlled by a smart data transfered to a low temperature system. The first analysis carried
management system that will circuit for plant heating demand. out for the season of winter has
achieve the best energy recovery detected for the shell room as
yield for maintaining or improving • The construction of the Low critical variable some specific
the manufacturing and quality ratios. temperature circuit has started, it areas of the whole room.
is based on the BTES technology
These technical developments will (Borehole Thermal Energy Storage) • The general energy recovery balance
be carried out by developing different combined with a heat pump. It will after the final design has been
activities among the partners in the balance heat and cooling needs completed and give promising
project consortium. of the plant by making use of the results. The primary energy
plant’s residual heat water. The consumption of the plant is foreseen
Different milestones have been excess heat will be stored for use to be reduced by 20,9%. The total
overcome by the project and they include: in winter and a new business model energy recovery rate of residual
is being developedt to provide the heat streams has been calculated
• A low temperature heat excess energy to a sports center as being 87%, representing
exchanger design (LTHE) recovers located next to the company. advantageous values compared
energy form steam released in to other alternatives like energy
boilerclaves. This equipment has • Two main objectives have conversion into electricity with
been proven in a test bench in been set in relation to the data much lower energy recovery rates.
terms of constructive materials, management system: 1.- A specific
working routine and the use of an data management system linked • Is also remarkable that a specific
organic PCM. Results have shown with the energy recovery to business model is under discussion
adequate energy capture and reduce temperature variability involving one of the companies
release for the foreseen industrial in shell room and wax room of the project. This company
cycle. (Tmax and temperature variation will act as an energy distributor,
range as main KPIs).2.-A Global investing in the connection and
• A High temperature heat exchanger smart data management system, maintenance of the equipment
recovers energy form exhaust incorporating critical process and receiving income based on the
gases in the range of 800ºC. This variables, including energy recovery energy use of a third party. l
equipment has gone over different a. (KPI: pores in visual and NDT
simulation loops to achieve the inspection). This data management Contact information
best design and working routine. system has resulted in the analysis
The final design achieves recovery of how process variables such http://suspire-h2020.eu/
rates of 30-40%, and incorporates as day of the week, shift, season,
a heat exchanger attached external temperature and area of Ted Crowston, Dow Representative:
to the chimney aa well as a the room affects critical aspects ted.crowston@dow.com
separate buffer for energy storage for mold quality such as maximun
The consortia shows a good balance
Participant No * Participant organisation name Country between industrial participants
1 (Coordinator) PCB Spain represented by multinationals like
2 MET Lithuania PCB, and DOW-CORNING, SMEs like
3 QPUNKT Austria MET, QPUNKT, TELUR, TECNODELTA
4 TELUR Spain and RTOs like ZAE-BAYERN. IK4-
5 TECNODELTA Italy AZTERLAN and IK4-TEKNIKER. Each
6 ZAE-BAYERN Germany partners completes required skills for
7 DOW-CORNING Belgium the ongoing of this project. Engineering
8 IK4-AZTERLAN Spain and equipment construction skills are
9 IK4-TEKNIKER Spain represented by TECNODELTA, TELUR
and MET, modelling of heat transfer
by QPUNKT, experience in energy and
heat management by DOW CORNING
and IK4-TEKNIKER, specialists in
PCM and metallic materials by ZAE
BAYERN and IK4-AZTERLAN and expert
knowledge in final process by PCB
and IK4-AZTERLAN. All that makes a
complementary team that has been
successfully developing the foreseen
activities in the project.
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