Organic Rankine Cycle Cogeneration Plant of one-farm size using rice straw as single fuel

Projektinformationen

POWERICE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 745062

DOI 10.3030/745062

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 6 Dezember 2016

Startdatum 1 Januar 2017

Enddatum 31 März 2017

Finanziert unter

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Gesamtkosten € 71 429,00

EU-Beitrag € 50 000,00

Koordiniert durch

FORENERGY SPA
Italy

Ziel

Rice straw has been treated as by-product without any economic value out of ground burning. Actually, Europe produces 3,350 Ktons/year of rice straw that can be used by co-generation plants to produce energy. Now, the time has taken its course and these spin-offs have turned to a commodity more than a choice, due to EC regulations regarding to rice cropping and competence from outside Europe, especially from Asia. However, the co-generation industry cannot produce energy when the need is below 200kWe due to technical and economical bias.
POWERICE co-generation plants use rice straw as unique fuel, and will be dimensioned on a single farm basis. The deep knowledge of rice sector in Italy (EU strongest producer), and a wide expertise in supply chain logistics of FORENERGY, the applying SME (IT), will be gathered with the reputed engineering competences in straw burning by KEM (DK) and ENERTIME (FR).

The project will overcome challenges of a scaling down process, justified by the booming perspectives of the European potential market. Each step of the overall process will be analysed in order to increase efficiency, namely as a simplified and robust fuel storage, reliable handling and feeding systems, simplified boiler operating conditions (pressure, temperatures, medium quality requirements), and reduction of specialized alloy metals in the boiler design to lower general costs of the heat source when using small ORC turbines. The main technical drawback of current rice power plants derived from the high silica content of ashes is overcome by an innovative method that limits burning temperature, and with a dedicated coating for inner boiler surface.

Since high quality silica is the natural outcome of rice straw combustion, its value chain will be deepened in order to transform it a marketable commodity. POWERICE will overtake subdued feed-in tariff regimes along EU, by increasing x2 rice farmers' incomes (€210K annual additional revenues for a 100 ha rice farm).

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › power engineering › electric power generation › combined heat and power
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › air pollution engineering
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thema/Themen

• SMEInst-09-2016-2017 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

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Unterauftrag

H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017

Finanzierungsplan

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Koordinator

FORENERGY SPA

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 50 000,00
• Adresse: VIA DEL CARMINE 2/A ; 27029 VIGEVANO PV ; Italien
• KMU Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen). Ja:
  Region
  Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Pavia
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Pavia
• Aktivitätstyp: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Gesamtkosten: € 71 429,00