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Power conversion from low heat temperature with a new supercritical engine ('SUPER-C')
Start date:2000-04-01
End date:2002-03-31
Project Acronym:SUPER-C
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ian |
Overmoor Farm Neston SN13 9TZ Corsham UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH WEST (UK) AVON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WILTSHIRE Wiltshire |
| Tel:+44-12-25812102 | |
| Fax:+44-12-25812103 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Other |
Description
Objective:
Low temperature engines are an obvious choice for power generation, but there are few suitable machines The Supercritical Power Converter from Slovakia generates electricity from waste heat, and solar energy. It uses dense phase fluids to achieve conversion efficiencies of 10% (>60% of Carnot) and produce electricity for less than E0.05/kWh Low grade heat is a carbon free source of electricity. A 10% conversion of existing industrial waste heat would save 70PJ/yr of primary energy, the equivalent of 4mill ton/yr of CO2, with a market worth of Euro250 mill. The solar potential is larger than this. the project will investigate a 0.5-&kW version of the engine in market specific applications. The partners will verify the product concept and determine the path to commercial exploitation. From the results the partners can establish engine manufacture in Slovakia in 2002.
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General information:
Project Details
Start date:2000-04-01
End date:2002-03-31
Duration:24 months
Project Reference:ERK6-CT-1999-00020
Project cost:464964 EURO
Project Funding:232481 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP5-EESD
Programme type:Fifth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Key action Economic and Efficient Energy for a Competitive Europe
Contract type:Cost-sharing contracts
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Subject index:Energy Saving, Industrial Manufacture, Economic Aspects
Results for this Project
| 'Fuel free' low CO2 electricity from low temperature waste heat and solar energy | 22/07/2004 |
Other participants
| Organization name:ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Wouter |
Westerduinweg 3 PETTEN NEDERLAND Region:WEST-NEDERLAND NOORD-HOLLAND Alkmaar en omgeving |
| Tel:+31-22-4564475 | |
| Fax:+31-22-4568486 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ecn.nl | Organization Type:Research,Other |
| Organization name:VYCHODODOSLOVENSKE STROJARNE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Milan |
Juzna Trieda 82 040 01 KOSICE SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA Region:SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA VYCHODNE SLOVENSKO Kosicky kraj |
| Tel:+42-19-56115202 | |
| Fax:+42-19-5763917 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Other |
| Organization name:NEW ENERGY ALTERNATIVES S.R.O. | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Josef |
Juzna Trieda 82 KOSICE SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA Region:SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA VYCHODNE SLOVENSKO Kosicky kraj |
| Tel:+42-19-05649247 | |
| Fax:+42-19-56220956 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Other |
Record control number:52721
