Objective Heat recovery at a high temperature level is essential in industrial thermal processing. The use of ceramic materials yields higher temperatures and subsequently a higher efficiency. The present project aims to develop a new generation of ceramic heat exchangers for high temperature heat recovery with the target of significantly reducing the size and weight as well as also the price of such components by simplifying the manufacturing process and allowing a higher flexibility in the heat exchanger geometry. The use of precursors/template materials taken from the textile industries and a subsequent ceramic conversion is proposed as the main technological path for reaching the above objectives. Although this principal option is not new, there are no development efforts known, to utilize such a technological approach for industrial high temperature heat exchangers. The proposed route will lead to an increase in freedom of the geometric design at low costs for shaping. The development/refinement of the conversion process for such materials into a thermal-shock resistant gas-tight ceramic (e.g. silicon infiltrated silicon carbide) and the multi-objective optimization in terms of size, geometry, material and production costs is the major challenge of the proposed project. A complete ceramic heat exchanger component shaped by textile technologies is targeted. The combination/junction of existing robust ceramic components already applied in industrial furnaces, like silicon infiltrated SiC tubes, with compatible ceramic heat enhancement elements, built through the textile technology based manufacturing process, allows a robust construction in terms of application safety as an intermediate technology development step. At the same time a significant size reduction or increase of the heat recovery level can be achieved due to the higher heat transfer by the fine shaped and geometrically flexible heat enhancement elements. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesnatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometrynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloidsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Keywords 3D textiles Ceramics Heat Exchangers High temperature heat recovery Industrial furnaces Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2008.8.1.1 - Energy efficiency of industrial heat exchangers and boilers Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2008-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG EU contribution € 471 996,00 Address AKADEMIESTRASSE 6 09599 Freiberg Germany See on map Region Sachsen Chemnitz Mittelsachsen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Volker Uhlig (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA Switzerland EU contribution € 307 196,00 Address STABILE LE GERRE 6928 Manno See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Ticino Ticino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alberto Ortona (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLITECNICO DI TORINO Italy EU contribution € 305 225,00 Address CORSO DUCA DEGLI ABRUZZI 24 10129 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Paolo Fino (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU TEXTILE ET DE L'HABILLEMENT France EU contribution € 349 220,00 Address rue des reculettes 14 75013 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Thierry Le Blan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Erbicol SA Switzerland EU contribution € 304 880,00 Address Viale Pereda 22 6828 Balerna See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sandro Gianella (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WARMEPROZESSTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 158 000,00 Address DORNIERSTRASSE 14 71272 Renningen See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Böblingen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joachim Wuenning (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AICHELIN Ges.m.b.H Austria EU contribution € 120 600,00 Address FABRIKSGASSE 3 2340 MODLING See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Herwig Altena (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VDMA-Gesellschaft f. Forschung und Innovation GmbH Germany EU contribution € 63 600,00 Address Lyoner Strasse 18 60528 Frankfurt am Main See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Franz Beneke (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data