Objective Waste Heat (WH) emissions are a major economic and environmental issue, and the European legislation is increasingly pushing industrial companies to look for new solutions to reduce them. In this sense, Energy Harvesting (EH) techniques are one of the most promising sources of solutions, with a potential market of $250 million in the next 3 years. However, currently available EH solutions have important limitations mainly due to their low adaptability to different industrial settings and their high maintenance costs. HEAT-R proposes a new solution allowing the direct conversion of WH into electricity. It is a modular unit using multiple ThermoElectrical Generation cells associated and controlled through a programmable control unit based on System-on Chip technology, overcoming actual limitations by providing:• a large power generation capacity• a low-cost packaged solution • an adaptable and fully scalable system • a reliable, easy-to-install and maintenance-free product Current prototypes have been validated in relevant environments and one of the main objectives is now to scale up and adapt them to specific industrial requirements. In this sense, a demonstration within the premises of the first early adopter customer (SEAT-Volkswagen) will be performed during next months.The main objectives of HEAT-R are to validate the feasibility of the following technical, economic and impact aspects of the project:- Manufacturing process definition, including a Quality & Certification plan- New key partners identification- Industrial prototype validation - Know-how protection plan development- New customers’ requirements and needs identification (installation, validation, maintenance ...)- Market study improvement, including a deeper competitor analysis- Commercialization plan implementation (national and international strategies)- Target annual profit forecast validation (1.459.940€ in 2018) - Target direct qualified job generation (23 positions) Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SIE-01-2015-1 - Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon energy system Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2015 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator ALTERNATIVE ENERGY INNOVATIONS SL Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Pare llaurador 169 08224 Terrassa Spain See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 21 429,00
