Distributed Monitoring of HTF Temperature at Solar Thermal Power Plants

Informazioni relative al progetto

DIMONTEMP

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 711041

DOI

10.3030/711041

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 17 Dicembre 2015

Data di avvio 1 Febbraio 2016

Data di completamento 31 Luglio 2016

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

DIAGNOSTIQA CONSULTORIA TECNICA SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DIMONTEMP (Distributed Monitoring of HTF Temperature at Solar Thermal Power Plants)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2016-02-01 al 2016-07-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTC) plants, which represent the 98% of the concentrated solar facilities installed today, is viewed as one of the main alternative to the problems regarding global warming and fossil fuels exhaustion.
However, cost competitiveness remains a crucial barrier to their deployment, being the maintenance and control of heat thermal fluid (HTF) temperature one of the main causes. Current control systems of HTF present lots of limitations, controlling few specific HTF pipe points and offering high uncertainty about the real state of the plant and the expensive HTF. This fact causes degradation of HTF and economical losses associated to long non-operational time of the plant.
The general objective of DIMONTEMP project is the commercialization of an innovative system for DISTRIBUTED MONITORING of HTF temperature through the entire solar field at PTC power plants, using optical fiber (FO) as sensorization element, allowing a reduction of HTF related O&M cost and an important increase of facilities availability.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

During the last 6 months of Phase 1, DIAGNOSTIQA has been working in this Feasibility Study. The main tasks carried out during the project were:
• Development of the financial feasibility assessment.
• Study of the best commercial strategy in every target market; customers, competitors as well as the overall economic, political, cultural and technical environment was analysed.
• A detailed analysis of the regulatory standards to be matched by the new DIMONTEMP system in order to ensure that it complies with the national and European legislation of the first-stage targeted markets.
• IPR strategy definition for DIMONTEMP and also for future technology adaptations.
• Contingency plan.
• Technical feasibility plan, to determine reliability and competitiveness of the system and to identify limitations.
• A scalability study of the industrial production process.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

After all the tasks carried out during the 6 months of the Phase 1 described previously, it can be concluded that launching DIMONTEMP to the market could be a very successful business for DIAGNÓSTIQA. Not only in the sector initially considered but also in others. In addition, the product will enable to reduce O&M costs of energy plants as well as process industries. The expected growth of the company after the current SME Instrument Phase 1 and the subsequent Phase 2 will be very important. DIAGNÓSTIQA should increase its net incomes and hence it foresees the creation of new employment.

Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTC) plants