Descripción del proyecto
Recuperación de calor residual en industrias de alta temperatura
Las industrias de transformación a alta temperatura se enfrentan a un reto importante: la infrautilización del calor residual, lo que supone una pérdida de energía y de potencial económico. El equipo del proyecto Smartrec, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende facilitar la recuperación económica del calor residual. Mediante el desarrollo de una solución normalizada y modular para la recuperación de calor y el almacenamiento térmico, en Smartrec se ofrece un método flexible para valorizar el calor residual de grado medio a alto en diferentes industrias y temperaturas. Este proyecto pionero pretende tender un puente entre las preocupaciones ambientales y la viabilidad económica, lo que allanará el camino hacia un futuro más sostenible en el procesamiento industrial. Se construirá un sistema piloto Smartrec y se instalará en una recicladora secundaria de aluminio o en un proceso cerámico, que funcionan por lotes y cuyos gases de combustión son corrosivos en un amplio intervalo de temperaturas.
Objetivo
Waste heat is a problem common to high temperature processing industries as a significantly underused resource, often due to challenges in economic heat valorisation. Secondary aluminium recycling and ceramic processing were identified as key examples with economically recoverable waste heat. Several challenges are inherent; these processes are batch-based rather than continuous with corrosive particulate-laden flue gas over a wide temperature range. The Smartrec system meets these challenges by development of a standard, modular solution for integration of heat recovery with thermal storage that valorises medium to high grade waste heat, adaptable to different temperatures and industries. Following end-user analysis and characterisation of exhaust streams and waste products, full life cycle costing and assessment will be carried out with candidate molten salts selected for thermal storage and heat transfer fluid, validated by corrosion testing. A custom heat pipe heat exchanger will be modelled and designed around the requirements of heat transport capacity wick structure and capable of heat exchange with a molten salt pumping loop. This loop will include dual media thermocline thermal storage system with cost/system modelling, validation and instrumentation incorporated. A pilot Smartrec system will be constructed and deployed in a secondary aluminium recycler and/or ceramic processor valorising high grade heat for continuous energy-intensive salt-cake recycling. Smartrec will be validated by integration with existing systems with >6 months operation including a fully developed instrumentation framework. A knowledge-based tool will be developed containing all relevant Smartrec parameters and information to model the system fully and allow users to determine their requirements, potential benefits and integrate Smartrec into their own systems via an open access workshop hosted by the consortium.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metals
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-EE-2016-PPP
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
S40 2UB Chesterfield
Reino Unido
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.