Truck with an Organic Rankine Cycle

Información del proyecto

TORC

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 733460

DOI

10.3030/733460

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 19 Septiembre 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Septiembre 2016

Fecha de finalización 30 Septiembre 2020

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Coste total

€ 3 048 761,25

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 134 132,88

Coordinado por

EXOES
France

Periodic Reporting for period 5 - TORC (Truck with an Organic Rankine Cycle)

Período documentado: 2019-11-01 hasta 2020-09-30

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Fuel efficiency has become a priority for the whole truck industry as fuel represents more than 35% of the freight operators total cost of ownership. Saving 5% of fuel triples freight operators’ net margins and saves 6 tonnes of CO2 annually per truck. Knowing that one third of the fuel introduced in a thermal engine is lost as waste heat in exhaust gases, harvesting this huge quantity of heat to create additional energy represents an untapped opportunity to save fuel. EXOES wants to seize this unique business opportunity.
During 8 years of R&D, EXOES developed the most strategic component of a waste heat recovery system (ORC): the expander. Branded EVE® (for Energy Via Exhaust), this very innovative TRL6 expansion machine was tested in representative environments labs by major truck manufacturers and worldwide Tier 1s.
Such tests revealed an outstanding 5% fuel-consumption reduction (25% higher than competitors), what offers to the freight operators a payback period of less than 2 years. EVE® also allows truck manufacturers and Tier 1s to generate new revenues and margins. Thanks to its compatibility with any single truck platform, EVE® reduces their investment risks. With these advantages on its competitors, EXOES can target the worldwide heavy commercial vehicles segment.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

The Exoes expander, EVE, has been integrated in a truck and is being tested currently.
The first redesign to cost of the EVE shows a great potential in terms of compactness, integration, weight, size and cost (task under progress).
A lot of communication has been made through a complete new Website, social media and conferences as ETA in Berlin.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The tests or design are in progress.

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