Truck with an Organic Rankine Cycle

Informations projet

TORC

N° de convention de subvention: 733460

DOI

10.3030/733460

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 19 Septembre 2016

Date de début 1 Septembre 2016

Date de fin 30 Septembre 2020

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Coût total

€ 3 048 761,25

Contribution de l’UE

€ 2 134 132,88

Coordonné par

EXOES
France

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

Période du rapport: 2019-11-01 au 2020-09-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

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.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

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.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The tests or design are in progress.

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