The first year of the project served to adapt technical criteria of the HeatSel® technology for industrial readiness at ESDA Technologie GmbH, including the optimization of PCM and the encapsulation, as well as to prepare the upscaling activities for the second year. The technical optimisation activities were all successful completed on schedule. In addition, several tests of the HeatSel® technology under operating conditions have been launched in various application fields at diverse OEMs (heating and cooling system manufacturers) and are still ongoing in concrete applications.
Within the first year, the commercialisation strategy was further developed and many communication and dissemination activities were successfully carried out. Numerous sales partnerships for commercialisation in European countries have been acquired and set up, other promising negotiations are still under preparation.
In the second year of the project, ESDA has concentrated its efforts on the successful upscaling and automation of production process. Also, the tests for validation and proof in operational environment have been successfully completed. As it is an indispensable requirement for the market introduction, various system certifications were performed. There, the achievement of the PCM-RAL certificate and Quality Mark revealed to be essential. In parallel, a customer service concept was elaborated successfully.
Within the second year, the updated commercialisation strategy was implemented, and many customer acquisition, communication and dissemination activities were successfully carried out. Also, ESDA has broadly extended its network of distributing partners.
The project management has provided for the efficient and successful performance of the project and has taken over all the important tasks such as project monitoring (schedule and budget), management of administrative, contractual and legal aspects as well as communication with the EASME representatives.
All project activities have been reached successfully and on schedule.
