Descripción del proyecto
Una tecnología de refrigeración eficiente reduce los costes de los aerogeneradores y prolonga su vida útil
Es necesario refrigerar componentes esenciales de los aerogeneradores, ya que se calientan durante su funcionamiento. A pesar de las recientes mejoras en la tecnología de los aerogeneradores, los actuales sistemas de refrigeración presentan una serie de desventajas. Por ejemplo, constan de muchos componentes, lo que reduce la fiabilidad, aumenta los costes de mantenimiento y limita su vida útil. Además, requieren mucha energía, ya que consumen alrededor del 1 % de la energía producida. Con la ayuda del proyecto DESIRE, financiado con fondos europeos, la empresa española Alaz Arima está desarrollando una tecnología de refrigeración eficiente y simplificada, basada en termosifones, que aborda todos estos problemas. Las tecnologías de refrigeración de Alaz Arima también pueden aplicarse a las plantas fotovoltaicas para, por ejemplo, refrigerar los componentes electrónicos de potencia de los inversores.
Objetivo
ALAZ ARIMA S.L. is a company specialized in the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of two-phase thermosyphons based technology cooling systems, applicable to wind turbines components and to other sectors, such as photovoltaics. Through DESIRE, the company has developed a breakthrough cooling solution for wind turbines whose technical viability has already been validated through different developments and testing activities.
Even with recent improvements in wind turbines technology, there is a need for more efficient cooling systems in order to reduce operating and maintenance costs and to optimize the performance of wind farms. Current cooling systems are complex and formed by many components (motor pumps, fans, etc.) which: increase the cost (expensive components); limit the life of the complete system to less than 20 years; increase maintenance expenses (thousands of euros during the useful life); consume energy (up to several tents of kW, approx. 1% of the produced energy) and need big room generating high noise.
The new technology developed by ALAZ will allow to remove certain components of the current cooling solutions, simplifying it and leading to reducing system associated costs, increasing the useful life, reducing maintenance costs, reducing energy consumption and reducing space needs and noise. Currently, ALAZ is working in the assembly and validation of the first prototypes. The support of the SME Instrument Phase 1 will help consolidating ALAZ’s activity and reaching the market by 2019 as well as new clients and sectors as soon as possible, increasing exponentially the sales and staff.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
- H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
31195 BERRIOPLANO
España
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.