A Shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that increases Energy Efficiency in the Oil, Gas, Power & Chemical Process Sectors

Projektinformationen

FlowEnhancer

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 831040

DOI

10.3030/831040

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 3 Oktober 2018

Startdatum 1 November 2018

Enddatum 31 Januar 2021

Finanziert unter

• Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 302 801,25

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 497 288,88

Koordiniert durch

TUBE TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FlowEnhancer (A Shell-and-tube heat exchanger enhancement that increases Energy Efficiency in the Oil, Gas, Power & Chemical Process Sectors)

Berichtszeitraum: 2019-11-01 bis 2021-01-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The Flow Enhancer projects aims at commercialising an innovative heat exchanger efficiency enhancement that will allow plant operators in the Oil & Gas and power generation sectors to achieve substantial fuel and CO2 emission savings. The outcomes of the project will contribute towards European Policy objectives on a low carbon economy and climate change.
The project’s objectives are comprised of both commercial and technical objectives and they are as follows:
• Optimize the system’s mechanical design
• Create an online flow diversion angle calculator
• To validate the final product in industrial environment
• To produce the Installation and Maintenance Guidelines of the product
• To perform a market audit
• To certify the Flow Enhancer system in Europe
• To perform pre-launch operations to facilitate market entry
• To disseminate the Flow Enhancer system’s advantages to the industry
• To incentive the industry operators towards efficiency savings
• To finalise our commercialisation plan

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

During reporting period 2, the project has achieved the following objectives:
1. Product validation
The performance of the system has been validated
2. Performed pre-launch activities
We have set up the service, support and logistics teams among the industrial partners for commercialisation of the technology
3. To disseminate the Flow Enhancer system’s advantages to the industry
Disseminated the Flow Enhancers advantages to industry
4. To finalise our commercialisation plan
Finalised the commercial plan

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

The Flow Enhancer project will achieve a step performance increase in a component that is ubiquitously used in an industry where technological breakthroughs are notoriously rare and where the volume, quantities and sizes are such that even a marginal improvement in the production process can potentially result in billions of euros being saved, as well as reducing the enormous environmental footprint of the industry. The final outcome of the action will be a market-grade product that will be either licensed to manufacturers for inclusion in new models or retrofitted into old ones.
The work carried will contribute towards European policy objectives, especially:
• 2030 Climate and Energy framework
• 2050 Low-Carbon economy
• Industrial Emission Directive (IED)

This is an image of the Flow Enhancer product name - Flow Optimiser