Descripción del proyecto
Desarrollo de una tecnología innovadora de multigeneración de energía renovable
El auge de las energías renovables lleva aparejado la necesidad urgente de crear una infraestructura energética avanzada. Teniendo esto en cuenta, el objetivo del proyecto REGEN-BY-2, financiado con fondos europeos, es diseñar un prototipo a escala de laboratorio de un ciclo termodinámico muy eficiente patentado y una central conexa para la conversión de fuentes térmicas en vectores de energía. El prototipo, que utiliza compresores y reductores de flujo bifásico, podrá convertir cualquier tipo de fuente térmica renovable (por ejemplo, solar, aerotérmica, geotérmica o hidrotermal) de baja a alta temperatura, incluidas otras fuentes térmicas como el calor residual. El proyecto promoverá la demanda y un mayor uso de fuentes térmicas renovables.
Objetivo
REGEN-BY-2 will research, design, construct and experiment a first-of-its-kind lab-scale prototype of a recent near-worldwide patented thermodynamic cycle and related plant for the conversion of thermal sources in energy vectors, i.e. electric, heating and-or cooling powers. The start-up TIFEO, which was founded in 2018 by the team leading this proposal and is the exclusive licensee of the patent driving REGEN-BY-2, is a potential European Unicorn. REGEN-BY-2 can convert (from small to large-scale) any typology of renewable thermal source from low to high-temperature (e.g. solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal) including additional thermal sources (e.g. waste heat). REGEN-BY-2 is enabled by machines capable to work with two-phase fluids, i.e. constituted by both liquid and vapor phases. The patented thermodynamic cycle is highly efficient as it is constituted by a proper combination of Carnot cycles operating with two-phase fluid circulating in novel two-phase expanders and two-phase compressors. To be successful, these two-phase machines will have to be designed, prototyped and integrated in the REGEN-BY-2 lab-scale prototype. Moreover, the patented technology has large flexibility due to the control of many process parameters, allowing chasing and satisfying the end-users energy demands in a predictable and dispatchable way. By the exploitation of renewable thermal sources from small to large-scale, by converting them more efficiently and with more flexibility into electric, heating and-or cooling energy vectors, REGEN-BY-2 will induce greater demand for and increasing use of renewable thermal sources. REGEN-BY-2 is a breakthrough in our energy infrastructure as it can be used in wide energy sectors (e.g. District Heating&Cooling systems and Distributed Renewable Flexible Energy systems). The research is low-TRL and high risk. For this, a full value international chain is assembled (Universities, RTOs, SMEs, Large Enterprises, a Standards Organization).
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-LC-SC3-2019-RES-TwoStages
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
56126 Pisa
Italia