Periodic Reporting for period 2 - REGEN-BY-2 (Next REnewable multi-GENeration technology enabled by TWO-phase fluids machines)
Berichtszeitraum: 2022-03-01 bis 2023-02-28
- Quality assurance plan
- Project Management plan
- External Advisory Board Creation
WP2
- End-users identification:
- Working fluid selected.
- The thermodynamic cycle design point selected
- Plant preliminary design
- Plant components preliminary sizing
- Preliminary plant safety analysis
- Plant control system design
- Plant off-design modelling and simulation
- Plant dynamic model construction (ongoing)
WP3
- Development of a two-phase expander model
- Building of the first stage of the dedicated test rig.
- Testing of commercial expander in two-phase conditions
- Preliminary design of the prototype scroll expander
- CFD simulation model for the investigation of the fluid flow
- Construction of the first lab-scale prototype of expander
- Building of the final stage of the dedicated test rig with the mounted prototype scroll expander
- Testing of prototype scroll expander (ongoing)
WP4
- Modelling, simulations and thermodynamic sensitivity analysis of the two-phase compressors
- Preliminary design of the first lab-scale prototype of two-phase compressor
- Testing of commercial single-phase compressor operating in two-phase conditions
- CFD simulations of the first lab-scale prototype of compressor
- Construction of the first lab-scale prototype of compressor
- Testing of the POE44 oil in the test bench
WP5
- Selection of the experimental setup installation site
- Definition of the technical requirements of the biomass fired heat generator
- Identification of possible suppliers of the biomass fired heat generator.
- Continuous interactions with the partners of WP2 on the design choices (M&E balance, PFD, process control logic)
- Preliminary HAZOP analysis has started
- Detailed design of the pilot unit was started and is currently ongoing
WP7
- Preliminary PESTLE Analysis.
- Assessment of most interesting industrial sectors.
- Analysis of current electric market role (and favourable regulation/feed-in/incentives at EU countries level) of: ORC/WH2P systems (low temperature WH sources driven electric power units); small scale thermal RES and polygeneration systems.
- Analysis of ancillary services needs and WH2P/dispatchable renewable energy resource (RES) feed-in existing as favourable conditions
- Development of a CBA/LCC calculation tool (on going)
- REGEN-BY-2 deployment roadmap and strategy activity started
- Measures for future regulation (on going)
- Preliminary market analysis
WP8
- D8.1: REGEN-BY-2 website and communication materials (M3, R2M)
- D8.2: Communication and Dissemination Plan (M6, R2M)
- D8.3: Stakeholders Database (M28, R2M)
- D8.6: Data Management Plan (M6, R2M)
- MS13: REGEN-BY-2 Stakeholder Database reaches 100 members (M28)
- 2 issues of the e-newsletter released
- 1 poster & 1 infographic created and updated
- Website & social media KPIs achieved
- 3 Open Access publications (1 journal article + 2 conference papers)
- 6 conferences attended by partners
- 2 Technological Workshops organised
WP9
- NEC - Requirement No. 1
- EPQ - Requirement No. 2
- The presence of the oil mixed with the refrigerant in the two-phase expander has challenged the overall efficiency, and requested an in-depth analysis which goes beyond the conventional thermodynamic selection criteria.