Description du projet
Une technologie propre et verte pour réduire les émissions de GES grâce à une nouvelle combustion assistée par plasma
Selon les prévisions, les émissions annuelles de gaz à effet de serre (GES) augmenteront de 50 % d’ici 2040. Même les technologies de pointe en matière de contrôle des émissions ou de combustion ne parviendront pas à freiner cette hausse. Si l’efficacité de la combustion peut contribuer à réduire les émissions de GES, les systèmes de chaudières industrielles existants peinent à atteindre des rendements de combustion supérieurs à 90 %. Pour rendre la combustion plus efficace et plus respectueuse de l’environnement, la société estonienne EFENCO a développé une technologie exclusive assistée par plasma, qui sera validée et commercialisée dans le cadre du projet HERC financé par l’UE. HERC réalisera une étude de faisabilité portant à la fois sur la commercialisation et les caractéristiques techniques. En réduisant la consommation de carburant et les émissions, cette technologie contribuera à la vision européenne d’une décarbonation complète à l’horizon 2050.
Objectif
Natural gas is growingly the main energy source for most industrial processes. As the amount of annual GHG emissions is expected to rise 50% by 2040, even the most sophisticated emission control or combustion technologies will struggle to tame this increase. Thus, most European industries face major challenges regardless of future mitigation commitments, including increased competition with other regions that have competitive advantages through lower cost fuels or carbon taxes. Reducing GHG emissions comes down to combustion efficiency. It is very difficult to achieve combustion efficiencies above 90% with current industrial boiler systems. Efenco has developed a proprietary plasma assisted technology that makes combustion more efficient and environmentally friendly. The technology uses small and robust multilayer devices to harvest waste heat from the combustion chamber to create plasma without additional energy, resulting in lower fuel usage and reduced emissions as less fuel is burned to achieve the same energy output. Our cost-effective technology is mainly meant for retrofitting existing combustion boilers in industrial heating systems. Our primary target group (end-users) include industrial operators with natural gas based heating systems that have a heat power capacity greater than 1 megawatt (MW). Currently, there are an estimated 50 000 systems in Europe meeting this criterion. We address the global combustion controls, equipment and systems market, estimated to reach over €132 billion by 2025. By scaling up rapidly, our objective is to reach €40 million in sales by 2024. During the Phase-1 project, Efenco will conduct a comprehensive feasibility study that includes both commercialisation and technical aspects of the innovation. In a more long-term view we are working with Safran, a high-tech industrial group, to potentially offer our technology in the global turbofan engines market.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social sciencessociologygovernancetaxation
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
40231 Sillamae
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L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.