Voltage Shield Stabilizer Regulator

Project Information

SSR

Grant agreement ID: 882230

DOI

10.3030/882230

Project closed

EC signature date 8 November 2019

Start date 1 December 2019

End date 31 March 2020

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

CASTOLDI & MORETTI SRL
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SSR (Voltage Shield Stabilizer Regulator)

Reporting period: 2019-12-01 to 2020-03-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The growing % of unstable and unpredictable renewable energy sources (RES) used for power production and the wider presence of distributed generation alters the current standards for electric grids and creates further disadvantages in terms of voltage fluctuations, and thus strengthens the demand of voltage stabilizers, both in industrialized countries in emerging countries.

Voltage management is critical to users of electrical equipment and sensitive electronics. Commercial, industrial, and residential applications require a consistent voltage despite load current variations caused by expanding system demand and load profile fluctuations.

The innovative voltage stabilizer SSR-Shield Stabilizer Regulator can stabilize the voltage level at the nominal value for fluctuations up to ±20% (compared to ±10% of state of the art competitors). Differently from current solutions available on the market, in SSR the voltage is controlled in continuous way and not by steps as in the conventional systems.

This is done by means of a brushless motor that automatically and dynamically adjusts the position of a mobile isolated, short-circuited coil over the fixed coil in the magnetic core. Besides, SSR’s magnetic core will be made of amorphous materials, which limit losses (20% compared to the standard) with consequent 20% energy savings and 8% CO2 emissions.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Within the contract 2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020/H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1 project SSR – Shield Stabilizer Regulator number 882230 the following activities were performed:
• Task 1: Technical Feasibility Study
• Task 2: IPR Protection and regulatory issues
• Task 3: Business Plan
• Task 4: – Financial Feasibility Study

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

In conclusion, the feasibility analysis results confirmed that the SSR project is considered of high relevance for C&M business growth at the EU and global level, with a potential strong impact.

The project will continue, with the necessary funding being partly covered by C&M stakeholder and partly requested to the European Commission as an SME-INST phase 2 project, as detailed in the previous section.
For C&M, the impact will be to increase its turnover over 40M € within 5 years from start of commercialization, with an internal rate of return of 549% and employment increase of 8 people the first year, 16 people the second year and 29 people the fifth year after start of commercialization.

SSR prototype