Project description DEENESFRITPL A better waste heat energy recovery process A significant amount of energy can be recovered from waste heat, which is generated byenergy-intensive processes such as transport based on combustion. Current methods to recover low-grade waste heat are expensive and limited in terms of conversion efficiency and power density. The EU-funded TPX-Power project will test a new approach that could nearly double the efficiency of combustion engines and provide a pollution-free and generic energy conversion process. This new approach harnesses the thermodynamics of electroluminescence, near-field photon transport and photovoltaic energy production to convert the very recent advances in intracavity thermophotonic cooling into a new heat engine technology. The project ultimately aims to improve the efficiency of any waste heat producing process by reconverting some of the waste heat energy to electricity. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Waste heat generated by industry, transport, data processing and other energy intensive processes form enormous energy streams that is typically hard to exploit despite their abundancy. In most cases the low-to-medium exhaust temperaturess of the processes make energy re-harvesting challenging with presently available technologies using expensive and bulky mechanical turbines or the emerging solid state thermophotovoltaic (TPV) or thermoelectric (TE) systems. In WASTE-NET we aim to demonstrate a new disruptive approach to thermal energy recovery, ideally allowing a large power density and a competitive energy harvesting efficiency even for low temperature energy streams. The approach harnesses the thermodynamics of electroluminescence (EL), near field (NF) photon transport and photovoltaic (PV) energy production to convert the very recent advances in intracavity thermophotonic (TPX) cooling into a new heat engine technology. The NF TPX heat engines use the superthermal emission from an electrically excited light emitting diode (LED) heated by waste heat, to illuminate a PV cell kept at ambient temperature. This configuration can enable a substantial performance boost compared to existing technologies. To access this potential we build a multidisciplinary consortium providing access to the complementary expertise needed to combine the necessary elements from LEDs, solar cells and NF physics. If successful, WASTE-NOT can demonstrate and set on motion the development of a cost- and power-efficient heat energy harvesting technology with unprecedented possibilities throughout the sectors where waste heat is produced. At best the technology could nearly double the efficiency of combustion engines and provide a pollution free energy source substantially improving the process efficiency of any waste heat producing process, effectively providing a negative-emission energy source. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesthermodynamicsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processingnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons Keywords thermophotonics light emission thermophotovoltaics heat engines iii-v semiconductors Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Main Programme H2020-EU.1.2.2. - FET Proactive Topic(s) FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019 - FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities Call for proposal H2020-FETPROACT-2019-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-EIC-FETPROACT-2019 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR Net EU contribution € 960 152,50 Address OTAKAARI 1 02150 Espoo Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 960 152,50 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 808 652,50 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 808 652,50 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France Net EU contribution € 570 945,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 601 397,50 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON France Net EU contribution € 30 452,00 Address 20 AVENUE ALBERT EINSTEIN 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 30 452,50 TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY Finland Net EU contribution € 703 048,75 Address TEKNIIKANTIE 21 02150 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 703 048,75 TF2 DEVICES B.V. Netherlands Net EU contribution € 349 750,00 Address HEYENDAALSEWEG 135 6525AJ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 349 750,00