LOWASH
Low Energy Washer Dryer through the Development of an Innovative Load Balancing & High Efficient Heat Recovery System
| Coordinatore | THE CDA GROUP LIMITED
Organization address
address: HARBY ROAD WAREHOUSE PREMISES LANGAR contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 1˙510˙827 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙143˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2012 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-09-01 - 2014-08-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
THE CDA GROUP LIMITED
Organization address
address: HARBY ROAD WAREHOUSE PREMISES LANGAR contact info |
UK (LANGAR) | coordinator | 490˙532.25 |
| 2 |
TEV Ltd
Organization address
address: Armytage Road Unit 4 contact info |
UK (Brighouse) | participant | 280˙224.00 |
| 3 |
LINCIS SOLUCOES INTEGRADAS PARA SISTEMAS DE INFORMACAO LDA
Organization address
address: Av Senhor Da Paciencia 36 B contact info |
PT (BRAGA) | participant | 186˙815.00 |
| 4 |
IDEA SRL
Organization address
address: CONTRADA MOLARA ZONA INDUSTRIALE 3 FASE contact info |
IT (TERMINI IMERESE PALERMO) | participant | 99˙495.75 |
| 5 |
VESTEL BEYAZ ESYA SANAYI VE TICARET AS
Organization address
address: AMBARLI PETROL OFISI DOLUM TESISLERI contact info |
TR (AVCILAR ISTANBUL) | participant | 49˙702.00 |
| 6 |
VIBRATEC
Organization address
address: 28 Chemin du petit bois contact info |
FR (ECULLY) | participant | 18˙468.00 |
| 7 |
THE UK HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: PERA BUSINESS PARK, NOTTINGHAM ROAD contact info |
UK (MELTON MOWBRAY) | participant | 17˙763.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Recent trends in European housing and demographics have had a significant effect on the European domestic appliances sector, in particular for laundry. A growth in single occupancy, an increase in multi-dwelling buildings (flats) and a fall in household floor space have all driven an increase in the purchase of combined washer-dryers, growing at 9% p.a.
However, washer-dryers are inefficient, using as much as 50% more energy to wash and dry a load than separate systems. This is a concern both for energy consumption and cost for the user - estimated 15 million washer-dryers consume 18 TWh of electricity worth €300m and indirectly emit 10,000 tonnes of CO2 each year. As well as energy efficiency, washer-dryers also have practical limitations. Due to the small drum size of the machine compared to a dedicated tumble dryer, it is not possible to dry a full wash load in one go, adding to cost and significantly reducing convenience.
LoWash will address these issues by creating a highly energy-efficient machine capable drying a complete wash load without user intervention. It will achieve this by combing an innovative hydraulic load balancing drum with a unique passive/active heat pump drying chain to create a washer-dryer capable of washing and drying a complete 7kg load without removing any of it from the machine. It will do this using <50% of the energy required by current washer dryers.
Realising this vision would provide a €34m market opportunity to our consortium for washer-dryers. The technology can also be applied to standalone washing machines and tumble driers, which would more than double the market potential. In the process, LoWash will save 16 GWh of electricity over 5 years.'