UP-THERM

Innovative high efficiency phase change fluid based heat engine

Coordinatore	TEP ENERGY SOLUTION SRL    more  Organization address address: VIALE REGINA MARGHERITA 101 city: ROMA postcode: 198 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Fabio Cognome: De Angelis Corvi Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 64824058 Fax: +39 06 42013088
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	1˙481˙256 €
EC contributo	1˙081˙641 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2013
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-09-01   -   2015-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TEP ENERGY SOLUTION SRL  Organization address address: VIALE REGINA MARGHERITA 101 city: ROMA postcode: 198 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Fabio Cognome: De Angelis Corvi Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 64824058 Fax: +39 06 42013088	IT (ROMA)	coordinator	346˙937.10
2	Encontech B.V.  Organization address address: NIJMANSBOS 26 city: ENSCHEDE postcode: 7543 GJ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alexander Cognome: Kronberg Email: send email Telefono: +31 534891088	NL (ENSCHEDE)	participant	250˙535.88
3	NOON ENERGY SL  Organization address address: CALLE ZEARKALE 34 city: ERMUA BIZKAIA postcode: 48260 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Idoia Cognome: Iturbe Email: send email Telefono: +34 649258985	ES (ERMUA BIZKAIA)	participant	241˙142.00
4	EFICEN RESEARCH SL  Organization address address: CALLE PEPE BLANCO 2 PLANTA 5 city: LARDERO LA RIOJA postcode: 26140 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Carlos Javier Cognome: Vicente Ruiz Email: send email Telefono: +34 678618420	ES (LARDERO LA RIOJA)	participant	232˙444.99
5	IC CONSULTANTS LTD  Organization address address: Sherfield Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Radu Cognome: Rautiu Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 7594 6567 Fax: +44 20 7594 6566	UK (LONDON)	participant	8˙820.00
6	ALENCO NV  Organization address address: KRUISHOEFSTRAAT 50 city: DILSEN-STOKKEM postcode: 3650 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Bart Cognome: Meersman Email: send email Telefono: +32 497667168	BE (DILSEN-STOKKEM)	participant	1˙761.43
7	LABOR S.R.L.  Organization address address: via della Scrofa 117 city: ROMA postcode: 186 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Cristina Cognome: Torrisi Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 40040354 Fax: +39 06 40040357	IT (ROMA)	participant	0.00
8	UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE  Organization address address: DRIENERLOLAAN 5 city: ENSCHEDE postcode: 7522 NB contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Jacoba Cognome: Van Houten-Vos Email: send email Telefono: +31 53 489 2444 Fax: +31 53 489 2621	NL (ENSCHEDE)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'A simple and economic engine concept is proposed as an alternative to the conventional heat engine. The main innovative character of the project is determined by the conceptual approach toward technological solution of the challenging problems of heat engines with external heat supply. This approach includes the use of working fluids changing phase, with crucial benefits in terms of: • liquid working fluid, being incompressible, decreases remarkably dead volumes and their influence on the efficiency; • substantial reduction of the dead volume permits using of external heat exchangers and thus to solve the scale up problem; • heat transfer can be improved because of the boiling and condensation processes; • engines with liquid working fluid can be made much safer since in operation volume of gas/vapor phase is smaller whereas out of operation a high-pressure gas phase can be absent at all; Up-Therm engine will be assembled in a micro-CHP (3 kW) prototype, which will demonstrate that: • Up-THERM engine cost is much lower (< 500 €/kW) than other technologies (ICE, Stirlin, micro-turbine), thanks to its design simplicity; • Specific power (kg/kW) is in line with the other product; • Mainly for low power size the electrical efficiency of the innovative engine is incomparable. Making a comparison with the commercially available system with a power < 3 kW, the Up-THERM efficiency is almost double. The tangible outcomes of the Up-THERM project, available to SME partners for exploitation, are: 1) Working fluid design for the thermal engine, with a proper characterization and performance evaluation. 2) Engine executive design of Up-THERM unit, with an integrated control strategy. The Up-THERM unit has to achieve the following targets: Pel = 1 – 3 kW; Thermal efficiency = 35% at least; Maintenance interval = 50,000 hour. 3) A 1-3 kWel Up-THERM CHP prototype, to be installed and tested to assess the real performance. The cost target of the whole CHP system has been fixed'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded companies are currently developing an innovative heat engine capable of using solar thermal energy or natural gas for more effective energy generation respect to available solutions.