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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SHIP2FAIR (Solar Heat for Industrial Process towards Food and Agro Industries Commitment in Renewables)

Teaser

Summary

Despite it is accepted that solar thermal can provide a large amount of the industrial heat demand, their actual deployment levels remain very low. On the road for decarbonization, and to achieve the global objectives for 2050, the use of solar thermal energy in industrial processes cannot be neglected.

The main goal of SHIP2FAIR is to foster the integration of solar heat in industrial processes from the agro-food sector, by developing and demonstrating at four real industrial sites, a set of tools and methods for the development of industrial solar heat projects during their whole life-cycle, supported by a capacity building and awareness program addressing professionals, master students and policy makers.

The main objectives of SHIP2FAIR are to achieve a solar fraction up to 40% of the heat demand; to design simple solutions easy to install and operate looking for a negligible affection to the production of the users; to ensure the cost-effectiveness of the investment on SHIP providing also ad-hoc financial schemes and business models for different types of end-users; to carry out a complete demonstration program up to TRL 7 involving different sectors, processes and SHIP technologies, addressing the main challenges of the agro-food sectors; to generate a critical mass on SHIP through an integrated capacity building programme to increase awareness and train facility owners and workers as well as master students on SHIP technologies; and to exploit the untapped potential of SHIP in the EU by directly reaching 14 industrial sites during the project and preparing the ground for implementing 100 SHIP projects by 2027, thus contributing to the recovery of the European solar heating sector.

In order to fulfil these challenges a competitive consortium of EU leading entities has been gathered including 4 RTOs (CIRCE, CEA, LINKS and BE2020) 2 Engineering companies (RINA-C and SOLID), 2 Solar Technology Providers (TVP and IS), the 4 agro-food companies already mentioned, 2 sectorial associations (EUREC and SCOOP) and one Utility (EDF), addressing the complete SHIP projects value-chain.

Work performed

In this first 18 months of the project, the framework regarding technical and non-technical conditions to ensure the accomplishment of the project objectives has been established. The boundary conditions for the involved demo-sites were defined, and technical visits to all the plants were performed.

The global concept of the Replication Tool based on different modules and their interactions was developed. These modules development is quite advanced at this stage of the project.

The approach for the Control Tool, also module-based, has been defined, and the ICT supporting the infrastructure required to make an optimal solar heat process control is under development.

Among the main results in this Reporting Period is the design, commissioning and installation of RODA demo-site, in September 2019. The installation in RODA comprises a solar field and an absorption machine, so the solar field is used for cooling and heating purposes. Due to the seasonality of the winery processes, the solar heat is integrated in different parts of the process depending on the current requirements, to fully exploit the potential of the solar field.

Also, the project visual identity has been created, and the project partners have engaged in promoting the project and their expected outcomes in different events. A first workshop was organized by SHIP2FAIR at Bodegas RODA in September 2019, to present the new installation and their possibilities to national stakeholders.

Final results

The project results will consist in a (1) Replication tool for easily assessing the techno-economic feasibility of a SHIP project and supporting its design; (2) a Control tool understand as a DSS to support the operation of the complete process, (3) a comprehensive guide for supporting stakeholders in the design, commissioning and operation of their SHIP projects, and (4) a complete capacity building program, addressing both professionals and students interested in SHIP applications in the agro-food sector.

These results will be demonstrated and validated at TRL 7 in 4 demo-sites, including representative use cases of the agro-food sector like spirits distillation (Martini & Rossi), foie-gras production (Larnaudie), sugar boiling (RAR Group) and wine fermentation and stabilization (RODA Wineries).