Category: Projects

SCARABEUS

SCARABEUS: Supercritical CARbon dioxide/Alternative fluids Blends for Efficiency Upgrade of Solar power plants The aim of the SCARABEUS project is to demonstrate the capability of transcritical cycles, working with CO2-based binary mixtures in CSP plants, to reduce CAPEX (the target of the project is -30%) and OPEX (target -35%) with respect to state-of-the-art steam cycles, thus exceeding…

DEMCOPEM-2MW

Demonstration of a combined heat and power 2 MWe PEM fuel cell generator and integration into an existing chlorine production plant. The project started in January 2015 and was completed in December 2018. The project developed a CHP PEM fuel cell power plant to generate 2 MWel, recovering by-product hydrogen from a chlor-alkali industrial process.…

CONVERGE

The project started in November 2018 and during its 42 months lifetime will validate an innovative value chain for the production of green biodiesel from secondary biomass. Five innovative process units (Catalytic Cracking, BTX recovery, Sorption-Enhanced Reforming, Electrochemical Compression, Membrane MeOH synthesis Reactor) will be developed from TRL3 to TRL 5 and their integration will…

Rotor profiles in twin-screw compressors

Geometry of rotor profiles in twin-screw compressors This project was commissioned to GECOS by FNA Compressors and took place between September 2018 and April 2019. The aim was to study and optimize the rotor profiles of twin-screw compressors. The activities involved numerical analyses and simulations. For inquiries, please contact Prof. Antonio Giuffrida (antonio.giuffrida@polimi.it).