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…
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.…
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…
In the last decade the increasing penetration of renewables has been contributing to phase-out traditional power plants and to put the role of energy storage systems under the spotlight. This energy transition scenario was foreseen in advance by the EPS founders in 2005, which in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano e Torino decided to…
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).
Low-enthalpy geothermal plant optimisation This project was commissioned to GECOS by Sorgenia. It was developed between June 2015 and May 2016. The aim of the work was to perform an optimisation analysis of low enthalpy geothermal power plants with enhance gas lift. For additional information or queries, please refer to Prof. Paolo Silva (paolo.silva@polimi.it).
Revamping of the industrial site of Agrati di Veduggio The project was commissioned to GECOS by Agrati Group and started in March 2016 and was concluded in November 2017. The objective of the work was to perform an energy audit and subsequent energy efficiency improvement of the productive process at the industrial site of Agrati…
This project is in collaboration with Amec FW for the IEA GHG program and EPRI.
