Dati Progetto
Num. Contratto
256830
Coordinatore
ARIES INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS S.A. (Spagna)
Responsabile ENEA
GAGGIOLI WALTER - TERIN-SSI (CASACCIA)
Sito WEB
http://www.hitecoproject.com
Descrizione
In order to accelerate the implementation of the CSP technology, the electricity cost has to be reduced by increasing the plants’ efficiency. The HITECO Project aims at doing so by increasing the operating temperature of the heat transfer fluid (HTF) up to 600ºC and therefore raising the overall efficiency of the process. The current state-of-the-art designs are prevented to reach such temperatures without a dramatic efficiency drop by several key components. The HITECO design will re-assess all these cepts and research on new solutions that will allow the HTF to reach the aforementioned temperature and the overall process to increase its performance at the same time. In order to develop such a receiver, several research lines will have to be explored. Research on new materials and deposition methods will be developed in order to provide a system that will be able to endure such temperatures and maintain the optical, mechanical and thermal performance of the receiver; a new vacuum system will be introduced to maintain and monitor an acceptable vacuum level and the desired composition inside the tubes; new HTFs will have to be researched; and new supports, union systems and tact points will be developed in order to better accommodate the thermal expansion of the steel and the glass tubes. All these new cepts and designs will be validated through several modelling approaches and also through off-sun and field tests. The new design will also be assessed from a manufacturing point of view, in order to achieve a product that is easier and cheaper to fabricate, to assemble and to commission.
In order to achieve these ambitious goals, the HITECO sortium brings together industrial partners and research organizations. With the successful development of the HITECO cept, the efficiency of CSP plants will be increased, thus tributing to a reduction of the produced electricity cost and therefore accelerating the implementation of this technology.
Attività svolta da ENEA
L'ENEA collabora con il coordinatore ARIES nel workpackage 8 che prevede la progettazione dell'integrazione del tubo ricevitore HITECO con il loop sperimentale dell'impianto PCS e la realizzazione di una nuova sezione di prova e la conduzione di tests di caratterizzazione del nuovo dispositivo.
Programma Quadro
Settimo Programma Quadro R&ST (2007-2013)
Programma UE
ENERGIA (2007-2013)
Tipo Progetto
CP - Progetto di collaborazione
Riferimenti ENEA
Posizione:
1317
Atto di Approvazione ENEA:
74/2014/COMM
Codice Atto:
0ST44
Unità alla stipula:
UTRINN-STD
Dati Finanziari (in euro)
Costo eleggibile del progetto:
5.224.721,00
Costo eleggibile per ENEA:
460.704,00
Contributo al progetto:
3.298.300,00
Contributo a ENEA:
230.352,00
Durata
Anno di stipula:
2013
Durata (in mesi):
14
Data di inizio:
16-09-2013
Data di scadenza:
31-10-2014
Partner (9)
| Ruolo |
Tipologia |
Nome |
Nazione |
|
|
Industrie |
WITZENMANN GMBH |
Germania |
|
PARTNER |
Istituti di ricerca |
ENEA |
Italia |
|
|
Industrie |
KAVALIERGLASS A.S. |
Repubblica Ceca |
|
COORD |
Industrie |
ARIES INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS S.A. |
Spagna |
|
|
Associazioni |
ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA |
Spagna |
|
|
Istituti di ricerca |
CSIC - SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Spagna |
|
|
Istituti di ricerca |
FUNDACION CIDAUT |
Spagna |
|
|
Istituti di ricerca |
FUNDACION TEKNIKER |
Spagna |
|
|
Università |
UNIV. ETH ZURIGO |
Svizzera |
Keyword associate al progetto dal database di CORDIS (4)
| Keyword |
|
Solar energy |
|
MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY |
|
INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER |
|
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH |
Altre Keyword non presenti nel database di CORDIS (1)
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