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Meeting oil refineries in Germany

AE Innova presenting our technology in Nynas AB oil refinery plant in Hamburg, Germany. This former Shell refinery is one of the biggest in the country that the Swedish oil company incorporated in 2016. Different scenarios have been analyzed with their reliability head.  

AEInnova has also visited the reliability staff in the oil refinery of Raffinerie Heide GmbH in Brunsbuttel, North of Germany. Summary of the meeting: complete interest in our technology. Both hardware and software (DAEVIS IoT dashboard) should be easily integrated into their facilities. 

It has been a pleasure to get to know these large refineries from the inside, and we have also made 6 new contacts. 

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12th September 2018 by Jaume Ribas 0

Familia Torres winery: Prototype Design

A Heat-R energy recovery station will be installed in a configuration of 3 WHRU modules, 2 with heat column system and a larger one with heat pipes.

The first system will consist of 4 40×40 thermoelectric cells and one fan and the second, consisting of 6 40×40 thermoelectric cells and 2 fans.

According to the result of the thermographic analysis, it is established that the combustion gas duct of the biomass boiler is the favorable point for the placement of WHRU units. For reasons of ease of installation, WHRU units will be located at the top of the rectangular flue gas outlet duct at its exit from the cyclone and before the exit of the boiler building duct to the bag filter.

The working cycle of the biomass boiler is 24 hours and the flue gas outlet temperature varies between 250-300 ° C depending on the fuel used, which may be strains and branches and/or forest masses. The ambient temperature is between 35-45ºC.

8th September 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Distiller Chemical Industry: Prototype Design

Location

The building of the boiler room where the chimney is located has a height of approximately 12 m. The chimney can be accessed by a cat ladder, but the floor next to the chimney must be considered as not practicable as part of the ceiling of the boiler room.

 

Design decisions

It is proposed to install 2 WHRU modules that will penetrate one of the WOGA boiler gas outlet chimneys.

The WHRU units will be installed one on each side of the chimney 600 mm wide.

WHRU modules will be equipped with waterblocks for water cooling.

The cooling water distribution installation will be provided with traps to avoid the presence of air in the water circuit.

Each WHRU unit will consist of 6 waterblocks. Each waterblock will cool the cold face of 6 peltier cells. Therefore, each WHRU unit will consist of 36 peltier cells (6 waterblock x 6 peltier cells).

To maximize the effect of temperature on the WHRU collectors, a deflector will be installed inside the rectangular chimney.

For monitoring the correct functioning of the prototype, 3 types of sensor nodes will be installed:

Type 1-Temperature Node: Th, Tc and Tgases output.

Type 2-Node Wattmeter to measure the power generated by the system. Said node will be installed inside the electrical panel.

2 units will be installed. of type 1 sensor nodes (one for each WHRU module) and 1 unit of type 2 node.

A LoRa Gateway will be installed to collect all the data sent by the sensors. The Gateway will be installed inside the boiler room right next to the existing electrical panels. The Gateway will be powered from one of the existing boxes.

 

25th July 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Gomà Camps Paper Industry: Technical Visit

In order to start a thermoelectricity project, it is important to have a physical visit to the facilities in order to determine the waste heat ranges and the temperature in addition to the installation of the WHRU system.  The technical visit was made at the Gomà-Camps facility in La Riba (Tarragona) on July 9th, 2018.

9th July 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Nit de l’Eficiència: EmErgEnt prizes

Aeinnova finalist in The Night of the Efficiency

The Cluster of Efficient Energy of Catalonia (CEEC) organizes, annually, the Night of the Efficiency, an event that has become the meeting point for the main agents in the sector.

Aeinnova, an active member of the CEEC, had the honor of being a finalist in the Emergent awards aimed at rewarding the best start-ups in the field of energy efficiency.

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Aeinnova, an active member of the CEEC, had the honor of being a finalist in the Emergent awards aimed at rewarding the best start-ups in the field of energy efficiency.


 

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22nd June 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Industry 4.0 & IIoT: Perspectives, challenges & experiences

Aeinnova at the Industry 4.0 & IIoT conference: Perspectives, challenges & experiences


Aeinnova has been invited to participate in the Industry 4.0 & IIoT conference: Perspectives, challenges & experiences organized by Orbital 4.0 within the framework of the Industry 4th promotion of the Terrassa City Council.

In addition to Aeinnova, they participated in the Vodafone conference, presenting their communications technology NB-IoT and Esbelt as a company where Industry 4,0 innovation project has been implemented.

The global participation was around 25 people and there was a local impact on the media so we value our participation as very positive.

 

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20th June 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Familia Torres winery: Technical visit

In order to start a thermoelectricity project, it is important to have a physical visit to the facilities in order to determine the waste heat ranges and the temperature in addition to the installation of the WHRU system.  The technical visit was made at the winery Familia Torres (Barcelona) on May 30th, 2018.

In the following aerial map it is possible to see the overall surface of the winery production and logistics of Familia Torres where the HEAT-R equipment will be installed.

 

 

Heat Source

After analyzing all the heat generation points of the facilities, it was decided to explore the possibilities of the biomass boiler plant.

 

 

Measurements

Measurements of residual heat were made at 4 different points:

1) The biomass boiler

2) Particles cyclone

3) Gas outlet duct

4) Bag filter

Below you can see the results obtained

Biomass boiler

 

Name Average Min Max Emissivity Standard Deviation
Biomass boiler 34,4°C 19,5°C 149,9°C 0,98 15,10
Particles Cyclone

 

 

Name Average Min Max Emissivity Standard Deviation
Particles Cyclone 50,4°C 36,2°C 125,6°C 0,98 13,30
Gas outlet duct

 

 

Name Average Min Max Emissivity Standard Deviation
Gas outlet duct 62,9°C 14,9°C 127,5°C 0,98 41,03
Bag filter

 

Name Average Min Max Emissivity Standard Deviation
Bag filter 33,7°C -2,8°C 104,4°C 0,98 27,18

Conclusion

Considering that:

1- The measured temperatures correspond to the temperatures in the surface part of the tube.

2- The combustion gases of the boiler pass first through a cyclone and then through a bag filter to reduce the level of particles emitted into the atmosphere.

The result of the thermographic analysis establishes that the flue gas duct of the biomass boiler is the favorable point for the placement of WHRU units.

For reasons of ease of installation, WHRU units will be located in the combustion gas outlet duct at its exit from the cyclone and before the exit of the boiler building duct to the bag filter.
Note:
1. A temperature sensor is installed in the section of pipe selected to establish the boiler’s working regimes and the working temperature range.
2. Very poor mobile phone coverage is detected, which makes communication between the gateway and our server difficult. Actions must be established to allow communication between the gateway and our server.
3. There is no water available for cooling the modules.

 

8th June 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Revolució 4.0

David Comellas in CatRadio

David Comellas, Aeinnova CEO,  along with Yolanda Pérez  presented our technology in the radio show Revolució 4.0 de CatRadio.  Revolució 4.0 is a reference program for entrepreneurs and digital transformation, was released in February 2017 and achieved more than 24,000 unique users after twenty programs issued.

 

A very good experience to spread the word about Energy Harvesting techniques and our HEAT-R Life project.

 

Hear our interview [in catalan]:

 

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27th May 2018 by Ramon Voces 0

Repsol Innovation Challenges Workshop

Aeinnova participates in the Repsol Innovation Challenges Workshop

Repsol and its Foundation have been one of the first companies that relied on Aeinnova. For us it has been a real pleasure to participate in the Repsol Innovation Challenges Workshop talking about new techniques in Energy Efficiency, in our case, obviously, of Energy Harvesting.

A really interesting session in front of people with a very advanced technical knowledge.

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23rd May 2018 by Ramon Voces 0
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