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What's the problem?
Industry-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been continuously increasing during the last years and are higher than GHG emissions from other endues sectors (high confidence). Despite the declining share of industry in global gross domestic product (GDP), global industry and waste/wastewater GHG emissions grew from 10,4 GtCO2 eq in 1990 to 13,0 GtCO2 eq in 2005 to 15,4 GtCO2 eq in 2010.
Total global GHG emissions for industry and waste/wastewater in 2010, which nearly doubled since 1970, were comprised of direct energy-related CO2 emissions of 5,3 GtCO2 eq, indirect CO2 emissions from production of electricity and heat for industry of 5,2 GtCO2 eq, process CO2 emissions of 2,6 GtCO2eq, non-CO2 GHG emissions of 0,9 GtCO2 eq, and waste/wastewater emissions of 1,4 GtCO2 eq. 2010 European direct and indirect emissions were dominated by CO2 (85.1%) followed by CH4 (8,6%), HFC (3,5%), N2O (2,0%), PFC (0,5%) and SF6 (0,4%) emissions.
Currently, emissions from industry are larger than the emissions from either the buildings or transport end-use sectors and represented just over 30% of global GHG emissions in 2010 (just over 40% in agriculture, forestry, and other land use.
Impact
Some numbers
EU Industry Energy Consumption (TW/year)
EU Industrial Heat Comsumption (TW/year)
Economical impact (M€)
Ecological Impact (GHG)
HEAT-RHEAT-R
What's HEAT-R LIFE project?
HEAT-R aims to provide a breakthrough in Energy Harvesting (EH) solutions, specifically for waste heat recovery for industries which have heat intensive processes. AEInnova has developed a new product allowing the direct conversion of Waste Heat into electricity based on a thermoelectric principle called the Seebeck effect. The novelty over current technologies is a modular unit using multiple ThermoElectrical Generation cells (TEG) associated and controlled through a patented programmable control unit based on System-on Chip (SoC) technology, overcoming current limitations.
Pilots
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HEAT-R Objectives
The demonstration of proper performance of HEAT-R 01
We will apply this technology in 3 industry sectors that have high levels of waste heat emissions through the implantation of 3 pilot projects
HEAT-R adaptation 02
HEAT-R adaptation to all temperature ranges and its replication to all identified segments
Full validation 03
The full validation of the solution according to customers’ needs and market demands and the
definition of the manufacturing process
Go to market 04
The scale-up and industrialization of HEAT-R through economies of scale
Social influence 05
To influence behaviour in Resource Efficiency by industries and obtain feedback from relevant stakeholders. Among the interested groups are legislation and standardisation bodies in the field of Energy Efficiency, such as EREF or ECEEE.
Decision makers in the field will be made aware of the development of the project with a goal to ensure compliance with both normative and standards
News
HEAT-R Lastest News
ADIPEC OIL&GAS 2021
AEInnova has exhibited at the ADIPEC Exhibition and Conference global Oil&Gas from the 15th to the 18th of November. We have presented in the technical session Oil & gas 4.0 the paper that deeps into the digital transformation of a leachate biogas…
Cleantech Business Booster
The Business Booster is EIR UbbiEberfy’s annual two-day international networking event that showcases 150+ sustainable energy technologies under one roof. Each year the event rotates among European capital cities, which have included Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Paris. This event…
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