HEASeRS · High-temperature angular-selective radiant surfaces for the de-carbonisation of energy intensive industries.
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2021-11-15 → 2024-03-17
- EU contribution
- €160,932
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF
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Results in brief
High-temperature angular-selective radiant surfaces for the de-carbonisation of energy intensive industries.
The High-tEmperature Angular-Selective Radiant Surfaces (HEASeRS) project focused on issues related with the decarbonisation of high-temperature processes, for energy production and storage as well as Energy Intensive Industries (EEIs). The specific problem being addressed is the lack of design options for high-temperature heat and thermal radiation transfer devices. High-temperature heat generation for industrial processes and electricity production accounts for more than 54% of the global CO2 emissions . The European Union has set the ambitious target of European carbon neutrality by 2050 which will require the top 4 CO2 emission industries (i.e. electricity, cement, steel and chemical commodities production) to innovate and adapt. Work developed in the HEASeRS project contributes to this effort by developing alternative methods to modify the performance of high-temperature materials that are ubiquitous in EEIs. The overall objectives were to study the impact of the geometry of the surface of materials used in industry on their optical properties at multiple lengths scales. The vision proposed is to develop solutions based on surface geometry modification for radiative properties control that do not involve the use of complex multi-materials assemblies and associated manufacturing difficulties. This approach is generally applicable to all high-temperature processes and exempt of most of the limitations of existing design paradigms.
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Project objective
Energy Intensive Industries (EII) heavily rely on High-Temperature Processes (HTP), notoriously hard to de-carbonise. To meet its carbon neutrality goal, Europe will need to increase the share or dispatchable renewable electricity on the grid and significantly increase the efficiency and electrification of HTP, particularly via electric heating. At high-temperatures, radiation is the dominant heat transfer mode. There are very few technological options available to improve and control the radiative properties of materials able to survive the aggressive oxidation and thermomechanical stresses that occur in HTP. The lack of radiative control reduces the energy efficiency and electrification potential of HTP.The HEASeRS (High-tEmperature Angular-Selective Radiant Surfaces) project explores an innovative approach to spectro-angular radiation control based on the modification of the surface geometry of industrially relevant high-temperature materials at multiple length scales: surface roughness, meso-structures and macro-scale system geometry optimisation. This approach is generally applicable to all HTP and exempt of most of the limitations of existing design paradigms. The findings are applied to a series of proof-of-concept designs targeting innovations in the design of efficient heat exchangers, radiant furnaces, and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) receivers. CSP is a promising renewable energy technology that can potentially supply high-temperature heat and electricity on demand; and shares many similarities with HTP.The 24 months research, based at IME (Madrid, Spain) with a secondment at LTeN (Nantes, France), involves a combination of detailed numerical modelling of radiative heat transfers and experimental activities. Industrial relevance, at the core of the research objectives, is promoted through bi-annual project newsletters featuring interviews of EII, technology providers and researchers; and a intersectoral workshop at the end of the action.
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Participants
- Fundacion IMDEA Energia · Mostoles MadridCoordinatorSpain
Links
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- DOI: 10.3030/101027316
- https://energia.imdea.org/en/porfolio/heasers-high-temperature-angular-selective-radiant-surfaces-for-the-de-carbonisation-of-energy-intensive-industries/
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