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HEAT4ENERGY · Magnetic ENERGY conversion for waste HEAT

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2024-01-01 → 2027-12-31
EU contribution
€2,659,370
Participants
16
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN

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Results in brief

Magnetic ENERGY conversion for waste HEAT

The production and use of energy account for more than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonising the EU’s energy system is therefore critical to reach our 2030 climate objectives and the EU’s long-term strategy of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Obviously solar and wind power will play an important role in any future energy scenario, but such intermittent sources present significant challenges in energy transport and storage. At the same time, a vast amount of low-grade heat is generated, e.g. in datacenters, food, pulp and paper industries, and is available 24/7. Even converting only a small percentage of this heat into electricity is significant due to the sheer amount of heat wasted just above ambient temperature. However, efficient technologies to convert this low-grade heat in an economically sound way are lacking. Within this Heat4Energy project, we develop thermomagnetic harvesting from current TRL 3/4 proofs of principle to an efficient and cost competitive TRL 6/7 technology. Our interdisciplinary consortium of 9 academic institutes and 4 industrial partners address all major challenges for this emerging technology, which requires innovative designs of more efficient thermomagnetic generators, that are intimately connected with tailored thermomagnetic materials. Our team consists of engineers, who invented thermomagnetic systems at various sizes and power ranges, materials scientists with ample experience in advanced magnetic materials, bulk or film preparation and characterization, and physicists, who cover modelling from the ab initio scale, via micro-magnetism at the mesoscale, up to the macroscopic device scale. This rich multidisciplinary environment enables the training of 10 young professionals by cross-fertilization with fresh ideas. They are developing the interdisciplinary competence required to bring this green technology to a mature level, and career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors delivering the Green Deal.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The production and use of energy account for more than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Decarbonising the EU’s energy system is therefore critical to reach our 2030 climate objectives and the EU’s long-term strategy of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Obviously solar and wind power will play an important role in any future energy scenario, but such intermittent sources present significant challenges in energy transport and storage. At the same time, a vast amount of low-grade heat is generated, e.g. in datacentres, food, pulp and paper industries, and is available 24/7. Even converting only a small percentage of this heat into electricity is significant due to the sheer amount of heat wasted just above ambient temperature. However, efficient technologies to convert this low-grade heat in an economically sound way are lacking Within this project, we will develop thermomagnetic harvesting from current TRL 3/4 proofs of principle to an efficient and cost competitive TRL 6/7 technology. Our interdisciplinary consortium of 9 academic institutes and 4 industrial partners address all major challenges for this emerging technology, which requires innovative designs of more efficient thermomagnetic generators, that are intimately connected with tailored thermomagnetic materials. Our team consists of engineers, who invented thermomagnetic systems at various sizes and power ranges, materials scientists with ample experience in advanced magnetic materials, bulk or film preparation and characterization, and physicists, who cover modelling from the ab initio scale, via micromagnetism at the mesoscale, up to the macroscopic device scale. This rich multidisciplinary environment will allow training of 10 young professionals by cross-fertilization with fresh ideas. They will obtain the interdisciplinary competence required to bring this green technology to a mature level, and career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors delivering the Green Deal.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · DelftCoordinatorNetherlands
  • BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG · BerlinGermany
  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
  • CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · RomaItaly
  • HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV · DresdenGermany
  • KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE · KarlsruheGermany
  • MAGNETO BV · DelftNetherlands
  • MEMETIS GMBH · KarlsruheGermany
  • Magnoric · DuppigheimFrance
  • STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT · NijmegenNetherlands
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN · DresdenGermany
  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN · WienAustria
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA · PARMAItaly
  • UNIVERSITAT FUR WEITERBILDUNG KREMS · KremsAustria
  • UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES · GrenobleFrance
  • UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI · LjubljanaSlovenia

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union