SUSHEAT targets stable energy, less CO2
The SUSHEAT project is set to decrease CO2 factory emissions through the design of a new thermal energy storage system that aims to deliver stable, on-demand heat with a full decoupling from any waste heat recovery and renewables availability.
The SUSHEAT system will be tested at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology laboratories, replicating the conditions of dairy and fish oil industries. The project is funded by Horizon Europe and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency known as CINEA.
Enerin is one of 14 partners in SUSHEAT that is exploring highly innovative renewable-based heating solutions to power industrial processes.
SUSHEAT will enhance ENERIN’s industrial High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) technology to capture waste heat, ambient heat and renewable energy and convert it into temperatures suitable for intensive manufacturing processes. The University of Lleida leads the Novel Thermal Energy Storage (TES) that will be integrated into the HTHP system for efficient energy storage and release. Additionally, an existing, widely-used Fresnel Solar Thermal Collector will collect ambient energy for integration.
These technologies aim to replace fossil energy with renewable-based heating solutions within the 150 ºC - 250 ºC range, adjusting the delivery of thermal energy based on plant demand.
This innovative approach will be optimised using an AI-driven decision-making algorithm for optimal energy management.
Reaching for cost-efficient commercial results, the digital twin smart control system, fed by industrial data from a fish meal factory (Pelagia) and a dairy (Mandrekas), will ensure the heat delivery at the right time and temperature on the factory floor. It is intended that the digital twin control system will be replicable and suitable for many industrial sectors.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology laboratories will assemble a test rig to validate the system at a Technological Readiness Level of 5.
“Independent of the project, Enerin’s semi-commercial HoegTemp high-temperature heat pump installation is currently being implemented at the Pelagia fishmeal factory in Norway.
The HoegTemp will be used to recover waste heat from Pelagia’s humid air dryers and in condensate streams because the company wants to sever its dependence on fossil fuel boilers.
The SUSHEAT technologies will be validated by using real-time and simulated data from Pelagia.”
The project aims to:
Reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption by enabling innovative waste heat upgrade solutions;
Increase the flexibility of the industrial sector, limiting the short- and long-term impact of industrial heat electrification on the local grid; and
Further promote and raise awareness of the benefit of industrial heat recovery and upgrade within key stakeholders.
The impacts of the project are:
Expected energy savings of more than 100 Terawatts per hour in the European market.
Anticipated savings of around 20 million tonnes of polluting CO2 emissions per year.
Enhanced energy efficiency for factories and manufacturing processes.
