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ENEA in Figures: R&D Projects, International Co-operation, Outcomes … Mauro Basili Head of President’s Office . ENEA is a public undertaking operating in the fields of energy, the environment and new technologies to support competitiveness and sustainable development. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
ENEA in Figures:R&D Projects, International Co-
operation, Outcomes …
Mauro BasiliHead of President’s Office
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
ENEA is mainly called upon:
to promote and carry out basic and applied research and innovation technology activities
to disseminate and transfer technologies, encouraging their use in productive and social sectors
to provide high-tech services, studies, tests and evaluations to both public and private bodies and enterprises.
ENEA is a public undertaking operating in the fields of energy, the environment and new technologies to support competitiveness and sustainable development.
Mission
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
INNOVATIVE ENERGY CYCLES
SOLAR THERMO-DYNAMIC
HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS
NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
ADVANCED PHYSICS TECHNOLOGIES
THERMONUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGIES
NUCLEAR FISSION TECHNOLOGIES
Areas of competence
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD INDUSTRIESHEALTH AND ECOSYSTEMS PROTECTIONPROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTTERRITORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIESGLOBAL CLIMATERADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENTPROTECTION FROM IONIZING RADIATIONSCOMPUTING AND MODELLING
Areas of competence
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
ENEA in Figures Five R&D Depts, 12 R&D Centres in Italy,
1500 Researchers, €130 mill/yr R&D budget
R&D and Technology Innovation; Demonstration & Deployment; Policy Analysis; Support to Public & Private Organisations; International Co-operation;
Technical Assistance to DCs; Education & Training ...
Energy Technologyand EfficiencyEnvironment andGlobal ChangesNuclear Fusionand FissionAdvanced Materialsand Technologies
Biotechnology and Health Protection
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Renewable and Distributed Energy Concentrating Solar Power Clean Coal Bioenergy Next-generation Photovoltaics Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Nuclear Fusion Superconductivity New Materials for Energy Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Kyoto Protocol and Global Change Waste Management Energy efficiency in buildings Security of Energy Infrastructures Mobility and Transport Technology support to conservation of Cultural Heritage, Health Protection and Food Quality
R&D Projects and Topics
New Technologies, Energy, Environment ENEA Patents
Patents per Thematic Area
Patents Trendover Time
Informatics & Models 6%
Nuclear isotopes 4%
Accelerators & Laser 4%
Automation & Robotics 3% Plasma
Physics 1%
Measure tools & techniques 18%
Life Sciences and Biotech 15%
Process Technology 14%
Thermo-electro-Mechanics 14%
Plant Engineering 12%
Science of Materials 9%
10 11 1017 18
28
1925 23
19
32
23
37
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
International Co-operation
Three Major Focuses ● European Union Framework Programmes and a
number of bilateral collaborations with EU countries
● Global Partnerships and Co-operation Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, International Partnership on Hydrogen Economy, Global Bio-energy Partnership, ITER Project, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Implementing Agreements of the International Energy Agency …
● Mediterranean and North-African Countries
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Physics 10%
Agro-Biotechnology, Health protection 17%
Adv. Materials &Technology 34%
Nuclear Fusion& Fission 19%
Environment &Global Change 9%
Energy Technology& Efficiency 11%
International Fellowships Programme (32 nationalities represented in 2006-2007)
Education &Training
Russia38%
India23%
China15%
Cuba13%
Romania11%
Top five nationalities
Asia 25%
Africa 4%
Lat. America 14%
Oceania 1%
Europe 56%
Fellowships per continent
Fellowships per thematic area
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Sampling Successful Stories:
A New Approach to Concentrating Solar Power
Bio-energy Project
Cultural Heritage
2003-11
ENEA Activities on CSP Technologies
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
ENEA Programme Main Strategic Choices
Since 2001, a vigorous ENEA programme has been launched on two main subjects. Both activities are suitably funded and organised as large projects:
1. Medium temperature (about 550°C) heat collection and storage, primarily intended for electricity production.
2. High temperature (greater than 850°C) heat collection for direct hydrogen production.
Actually 75 researchers are involved in the program, the budget until now has been 17 Ml €.
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
The innovations in trough technology introduced by ENEA
ENEA design introduces relevant improvements to the current technology• The introduction of an adequate energy storage• The use of an alternative transfer fluid• A new solar collector design• An innovative receiving tube design
Solar collector
Receiving tube
Heat transfer fluid
Heat storage
Power block
Steam generator
Storage tanks 290°C Cold fluid
550°C Hot fluid
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
The thermal storage• Any mature energy producing
technology must be available according to demand.
• In the ENEA system two thermal tanks are included to completely separate the heat collection phase from the heat usage phase.
• Thermal storage process is very efficient (less than 1% loss per day).
• With molten salt mixture between 290 and 550 °C, 5 m3/MWh are required
Discontinuity Compensation Short term clouds Yes Night time Yes Bad days Partially Seasonal variations No
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
The “Archimede” project
1350
1750kWh/m2
The plant is located nearby Siracusa, one of the most insolated Sicilians areas: 1725 kWh/m2 year
Nominal electric power 760 MWe
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
The “Archimede” project
A traditional oil electric generation plant was here recently converted in a modern combined cycle plant
Nominal electric power 760 MWe
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
“Archimede” project: photographic reconstruction
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
The “Archimede” project: the systems integration
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Conclusion Solar energy has to play an important role in the future
energy supply scenario particularly for the countries in the “sun belt”
ENEA has launched, more than 3 years ago, a vigorous research, development and demonstration program on concentrating solar energy in order to prepare the basis for solar energy massive utilization
The operation of the real scale test circuit is demonstrating the achievement of the main targets of the project
The “Archimede” project will hopefully start the realization of a number of solar systems using the ENEA technology
Solar Hydrogen production is really promising and the reasearch activity curried on in ENEA is creating the basis for the design and realization of the first pilot plant
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Hydrogen: a great opportunity for the future
La societàdell’idrogeno
Hydrogen is not an energy source but “just” an excellent energy vector.
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY
THERMODYNAMICCYCLES
THERMOCHEMICALCYCLESH2
0
HYDROGENELECTRIC ENERGY
O2
Solar Thermodynamic Project
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Growing Interest in ENEA CSP
Emerging Countries China: Visit of ENEA facilities and co-operation agreement in Sept. 2007 Libya: Interest in small-scale demo plants for combined CSP and water
desalination United Arabian Emirates: Installation of combined CSP and water
desalination plants Other contacts with Algeria, India, Lebanon, Qatar, South Africa
EU Framework Programme Five projects in the process to be approved/funded by EU FP7
National R&D Programmes Diasol Project - Combined generation of electricity and water
desalination for rural off-grid communities in developing countries (Industry 2015 Programme financed by Italian Ministry of Economic Development)
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Bio-energy Projects
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Bio-Energy R&D Biomass gasification systems for rural electrification 2nd generation bio-ethanol from ligno-cellulosic materials:
innovative feedstock pre-treatment 2nd generation biofuels from micro-algae and bio-refineries
(combined production of biofuels, heat & power and chemicals – feasibility studies)
Solid Biomass
Sugar Crops
Oil Crops
Wet Biomass
Agricult . waste
Animal manure Forestry
waste Industry waste
Municipal waste
Sewage sludge Crops
Ligno cell feedstock
Combust.
Gasificat.
Pyrolysis
Fermentat.
Anaerobic Digestion
Steam
Biodiesel
Hydrogen
Reformer
Heat & Power
Extraction Esterific .
Distillat.
Shift
Bio- oil
CO+H 2
FT Conv.
Ethanol
Biogas
Feedstocks Processes Products
DME Methanol Biomass
Wet Biomass
.
Digestion
&
.
2
Products
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Biomass Gasification
Gasification of Agriculture Waste(ENEA and Liaoning Institute of Energy
Resources, LIER - China)
Innovative Gasification Plants for Rural Electrification
Fixed bed plant (30-80 kWe) Fluidized bed plant (160 kWe)
Both designed by ENEA and tested at Trisaia ENEA Labs, and at LIER Labs in Yingkou (China). Several units in operation
New, 1-MWt plant for high-quality gas (14 MJ/m³, 40% H2) for use in MCFC
Fixed bed gasification plant built at Trisaia (Italy) and in Yingkou
(China)
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Ethanol from Cellulosic FeedstockBio-ethanol production from
ligno-cellulosic feedstock
Innovative process for feedstock pre-treatment and bio-conversion
Pressurized, continuous-operation steam-explosion reactor
Small-scale 300 kg/hr (existing) Demo-scale 2000 kg/hr (under design) Industrial demo 25-30 kt/yr (in 4-5 yr)
Funded by the EU FP6 International and industrial co-operation
(EU, RISÖ, Budapest and Lund Univ., VTT, FIAT CRF)
Expression of interest from Egypt (Cairo University, Prof. Yasser Fami)
Continuous Steam Explosion Prototype Plant
ENEA Trisaia Labs - Italy
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Bio-energy from AlgaeCombined production of biofuels, energy & chemicals from algae
Estimated Potential:■ Biomass yield: 100 t/ha-yr (30% oil)■ CO2 mitigation: 200 t/ha-yr■ Projected biodiesel cost $80/bbl■ Projected plant cost $70,000/ha■ Projected mitigation cost $ 30/t CO2
Project Roadmap: By 2010 Testing bioreactor technology with different species in fresh & sea-
water (100 m2 lab-scale plant)By 2012 Demo Plant (1 ha) with capacity:
20 t biofuels per year 200 t CO2 sequestration/yr
Project Cost: € 30 mill. Biofuels
Sun light CO2
Algae Field
Biomass
Bioplastics CHP
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
CULTURAL HERITAGE
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Seismic risk, vibrating tables
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Monitoraggio dell’Obeliscodi San Giovanni in Laterano - Roma
Messa in sicurezza delle nicchie di Buddha Afghanistan
Consolidamento aree a rischio geologico – Minareto di Jam - Afghanistan
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Messa in sicurezza del tamburo della cupola di S. Nicolò L’Arena - Catania
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Rilevazione di bio - attacchi
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Imaging Topological Radar Color (ITRC)
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Realtà Virtuale: studio illuminazione
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
New Technologies, Energy, Environment
Rivestimenti ottici e film sottili