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Technology Request

Utilization of electricity arising from the piezoelectric effect

Summary

An university from Latvia is looking for a cooperation with developers or researchers working with piezoelectric effect, and especially utilization of electricity generated by this effect. Company is searching for a technical cooperation agreement or research cooperation agreement.

Creation Date 25 June 2015

Last Update 30 June 2015

Expiration Date 29 June 2016

Reference TRLV20150309002

Details

Description

Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure. The piezoelectric effect is understood as the linear electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and the electrical state in crystalline materials with no inversion symmetry.

Technical Specification or Expertise Sought

1. It is desirable (but not required) to develop a prototype of any capacity battery, where the voltage is not lower than 1.5 volts of electricity generated by the piezoelectric effect of strain type. 2. It is desirable (but not required) to develop a solution to connect the engine to electricity supply, generated by the piezoelectric effect of strain type. 3. There may be other options of utilization of electricity generated from the piezoelectric effect of strain type.

Keywords

Technology

004001004 Transmission of electricity

004002004 Generators, electric engines and power converters

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004002010 Other energy related machinery

Market

006008001 Metering and monitoring

006009001 Other energy production

006013 Energy Distribution

006014 Energy Storage

NACE

P.85.6.0 Educational support activities

Client

Type and Size of Organisation Behind the Profile

University

Year Established

0

Already Engaged in Trans-National Cooperation

No.

Languages Spoken

English Latvian Russian

Client Country

Latvia

Partner Sought

Type and Role of Partner Sought

University is looking for inventor or developer who can create a technology for utilization of electricity generated by the piezoelectric effect. University is looking for technical cooperation agreement or research cooperation agreement.

Type and Size of Partner Sought

University,Inventor,R&D Institution

Type of Partnership Considered

Technical cooperation agreement Research cooperation agreement

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Technology Offer

Automatic condensing boiler for burning biomass of high moisture content

Summary

The proposed technology is equipment developed by a Czech technical university and designed for central heating by hot water circulating through a distribution system of a building. The heat is generated in a furnace by combustion of biomass with high-moisture content. The moisture content can be 40% or higher without considerable decrease in efficiency and without significant increase in pollutant emissions. The university is looking for industrial partners interested in licensing agreement.

Creation Date 22 April 2015



Reference TOCZ20150422001

Details

Description

The proposed technology was designed by a research team at a specialised research centre which is part of one of the leading universities in the Czech Republic. The Centre’s research and development activities focus primarily on combustion and gasification of

solid fuels - especially biomass. Concerning combustion, research concentrates on fuel assessments, analyses of combustion efficiency, production of harmful substances, equipment modernisation for increased efficiencies, and operational reliability. In accordance with the certification of Czech Accreditation Institute, the Centre is an accredited laboratory authorised for emission measurements and testing of thermal energy facilities. The Centre can offer services in a field of research, development, design and testing of local and central heating hot water boilers. The developed technology is a water heater fuelled by solid biomass with high moisture content. A great portion of heat produced by burning the biomass is consumed for evaporation of the water content. The designed condensing boiler is able to extract latent heat of the water vapour in the exhaust gases and recover additional heat for central heating. The fuel is transported to the combustion chamber from the hopper by a screw conveyor, this enabling the feeding process to be fully automatized and controlled by a logic system. The condensing boiler is designed as a modular system where individual sub-elements are interconnected. This solution offers great variability that makes it possible to achieve a power range from 10 to 500 kW. When burning wood chips of 50% moisture, a condensing unit contributes to the total thermal output of the boiler by about 10% without significant increase in pollutant emissions.

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The condensing boiler requires professional installation and regular service; however any person can operate the device easily without any qualification or having pre-training. The control of the condensing boiler is crucial to ensuring that it operates in the most economic and fuel efficient way. The burner is controlled by an embedded system with built-in logic to control the output of the burner to match the load and give best performance. The system is easy to understand. The Centre is looking for licensing agreement with a company involved in manufacturing of boilers of small and medium outputs suitable for central heating of households and public buildings. The partner should be capable of performing mass production of the presented condensing boiler.

Advantages and Innovations

Condensing boilers of small and medium outputs are almost exclusively applied only in the field of combustion of gaseous and liquid fuels. In the case of biomass, the condensing boiler is used only for burning of pellets with very low moisture content (typically 5% by mass). Condensing boilers of small and medium outputs for biomass with a higher percentage of moisture content have not been introduced on the market yet. The designed condensing boiler is equipped with a condensing coil, which is either part of the boiler’s main heat exchanger, or a separate unit placed in the flue gas channel before an exhaust

fan. The flue gases give off heat in the main heat exchanger and then are routed to the condensing heat exchanger where water vapour condenses and additional latent heat is extracted. The condensing heat exchanger is made of corrosion resistant material. The internal arrangement is counter-flow enabling self-cleaning of the heat transfer surfaces. The condensing boiler is designed as a modular system where individual sub-elements are interconnected. This solution offers great variability that makes it possible to achieve a power range from 10 to 500 kW. The basic components of the whole system include: • fuel hopper

• auger feeder

• boiler with a combustion chamber and a heat exchanger

• ash removing device

• exhaust fan

• condensing unit

• control unit

The proposed technology allows combusting solid biomass fuel with moisture content exceeding 40%. When burning wood chips of 50% moisture, condensing unit contributes to the total thermal output of about 10%.

Stage of Development

Under development/lab tested

Comments Regarding Stage of Development

The condensing boiler was tested with different outputs of the burner and with biomass fuels of various parameters. The performance of the boiler and production of pollutants were measured by an accredited laboratory with promising and satisfactory results.

IPR Status

Patents granted

Comment Regarding IPR status

Application submitted – 14.2.2013

Patent granted – 25.9.2013

Patent number – 25851

Protection – Czech Republic

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Profile Origin

National R&D programme

Keywords

Technology

004002005 Heat exchangers

004002016 Furnace and boiler technologies

Market

006005015 Biomass and Biofuels

006012001 Energy for private/domestic housing

006012003 Energy for the community/public sector

NACE

C.25.2.1 Manufacture of central heating radiators and boilers

Client


University

Year Established

1945


Yes

Languages Spoken

English Czech

Client Country

Czech Republic

Partner Sought


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An industrial partner who is specialised in business related to manufacturing of boilers of small and medium outputs suitable for central heating of households and public buildings. The partner should be capable of performing mass production of the proposed condensing boiler. The Centre is looking for licensing agreement with a company involved in manufacturing of boilers of small and medium outputs suitable for central heating of households and public buildings. The partner should be capable of performing mass production of the presented condensing boiler.


SME 11-50,>500 MNE,251-500,SME 51-250,>500


License agreement

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Technology Offer

Advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment from different sectors

Summary

A Spanish research centre has designed a technology based on advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment. The technology is capable of reducing emerging contaminants that cannot be removed by conventional treatments. Organic contaminants as well as refractory microorganisms are degraded by advanced oxidation. The centre is interested in establishing commercial agreement with technical assistance with food companies and wastewater treatment plants.

Creation Date 17 December 2014

Last Update 01 July 2015


Reference TOES20141217003

Details

Description

A Spanish research centre with large experience in developing novel solutions for food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors, has designed (among other) different technologies that help industry to better manage its residues. One of these technologies is based on advanced oxidation processes and can be used to treat wastewater. The food industry needs to treat wastewater resulting from their activity. In some cases, conventional treatments are not suitable due to the complexity of the water or the presence of specific contaminants such as pesticides. Therefore, with the ultimate goal of reusing or pouring the treated water, advanced techniques are necessary to ensure contaminants´ reduction and / or elimination.

Emerging contaminants are given priority by the major organizations dedicated to protecting the public health and the environment; such as the World Health Organization, the Agency for Environmental Protection of the United States and the European Commission. Currently, a total of 45 substances or groups of substances are identified as priority and dangerous, its performance is a priority in the field of water policy. The emerging contaminants generated by the large amount of pesticide products, drugs (human and veterinary), chemicals industries, personal hygiene products, antiseptics, illegal drugs or gasoline additives that are deposited in the water causing harmful effects in the environment in the medium and long term. These substances are able to penetrate at all stages of the water cycle and are highly resistant to conventional cleaning methods. They may even be accumulated in aquatic animals and plants

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The research centre with extensive experience in the treatment of wastewater from the food industry has developed a wastewater treatment system based on advanced oxidation processes. Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) involve the generation of hydroxyl radicals (OH-), which have greater oxidative potential than other traditional oxidants (ozone, hydrogen peroxide, chlorine ...). AOPs are physical -chemicals processes that can produce profound changes in the chemical structure of the contaminants. These processes can oxidize organic matter and can achieve refractory compounds degradation (those microorganisms that can not degrade themselves). The centre has defined the following steps to ensure the best result. After analyzing wastewater composition by chromatography, the oxidant used is determined. Results from conducting various experiments may show the necessity of combining with another technique (eg ultraviolet). Then, the necessary oxidant doses and exposure times are defined to guarantee an optimal process. The final concentrations of treated water are performed by chromatography. The application of advanced oxidation processes may be used to: • Reduction / elimination of persistent contaminants, refractory that are not treatable by conventional

physic-chemical and biological processes (pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, etc.). • Increase the biodegradability of water to be treated by conventional biological processes.

• Improve the quality of treated water: post-treatment of discharges treated for reuse.

The application of advanced oxidation processes is presented as an effective solution for the treatment of treated water that requires a higher level of decontamination, in view of their possible reuse. The centre is interested in establishing commercial agreement with technical assistance with food companies that realize the necessity of reducing the contaminants in their wastewater fluxes. By means of the implementation of customized advanced oxidation processes into their facilities, food companies could solve their necessities. The centre also offers its development to wastewater treatment plants to improve their facilities.


Five advantages are related to the use of advances oxidation processes. • total mineralization of organic pollutants can be achieved.

• Usually, they do not generate sludge that requires a treatment and / or disposal.

• They are very useful for removing other refractory contaminants resisting other treatment methods,

mainly biological. • Used to treat contaminants at very low concentration.

• Used to diminish the toxicity of effluents.


Already on the market

IPR Status

Secret Know-how

Profile Origin

Private (in-house) research

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Keywords

Technology

010004007 Municipal Water Treatment

010004011 Wastewater Recycling

Market

008004003 Water treatment equipment and waste disposal systems

NACE

M.72.1.9 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Network Contact

Issuing Partner

ASTER - SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI

Phone Number

++ 390516398099

Email

[email protected]

Client


R&D Institution

Year Established

0


No.

Languages Spoken

English Spanish

Client Country

Spain

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Partner Sought


Food companies with wastewater treatment systems that would like to improve the processes and to remove further contaminants are sought for installing advanced oxidation processes. Wastewater treatment plants that would like to improve their processes and become capable to reuse the treated water.


Commercial agreement with technical assistance

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Technology Offer

Integrated system of technical infrastructure management for water and sewerage companies

Summary

A Polish company active in water industry sector has developed a methodology and an integrated system of infrastructure management for water and sewerage companies. The system comprises several modules and functionalities providing live supervision, safety of infrastructure and environment protection. It is protected by a utility model. The company is interested in sale or licensing of the property rights and implementation of the solution via commercial agreements with technical assistance.

Creation Date 29 April 2015



Reference TOPL20140120002

Details

Description

Modern requirements for water and sewerage companies pose significant challenges when it comes to network management. Such requirements demand improvements and optimisation of water and sewerage network operations as well as eco-friendliness. In order to obtain such qualitative/ economic effect and ensure operational reliability, a Polish company active in water industry developed a methodology of implementation and an integrated system of technical infrastructure management. The solution was developed jointly with Polish scientists and IT companies. It is a dynamic tool which can be expanded with new technical capabilities. The system is based on GIS (Geographical Information System) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. The solution comprises of several modules and functionalities capable of live supervision, providing safety of the infrastructure and environment protection. The whole system is designed to be managed and controlled from a Central Dispatch Office. Essential tasks of this office include: supervision of day-to-day operations, distribution of current data on technological processes, reporting for management purposes, indicating risks/ dangers in the water and sewage network, supervision of emergency works, crisis management. The integration of tools in GIS and ERP systems also creates a professional IT- management platform for executives in the company The company is interested in making contact with businesses, public or private, active in water industry sector, interested in the purchase of property rights and/ or implementation of the solution through licencing. The company is also considering commercial agreement with technical assistance

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as the cooperation type. The company would provide assistance in the implementation process and would provide training for the client's staff.


The solution is unique in the fact that it integrates all the fields below into one comprehensive tool. The fields include: - GIS (Geographical Information System) data base, - model of water system network, - model of sewerage system network, - crisis management systems, - live, online monitoring of water and sewerage infrastructure, - live, online monitoring of energy consumption of water and sewerage facilities, - complex diagnostics e.g. prediction and prevention of failures/ diagnosing weak spots in the network, - subsystem preventing water losses, - remote water meters' reading - Automated SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system, - ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, - IT tools for customer management. To the company's knowledge, such a comprehensive system has not been implemented in water and sewerage companies yet.


Available for demonstration

Comments Regarding Stage of Development

The solution has been designed in the framework of a research project jointly with scientists from Lublin and Warsaw and Polish IT companies. The company has finished the implementation of the solution and is ready to demonstrate the operation of the system.

IPR Status

Secret Know-how,Other

Comment Regarding IPR status

Utility model rights in Poland

Profile Origin

National R&D programme

Keywords

Technology

001003007 GIS Geographical Information Systems

001003010 Maintenance Management System

001003016 ERP - Electronic Resources Planning

010004013 Water Resources Management

Market

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009008002 Water, sewerage, chemical and solid waste treatment plants

NACE

E.36.0.0 Water collection, treatment and supply

E.37.0.0 Sewerage

Network Contact

Issuing Partner

ASTER - SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI

Phone Number

++ 390516398099

Email

[email protected]

Dissemination

Send to Sector Group

Environment

Client


Industry SME 50-249

Year Established

0


No.

Languages Spoken

English

Client Country

Poland

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Partner Sought


Polish company is looking for industrial partners working in water industry. Partners should be interested in buying property rights to the methodology and solution. The Polish company also offer their expertise and assistance in the prospective technology transfer and implementation process.


SME 11-50,251-500,SME 51-250,>500


License agreement Commercial agreement with technical assistance

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