INEGI | WIND ENERGY GROUP – THE TEAM

19 MEMBERS IN CONSULTANCY5 Auxiliary technicians7 Graduates (all in engineering, Mechanical, Environment, Electrotechnical, Measurements and Industrial Management)1 MSc student (Mechanical engineering)6 Post-graduates (all in engineering, Mechanical, Environment, Energy technologies)

7 MEMBERS IN RESEARCH (CEsA RESEARCH UNIT)4 PhD students (Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Meteorology)3 PhD (Mechanical Engineering, Meteorology)

1 MEMBER FOR ADMNISTRATIVE SUPPORT1 Secretary

WIND ENERGYCONSULTANCY

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CONSULTING ▪ Solar resource evaluation ▪ Solar resource mapping throughout Geographical Information Systems tools ▪ Technical-financial studies for installation of technologies using solar energy ▪ Energy audits to industry as a support for solar energy integration in industrial

processes as a heat or electricity source.

DEVELOPMENT/OPTIMIZATION OF COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES AS SUPPORT FOR SOLAR THERMAL AND CSP TECHNOLOGIES ▪ New components/materials ▪ New thermal energy storage systems ▪ Solar thermal energy applications

- Integration of CSP technologies in industrial processes- Desalinization

MONITORING SOLAR PLANTSDevelopment of mathematical correlations between solar resource data and per-formance of CPV, PV and CSP panels: ▪ Remote configuration of solar panels ▪ Development of algorithms for identify problems related with panels operation

(namely, PV, CPV and comparison with supplier’s data)

SUPORT TO DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOMASS ENERGY USE ▪ Resource mapping ▪ Support to the design of systems using biomass for thermal or electrical energy

production ▪ Industry energy diagnosis and consulting for the selection of biomass fuels and

energetic conversion technologies (heat/electricity/cogeneration) ▪ Feasibility studies of solid and liquid residues valorization

DEVELOPMENT OF SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATION OF BIO-MASS WITH ENERGETIC POTENTIAL ▪ Support to technology development:

- Gasifiers- Burning systems- Fixed/fluidized/circulating/rotational beds- Biomass boilers (with pellets use)- Biomass residential cogeneration units

▪ Industrial application of biomass combustion and gasification technologies ▪ Biomass projects consulting, concerning:

- District heating / District cooling- Hydrogen production

DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMISATION OF SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND LO-GISTICS RELATED TO THE USE OF ENERGY VECTORS ▪ Biogas; ▪ Biodiesel.

RENEWABLE ENERGIES

INEGI - ACTIVITY MARKETS AND SECTORS

ENERGY

AERONAUTICS, DEFENCE AND SPACE SEA ECONOMYENVIRONMENT

SERVICES HEALTH CAREMETALLOMECHANIC,EQUIPMENT AND DURABLE GOODS

AUTOMOBILE AND TRANSPORT

SOLAR ENERGY BIOENERGY

According to the European strategies for energy, INEGI, which already has recognized activities in the wind energy and energy efficiency sectors, re-cently started activities in different phases of the value chain of solar energy and bioenergy fields.

INEGI has been working in those areas, acquiring experience and developing its competences, which associated with the investments done for its techni-cians training and in specialized equipment (laboratorial facilities and equip-ment for experimental tests in order to quantify different parameters), allo-wing them to offer services with recognized quality in consulting, technology transfer and research/development on the cited areas.

The Institute has been working in the following steps of the chain of value of those sectors:

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WIND ENERGY

SKIRONCONSULTANCY

ONLINE METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND REPORTING

▪ SKIRON also provides information regarding the management of all equipment, enabling queries for equipment-tracking purposes, for example.

▪ Data is regularly checked by INEGI’s team assuring immediate detection of faults or trends, which may results in loss of data, enabling repairs or replacements and increasing availability. All data, both raw and processed, is, afterwards, made available through the platform.

▪ INEGI provides his Clients a secure web platform, SKIRON, in which all their meteorological data and reports are available for download.

ABOUT INEGI

INEGI is an interface Institution between University and Industry, oriented to the activities of Research and Development, In-novation and Technology Transfer. It was founded in 1986, among the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (DEMEGI) of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Being a non-profit private association and recognized as being of public utility, INEGI is currently considered an active agent playing a significant role in the development of the Portuguese industry, and in the transformation of its competitive model.

APPLIED RESEARCH

Along with the research activities co-funded by national and international entities we are also doing research projects for en-terprises under bilateral and multilateral contracts.

Our wide range of technical means and highly qualified staff allow us to engage in applied research aiming to resolving te-chnological locks and the development of competitive advantages based on technology, whether they are applied in new products or processes.

Through our experience in research and development projects with companies we have been able to build an approach and working methodology that ensures the project focus on the needs of enterprises and the mechanisms that guarantee the protection of their intellectual and industrial property.

INEGI | RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION OFFER

RESEARCH INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL CONSULTING & SERVICES

▪ Research Projects (national and european) ▪ Research Under Contract for Companies

▪ Product Design and Development

▪ Composite Structures

▪ Composite Materials Production Processes

▪ New Materials

▪ Equipments Development

▪ Ceramic Materials Production Processes

▪ Energy Systems

▪ Rapid Prototyping and Pre-series Production

CONSULTING ▪ Renewable Energies ▪ Engineering and Industrial Management ▪ Tailor Made Training Programmes ▪ Energy Efficiency and Management ▪ Technology Audits

SERVICES ▪ Rapid Prototyping ▪ Materials and Structures Characterisation ▪ Noise and Vibration Analysis ▪ Environmental Consulting ▪ Lubricant Analysis ▪ Clean Room (10K – ISO7) ▪ Testing of Behavior of Materials and Products to Smoke and Fire

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