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L’innovazioneinFBKasupportodelproge6odisviluppoindustriale

LuigiCremaHeadofARESunit,FondazioneBrunoKessler

«FBKinnova+ontosustainINDUSTRIALprojectdevelopment»

LuigiCremaHEADofARES–AppliedResearchonEnergySystems

GREENERSYSProjectCoordinator

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WhatwedoinFBK

SOLUTION PROVIDERS USING A WHOLE-CHAIN APPROACH

>600employees;over350researchers;220students,PhDandvisiHngprofessors;8internaHonalstate-of-the-artResearchCenters;7laboratories;30spin-offsandstart-ups;>100scienHficeventsperyear

1ofthe8FBKCenters;>150employees;109researchers;41students,PhDandvisiHngprofessors;6Researchunits;4linesofresearch;1Micro-NanoFacility;10M€cost;

Formoreinfo:www.Yk.eucmm.Yk.eu

HumaniHesHubScienHficandTechnologicalHub ECT*

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FBKunitsinvolvedinGREENERSYS

CMM-FuncHonalMaterialsandPhotonicStructures(15people)Developmentofnon-Ptcatalystmaterialsandlayers,usingcarbonbasedstructurescombinedwithacHvematerials.Theunithasasemi-industrialALDmachineCMM-AppliedResearchonEnergySystems(17people)Developmentoftheprototypaltechnology,designinganewstackwithadvanceddesignofcomponentssuchasbipolarplates.RealizaHonof1kWand10kWsystems

CIT–EmbeddedSystems(14people)Developmentofadvancedba6erycontrols:idenHficaHonofoperaHonmodes,developmentofselflearningtools,FDIRanalysis,predicHvetools(e.g.predicHvemaintenance)

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RESEARCHLINES2 MAIN RESEARCH LINES:CONCENTRAT ED SO LARP OW E R & H Y D R O G E N(PRODUCTIONANDSTORAGE)

INTEGRATIONPLATFORMSPLATFORMSWHEREWE INTEGRATE OUR RESULTSFROM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECTS,SINERGICALLY WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES SUCHAS: ICT and SMART ENERGY SYSTEMS,DOMOTIC,ENERGYEFFICIENCY

SUPPORTTOINDUSTRIESANDTHELOCALTERRITORYValorizaHon of research results + use ofour competences in consultancy andsupport to industries and the localterritory

ConcentratedSolarPower

ThermodynamicCycles

HydrogenProducHon

HydrogenStorage&Ba6eries

SmartBuildings&CommuniHes

SmartEnergySystems

TechnologyinnovaHon

ModellingofEnergyscenariosandtransiHons

EfficiencyandSustainabilityinIndustries

WhatwedoinARESRESEARCH ON ENERGY SYSTEMS IN A HIGHLY MULTIDISCIPLINAR TEAM

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PROBLEM#1INTEGRATIONOFRENEWABLEENERGYSOURCESandCURTAILMENTVARIABLEAND INTERMITTENTENERGY SOURCES CAN’T BEMANAGED THROUGH THEGRID AT WIDE MARKETPENETRATION LEVELS, BUTTHEY COULD B E MORESUBJECTEDTOCURTAILMENT

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PROBLEM#2FLEXIBLECONNECTIONBETWEEN(intermi6ent)PRODUCTIONAND(on-demand)CONSUMPTIONRENEWABLE SOURCES, FORWIDER PENETRATION, NEEDF L E X I B L E B A C K U P .OTHERWISE THEY WOULDBE LIMITED TO BASELOADAPPLICATION, BECOMINGNOT COMPETITIVE ANDINTEREST ING FOR THEMARKET

ESTIMATED POWER DEMAND OVER A WEEK IN 2012 AND 2020 IN GERMANY Source: Volker Quaschning, HTW Berlin

PROBLEM#3SECURITYOFSUPPLYBALANCEANDEFFICIENCYOFTRANMISSIONANDDISTRIBUTIONGRIDSENERGYSTORAGESCANGIVEASUPPORT TO GRID STABILITYANDSECURITYOFSUPPLY.EN ERGY S TORAGE S CANSUPPORT PICK LEVERAGING,LOAD FOLLOWING , GR IDBALANCING, INTERMEDIATEDUTY GENERATION, ENERGYPURCHASES

GREENERSYSasaP2Ptechnology

 POWER2POWERMODEL  1.BUILDINGS:ThedailyextraproducHonisconvertedthroughtheBa6eryintodemandresponseserviceforend-users[1–10kW]

 2.BACKUPOFRES:allowwiderpenetraHonofrenewablesindistribuHongrids,avoidcurtailment.DirectintegraHonwithwindmills,PVsolarplants[100kW–1MW]

 3.GRIDSERVICES:OpHmizaHonofenergyflowswithintheenergymarket,P2PfordistribuHongridregulaHon,peakleveraging,loadfollowing[10MW–100MW]

GREENERSYSinnumbers:IniHaltechnology:1kWpower,10kWhstorage

Quinone-BromideFinaltechnology:10kWpower,100kWhstorage

Quinone-Quinone

Grid interfaces Flow Battery

GESFlowbaNery:targetsforthesystem

1kWSTACK:

-  Overallefficiency>80%

-  Currentdensity>200mA/cm2

-  Easilyreplicableatlargescalethroughautomatedmanufacturingprocesses

10kWSTACK:

-  OverallAC/ACefficiency>70%;

-  ResidualchargepotenHalawer10.000cycles>70%.

GESFlowbaNery:innova+onofmaterials

MEMBRANES:improvementoffuncHonalproperHesbymodifyingthematerialthroughplasmaprocess

CATHODECATALYSTLAYERdevelopaPt-freecatalystlayerbasedoncarbonmaterialsandacHvecatalysts

ELECTROLYTESintegraHonandvalidaHonofQuinone–Bromideandfullquinonebasedba6eries,incollaboraHonwithHarvardUniversityandUniversityofTORVergata

GESFlowbaNery:innova+onofcomponentsGESFlowbaNery:innova+onofcomponents

MulH-scalemodellingofstackcomponentsandoverallsystemMulH-physicsfiniteelementmodellinguptothestacklevel,dynamicandlumpedmodellingfromstacktosystemlevel

DesignofinnovaHvecomponentsDevelopmentofinnovaHveopHmizedbipolarplates,uHlizaHonofaddiHvemanufacturingforimprovedperformances

CFD velocity

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Fluid-dynamics optimization for the heat exchanger distributors, in order to keep the gas flow constant in each passage

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GESFlowbaNery:innova+onofcontrols

FDIR–FaultyDetecHonIdenHficaHonandResoluHonMethodtorealizearobustsystemabletomaintainafuncHonalityformostofthefaultsthatmayaffectthesystem

PredicHveToolsDesignofpredicHveanalysistoproperlyactuatefuncHonalmodesofthetechnologyandpredicttotheenduserupcomingmaintenances

SelfLearningAlgorithmsIntelligentcontrolstoadaptthetechnologytotheenduserbehavior,maximizingthefuncHonalitytowardsselectedtargetstobeopHmized(e.g.costs,efficiency,carbonemissions)

Technologyevolu+onGESbaNeryfromideatomarket

2012-14IniHal

developmentsofelectrolytesand

experiments

2014-15Pre-projectacHviHes

2015-17Greenersys

ProvinceofTrento€5mcost

€3mfinancing

IDEA

MARKET

UNIV. Of HARVARD, DEVELOPMENT OF QUINONE AND LAB

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BASICPRINCIPLESOBSERVED

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EXPERIMENTALPROOFOFCONCEPT

TECHNOLOGYVALIDATEDINLABORATORY

TECHNOLOGYVALIDATEDINRELEVANTENV.

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UNIV. ROME TOR VERGATA, VALIDATION IN LABORATORY

GES, FBK, DENORA et. al DEVELOPMENT OF THE

REAL SCALE PROTOTYPES

2016-17Greenernet

FTIprojectH2020€3mcost

€2mfinancing

GES et al. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REAL

SCALE TECHNOOGY, including Grid connectivity

Parallel activity developing prototypal systems of

GREENERSYS to full integrated systems with the GRID

Development of 1 kW and 10 kW prototypal technologies,

LuigiCrema,HeadofARESPh:+39(0)461314922Mob:+393356104991Mail:crema@_k.euWeb:www._k.euares._k.eu

THANKsforyourATTENTION!!!