For Tunable Thermochemical Energy Storagebroad
4TunaTES · Horizon Europe grant · 2024-02-01–2028-01-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC · topic HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
To accelerate the energy transition there is an urgent need for energy storage both for electricity and heat due to the intermittency of renewable resources. As a large part of our energy consumption is in form of thermal energy (78% in the built environment), and as there is a large amount of unused low temperature waste heat (8900 PJ in Europe), thermal energy storage offers route towards bridging availability and demand. Long term loss-free compact heat storage is the missing link, and Thermo-Chemical Energy Storage (TCES) has the potential to play this role. Unfortunately, present TCES concepts lack flexibility as a precise fit between the phase diagram of TCES-materials, the system design and the temperature demand of an application is needed. Therefore, most of the R&D for applying TCES is very specific for a particular application and switching to another application requires that much of the R&D process has to be redone. 4TunaTES will deliver a groundbreaking flexible TCES technology that can be easily adapted to different applications (variable in- and output temperatures) and thereby reduce the development costs by 90% as the R&D the process does not have be redone repeatedly. 4TunaTES develops a TCES-prototype that can be used for domestic use cases, which addresses three challenges: 1) radically new TCES materials with tunable phase diagrams by using a second gas or dopants, 2) heat exchanging components with a high degree of manufacturing flexibility, and 3) revolutionary systems with electricity adapted thermodynamic cycles. CNR and DLR will integrate the key findings in their high-TRL project portfolio, and Cellcius (CEL) will integrate the successful materials and designs in their technology. This will unlock the potential thermal energy storage. For this purpose, a strong consortium has been built which brings together computational material scientists (VUB), physical-chemists (TUE, CIIAE), mechanical engineers (CNR, DLR) and heat battery developer (CEL).
Beneficiaries (7)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN | NL | coordinator | €773,129 | |
| VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL | BE | participant | €586,250 | |
| DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV | DE | participant | €569,742 | |
| CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE | IT | participant | €541,250 | |
| FUNDACION FUNDECYT - PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE EXTREMADURA | ES | participant | €220,030 | |
| R2M SOLUTION SRL | IT | participant | €76,752 | Yes |
| CELLCIUS BV | NL | participant | €12,561 |
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