SOL4R | INIESC.Évora - Tandem to support innovation

SALTOpower Molten Salt technologies as an Energy Hub for the Energy Transition: technology, research, value chain Sol2H2O The potential role of Solar Energy in the Water-Energy Nexus: technology, research, value chain European Twinning for research in Solar energy to (2) water (H2O) production and treatment technologies GA Number: 101079305 European Research Executive Agency REA.C3 European Facility on Molten SALT technologies TO power and energy system applications GA Number: 101079303 European Research Executive Agency REA.C3 SOL4R FCT UID 6478 Applied Research in Solar Energy for the Energy Transition SOL4R | INIESC.Évora tandem to support innovation SOL4R | INIESC.Évora tandem to support innovation B sol4r mission SOL4R mission is set on the promotion of innovation for the valorization of the endogenous solar resource in the decarbonization of the economy towards the Energy Transition. The definition of SOL4R objectives is based on an holistic approach to the conversion of solar radiation into different final energy vectors suiting the needs of the energy system and of different economic sectors - photons into electrons (Ph2E) / photons into molecules (Ph2M) - through the optimal design, experimental testing and demonstration of technologies, components and systems. SOL4R Applied Research in Solar Energy for the Energy Transition FCT UID 6478 B sol4r research lines SOL4R.water: renewable production of new water resources for human, agricultural or industrial uses SOL4R.fuels: production of renewable gases - hydrogen or syngas - and fuels - bio-oil SOL4R.heat: reliable competitive delivery of solar process heat to different industrial sectors SOL4R.electricity: reliable and competitive delivery of solar based electricity to different sectors B sol4r research lines SOL4R.competitiveness: study of suitable business models and regulation requirements SOL4R.RI: demo of the fully renewable, dispatchable and vector flexible energy system of the future SOL4R.integration: multi-grid and dispatchable integration of solar energy in the energy system SOL4R.innovation: capacitation of researchers in the development of entrepreneurial activities SOL4R.capacity: qualification of human resources suiting the needs of Energy Transition Industries B INIESC.Évora rationale ●conversion of solar irradiation into 4 different final energy vectors: power, heat, water, fuels and chemicals ●twofold conversion photons 2: electrons / molecules ●dispatchable production: energy storage technologies ●applied research TRL 4-7 ●focus on innovation: services to industry, demonstration activities, representative scale (TRL 6-7) B INIESC.Évora rationale ●following the paradigm of the Energy Transition energy system: renewable based, dispatchable, enabling final energy vectors interconversion ●capitalizing the advantages of solar energy towards other RE sources: twofold conversion, distributed, grid connected and stand-alone, utility scale and user scale ●enabling demonstration of full fledged energy system B PT / EU Infrastructure ●2 sites: ○PECS / SOLGRID ○EMSP: Évora Molten Salt Platform ●12 km from Évora city center EMSP (11 ha) PECS / SOLGRID (2.5 ha) B EMSP assets 3.5 MW.th PTC solar field MS as HTF Tmax 565ºC 4.4 MWh.th 2-tank MS TES Tmax 565ºC 1.8 MW.th MS steam generator Pmax 140 bar B ●strengthen UEvora networking and R&D profile ●develop European reference infrastructure on solar driven circular water production and treatment ●Solar ZLD desalination / brine mining pilot ●value chain and innovation Sol2H2O presentation https://www.sol2h2o.uevora.pt/ B ● → 80% recovery rate ●solar driven ●brine mining Sol2H2O beyond SoA value chain B ●connection og high TRL (e.g. RO) with lower TRL technologies ●R&D needs on RO and MD membranes ●R&D needs on precipitation Sol2H2O beyond SoA value chain RO 8-9 RO Membranes RO 4-9 Precip. Reactors 3-6 3-9 8-9 MD Membranes 3-7 B ●20130: Produtos químicos (HCl, H2SO4, NaClO, anti-incrustantes) ●20600: Membranas ●22210: Tubagem e ligações hidráulicas de baixa pressão (polietileno HDPE ou PE) e bombas de dosagem de produtos químicos ●23610: betão armado ou elementos plásticos cobertos de betão ●24100: estrutura de suporte (aço inoxidável) e ligações hidráulicas de alta pressão (aço inoxidável super duplex) ●27320: Cablagem elétrica e de sinal ●28130: bombas submersíveis, bombas de alta pressão, recuperador de pressão Sol2H2O supply chain Fabrico Instalação O&M Portugal 59 % 100 % 100 % (Considerando número maior ou igual a 20 empresas c/ > 1M€/turnover) B Sol2H2O pilot SALTOpower Molten Salt technologies as an Energy Hub for the Energy Transition: technology, research, value chain European Facility on Molten SALT technologies TO power and energy system applications GA Number: 101079303 European Research Executive Agency REA.C3 B ●strengthen UEvora networking and R&D profile ●develop European reference infrastructure on molten salt technologies for the energy sector ●plug-in to MS thermally driven components ●value chain and innovation SALTOpower presentation https://www.saltopower.uevora.pt/ B SALTOpower beyond SoA chain ●independent from CSP ●sector coupling ●Carnot batteries ●thermochemistry B SALTOpower beyond SoA chain ●R&D needs and opportunities: ○HT heat pumps ○hydrothermal liquefaction ○thermocathalysts 8-9 6-9 3-5 8-9 8-9 8-9 pirólise 8-9 | liquefacção 2-6 | catalizadores 2-9 B SALTOpower supply chain ●23992: Isolamento térmico (lã de rocha) ●24200: Tubagem (Aço carbono e aço inox) ●25290: Depósitos em aço carbono e aço inox ●25300: Caldeira elétrica (aquecimento de sais fundidos), Permutadores de calor sais-água/vapor e sais/ar (econ., evap., super-aquecedor, re-aquecedor), reactor pirólise ●27320: Cablagem elétrica e de sinal ●28110: Turbina de vapor e gerador ●28130: Bomba vertical de circulação de sais fundidos, Bomba de Calor (aquecimento de sais fundidos) Fabrico Instalação O&M Portugal 53.1 % 100 % 100 % (Considerando número maior ou igual a 20 empresas c/ > 1M€/turnover)