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The need for efficient and flexible sustainable industrial heat

Large-scale electrification of industry is necessary to reduce CO2 emission and geo-political dependency on fossil fuels, like imported liquified natural gas. However, the transition path to electrification of heat supply is challenging, while steam boilers on natural gas still co-exist, with increasing grid congestion. Moreover, companies struggle with the high variability and price of electricity, but this can also be an opportunity to introduce flexibility, batteries or other (heat) storage solutions,  and Demand-Supply Response

Developing collaborative insights to help overcome these challenges with smart process innovations usually requires the disclosure of confidential process information. For this reason, the Flexible Efficient Electrification of Industrial Heat Cases project developed solutions for two realistic virtual industrial cases that allow companies to share their insights into the specific challenges of industrial heat driven processes, without having to share company specific confidential information. This open-source project also allows technology suppliers to cooperate and communicate about solutions for their combined technologies into realistic and recognizable industrial processes. Through the project, in potential combinations of available technologies for solving the challenges in individual heat-driven industrial processes are identified to achieve efficient and flexible electrification.

We developed potential routes based on available technologies in two virtual cases in the agro-food and chemical industries. This simulations will enable companies to share and promote their expertise without having to disclose confidential information. 

In short:

    • The industry, technology suppliers and experts all contributed  by sharing their knowledge and expertise
    • Innovative process designs that solve the challenge of efficient flexible electrification are developed
    • The designs are simulated through two distinct virtual cases: agro-food and chemical production processes, allowing for open innovation
    • Discuss your needs and shape the approach for the next steps among others with support of the EU funded HP4Industry project