Bio-HyPP Newsletter Issue 4

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1 Bio-HyPP Newsletter Issue 4 October 2017

2 The Concept The Bio-HyPP power plant is a combined heat and power (CHP) system that can use both biogas and natural gas as the fuel. The Bio-HyPP concept is based on a hybrid power plant - a combination of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and a micro gas turbine (MGT). The project aims at developing a full-scale technology demonstrator with an electric power output of 30 kw. Potential Impact The realisation of the full-scale technology demonstrator of a Hybrid Power Plant in a lab environment suitable for gaseous sustainable biomass feedstock derived from fermentation processes will validate the great potential of the hybrid plant concept as an efficient and energy-sustainable source of heat and electrical power. Welcome to the Fourth Bio-HyPP Newsletter! The Bio-HyPP project is proceeding well, in complete accordance with our expectations. University of Genoa successfully tested the turbocharger for the top-economic layout, which is now undergoing the detailed design phase. Also the design improvements of MTT turbomachinery components were completed, increasing micro turbine performances, both In this Issue: Project Progress Latest & Upcoming Events Latest & Upcoming Deliverables Partner s section - DLR & Sunfire form electrical output power and efficiency points of view. At DLR, the design and manufacturing of the combustion system were achieved and the combustor is ready for integration into the MGT hybrid power plant test rig. The first evaluations on possible ways to bring the developed system to the market has been done and discussed in the deliverable D1.4 Innovative Business Models. An overview of the main outcomes from the analysis is reported in this Newsletter Issue. In the following step of business approach development, the Stakeholders Group Members will be invited to share their point of view on the possible ways to bring the system to the market in the most effective way. If you are interested to give your opinion on this and to keep you informed on the Bio-HyPP Project progresses, please register yourself on this link, and join our Stakeholders Group. The Consortium met in Genoa on the May, for the 8 th Technical Meeting, hosted by Rina Consulting (formerly D Appolonia). The meeting was the occasion to share advances and visit the Bio-HyPP test rigs at University of Genoa s laboratories. For additional info, please take a look at our website: 2

3 Project Progress Business model identification and future market strategy In order to define the best strategies to bring the innovative CHP system developed within the project on the market, once the Bio-HyPP technology will be fully validated and commercially available, a study on different Business Models (BMs) has been performed. The existing models that have proved successful in bringing small size CHP to the market have been studied and re-shaped according to Bio-HyPP peculiarities. The main outcomes of this work have been included in D1.6 Innovative Business Model (link) and are briefly summarized here. Target customers categories First of all, the profiles of the most profitable potential target customers, represented in the scheme Target customers categories, have been identified and characterized through different market and technological criteria. Then, from the literature analysis of existing BMs for small/mid-size heat and power plants, three BMs have been identified as follows. 1. Plug & Play 2. Community Micro-grid 3. Servitization In the Plug and Play business model, the CHP unit is owned and operated by the site owner. This business model requires a specific profile of innovator customer, becoming a PROSUMER : producer and consumer of energy. The CHP unit is owned and financed by a series of neighbouring site owners, deciding to establish a consortium in order to exploit the technology. The consortium installs a centralized plant providing heat and power to the whole consortium. In this BM the CHP unit is owned and financed by an entity different from the owner(s) of the sites where the system is operated. Such third entity could be an ESCO, an Energy services provider, a contractor, etc The identification of BMs for the Bio-HyPP unit will be further discussed and validated through the engagement of sector s experts via a second Stakeholders Questionnaire. Please register here, if you are interested to join our Stakeholders Group. 3

4 Project Progress Combustion System for the hybrid power plant The design and manufacturing of the combined SOFC off gas and MGT combustion system for biogas, mixtures of biogas and natural gas is accomplished. The combustion system reported of in the second newsletter has been adapted for the integration of the combustor in the MGT hybrid power plant test rig. It will be experimentally analysed on this test rig before integration into the full-scale technology demonstrator of the hybrid power plant. The design of the combustion system is based on the combustion concept. It has been developed using computational fluid dynamics simulations of reactive flows and the combustor has been validated by experiments under atmospheric pressure conditions. Combined combustion system design Combustor prototype The combustion concept has been integrated into a plenum-structure (represented in yellow colour) to be manufactured as one integral part using selective laser melting (SLM) technology. It is fulfilling both the task of the equal circumferential gas distribution of the initially radial inlet flow of anode exhaust (red arrow) and the supply and controlled split of the cathode air (blue arrow) to the nozzles and bypass. Turbomachinery improvements The design improvements of the MTT turbomachinery components have been completed successfully. The result is more than 400W increase in the electrical output power of the micro turbine and over 2% pts. increase in its electrical efficiency. Through a combination of CFD models and experimental work the air flow through the compressor and turbine has been optimised without making any changes in the (commercially available) impellers. The efficiency improvement has therefore been achieved at a very low additional cost. The improvements have already been integrated into MTT s micro- CHP system and validated in the field. 4

5 Partner s Section - This issue presents DLR and Sunfire DLR The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is the national aeronautics and space research centre of the Federal Republic of Germany doing extensive research and development work in aeronautics, space, energy, transport, digitalisation and security. DLR has been active in research about hybrid power plants for more than 10 years starting with modelling and component characterization. With a Sunfire SOFC and the MTT MGT a hybrid power plant technology demonstrator in the range of 30kW is planned. Within Bio-HyPP, DLR is project coordinator and active in investigation and implementation of the overall system as well as in component development, characterization and numerical simulation. Two test rigs have been built: a MGT system (with real MGT components and an emulated fuel cell) and a SOFC system (with real SOFC and emulated MGT components). With these test rigs the characteristics of the components will be analysed using biogas and natural gas as fuels before coupling MGT and SOFC. The insights of component development of each partner will be integrated into the test rigs at DLR. SOFC in pressure vessel MGT System with emulated fuel cell Sunfire Sunfire is a developer and manufacturer of clean, efficient solutions in the fields of offgrid power and heat generation, industrial gases and fuels production. The Dresden-based firm s vision is to make clean energy available wherever and whenever it is needed. By realizing that vision Sunfire also aims to bridge the gap between the energy, mobility and gas and heat supply sectors. The firm s fuel cells (SOFC technology) facilitate the highly efficient generation of power and heat according to the principle of cogeneration. This sees electric power and heat generated on-demand at the point of consumption. Electrolysis (SOEC technology) efficiently splits steam into hydrogen and oxygen. These molecules, efficiently produced, can be used in refineries, for H 2 mobility or in industrial sectors. By adding carbon dioxide, high quality hydrocarbons can be produced using the Powerto-Liquids process. Sunfire s SOFC and SOEC technology is driven by a heart of ceramics, glass and steel the Solid Oxide Power. Sunfire s SOFC 5

6 Latest & Upcoming Events ASME TURBO-EXPO Charlotte (NC), USA University of Genoa and NETL (third party) participated in the event presenting preliminary results on compressor surge behaviour during the tutorial session Introducion to Dynamic Analysis and Modelling of Plant Systems. ENOC Budapest, Hungary The Technical University of Eindhoven, TU/e, participated in the European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference held in Budapest, Hungary, on June 2017, presenting the advances on the nonlinear rotordynamic-thermal analysis of micro gas turbines. Hannover Messe Hannover, Netherlands MTT participated to the Hannover Messe, the World s biggest fair on industrial technology, presenting, in the Dutch Pavillon, the technological advances reached by its Micro Gas Turbine technology integrated in the EnerTwin micro-chp system. Special Thematic Session LEAP 03 - Low Emission Advanced Power cycles The 7 th European Fuel Cell Technology & Applications Piero Lunghi Conference 2017, held on the December, in Naples, Italy will see the presence of a special thematic session, the LEAP 03, dedicated to low emission advanced power cycles. UNIGE and DLR will participate in the event, presenting the innovative approach of the Bio-HyPP technology and the improved efficiencies that the technology will bring to energy production. Latest and Upcoming Deliverables D 1.6: Innovative Business Model (May 2017, M24) D 2.5: SOFC auxiliary component characterisation (May 2017, M24) D 3.2: Hybrid system emulation results (November 2017, M30) D 3.3: Control system implementation and validation (November 2017, M30) All the public deliverables are available for download on the section Public Deliverables of the Bio-HyPP website: 6

7 Bio-HyPP Newsletter Issue 24 The Consortium organizzerò Project information Project Coordinator Start date: 1 June 2015 End date: 31 May 2019 Duration: 48 months Project reference: Melanie Herbst Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.v. (DLR) Pfaffenwaldring Stuttgart, Germany info@bio-hypp.eu This project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No