Duration: 1 May 2006 – 31 December 2009
Project website: http://www.hegelproject.eu
Contact:
Project Co-ordinator:
Franco Anzioso
Centro Ricerche Fiat
Tel. +39 011 908 0540
Fax: +39 011 908 3898
Email: franco.anzioso@crf.it
Contact within COGEN Europe:
Thomas Esdaile-Bouquet
Tel: +32 2 772 82 90
Fax: +32 2 772 50 44
Email: thomas.bouquet@cogeneurope.eu
Description:
The main objective of the project has been to develop, demonstrate and compare high efficiency applications of micro-polygeneration for the civil and industrial sectors, based on innovative technologies.
Three demonstration plants have been constructed and tested:
• A trigeneration plant that has served an office building in Torino (Italy), the unit has been innovative as it has made use of a reciprocating engine with a desiccant cooling system. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 120/200/255 kW (electricity/heating/cooling)
• A microturbine in trigeneration mode with an ammonia-water absorption cooling cycle, installed in a hotel in Girona (Spain). Capacity of 27/49/32 kW (electricity/heat/cooling)
• A “Combi System” cogeneration plant consisting of the combination of a reciprocating engine and a Rankine cycle engine (bottoming cycle) operated on the exhaust gases of the reciprocating engine. This unit has been installed in Turkey. Capacity: 144 kWe and 151 kWth.
The project also included the design of detailed maintenance procedures. In addition it also covered system and market studies aimed at evaluating the competitive positioning of the proposed solutions in view of future exploitation. Economic evaluations included profitability, business analysis and external costs.
Documents and downloadables:
All publications and reports coming out of HEGEL are available on the project website.
Find here the HEGEL brochure and the HEGEL poster
Partners:
COGEN Europe
2HENERGY (France)
Centro Ricerche Fiat (Italy) www.crf.it
ELYO (Spain) www.elyo.com
EnerProjekt (Sweden) www.enerproject.com
METU (Turkey) www.metu.edu.tr
PdT – Politecnico (Italy)
Ranotor (Sweden) www.ranotor.se
REPSOL (Spain) www.repsol.com
Tekniker (Spain) www.tekniker.es
URV – Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) www.urv.es