PolySMART

An Integrated Project partly funded by the European Commission under FP6, DG 'Energy and Transport'

Priority: SUSTDEV-1.1.4 - POLYGENERATION
Demonstration Projects

Contract No.: 019988

Start date of Contract: 12.06.2006
Duration: 4 years

Full Title
POLYgeneration with advanced Small and Medium scale thermally driven Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Technology

Acronym
PolySMART

Strategic objectives

• Facilitate market entry for small and medium scale tri-generation systems.
• Demonstrate cost-effective and sustainable decentralised tri-generation systems.
• Draw attention to innovative cooling technologies, which are more environmentally-friendly than compression cycles.

Project Abstract
The main goal of the proposed project is to support the development of a new market for polygeneration: small and medium capacity tri-generation. The operating time of a CHP system can be significantly increased by using the heat produced for thermally-driven cooling, which creates a remarkable improvement in cost efficiency.
Therefore the proposed integrated project aims to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and reliability of small-scale combined heat, cooling and power (CHCP) units for a wide range of buildings and industrial applications. Key actors in the project are the majority of today's manufacturers of thermally-driven cooling machines in Europe and manufacturers of CHP systems. The consortium also includes utilities, engineering consultants, energy agencies, end-users and research institutions.

Eight demonstration sub-projects using different thermally-driven cooling technologies will be carried out as a main activity at twelve sites in seven European countries for a wide spectrum of applications. Many different combinations of thermally driven chillers and CHP systems will be developed to the pre-commercial product stage. The operation of the demonstration sub-projects will be investigated in practical applications and assessed with regard to economic and energy performance. Further activities covered in the work plan include a broad market potential analysis of micro-trigeneration systems, the development of component and system models for engineering, the development of design guidelines and tools for professionals, and the production of documents for training and dissemination. Workshops and seminars for technology transfer and training will be carried out in different countries in national languages.

All in all, this comprehensive project aims to achieve substantial progress in the technical and market development of micro-CHCP systems using advanced, small and medium-scale, thermally-driven air-conditioning and refrigeration technology.

 

Further Links:
Key Action page on the CORDIS Server
Programme page on the Europe Server

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