Company Name: Politecnico Di Bari

PROJECTS

Project 1

COMPANY NAME: POLITECNICO DI BARI

Address: (street, city,) BARI E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: 3347742449 Web: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diana_Caporale

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname DIANA CAPORALE role PhD STUDENT email [email protected]

Project Title: Consumer’s perception of on-shore wind energy: The case of Apulia Region in Southern Italy

Project Description: (max 1000 battute spazi inclusi)

In Italy, about 30 per cent of national energy production uses renewable sources. The presence of a favourable climatic condition for wind power in the Apulia Region in southern Italy has pushed towards the development of one of the greatest on-shore areas in the country and Europe. Nonetheless, the high concentration of on-shore wind farms on the territory in Apulia Region has posed serious problems over time in terms of public awareness for landscape preservation. This work contributes to an understanding of the public awareness for the existing trade-off between landscape conservation and wind energy. With the use of a choice experiment approach, we infer on the social acceptability of on-shore wind energy in Apulia Region. Main results will enable us: i) to estimate consumers’ willingness to accept for a hypothetical market of second generation on-shore wind farms; ii) to determine the potential trade-offs between second generation on-shore wind farms, landscape conservation and social well-being; iii) to discuss the existence of an asymmetric information between producers, consumers and policy makers on the implementation of on-shore wind farms on the territory.

Project 2

COMPANY NAME: C.N.R.- I.R.S.A.

Address: (street, city,) Viale F. De Blasio n 5 – 70132-Bari Italy E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39 080/5820511 Web: http:// www.irsa.cnr.it

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Claudio Di Iaconi role Project Manager email [email protected]

Project Title: BIOPOS "Treatment and reuse on the territory of biomass from posidonia residues"

Project Description: (max 1000 battute spazi inclusi) The overall objective of the project was the evaluation of the potential biogas production by anaerobic digestion of posidonia residue. The study was carried out using an anaerobic digester in a laboratory scale. Taking into account the high lignin content of posidonia, a specific pre-treatment was tested in order to increase its biodegradability. In particular, the shredded and water-suspended posidonia was subjected to a chemically-enhanced thermal treatment with the addition of hydrochloric acid (0.4 %)which allowed to solubilize up to 0.3 kgCOD/kgVSposidonia. The reactor was fed and purged in a semi-continuous manner and maintained at a working temperature of 35 °C (mesophilic conditions). The specific production of biogas (yield) was about 220 Nm3 per ton of posidonia sent to the treatment. The methane content in biogas was consistently: 50-60%. Therefore, the present study has shown that it is possible to recover energy even from high-lignin-rich biomass if the anaerobic digestion process is assisted by a thermo- chemical treatment.

State of development: Prototype

Industrial application: Posidonia residues along the shore represents a hardship for the territory. Posidonia residues must be removed from the areniles and properly disposed of. Considering the high cost of disposal of posidonia residues (80-120 €/t, Cocozza et al 2011), the proposed process can be easily and widely applied.

Advantage factor: The use of Posidonia residues as a substrate for anaerobic digestion processes has the twofold advantage of producing biogas by from a renewable energy source and reducing the amount of residues to be disposed of (in landfills).

Commercial challenge: Posidonia removed from the shore are considered "non-hazardous urban solid waste" and must be disposed of in landfills. The use of Posidonia as a substrate for the production of energy through anaerobic digestion processes, allows the production of methane without the use of fossil fuels.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Know how transfer

Project 3

COMPANY NAME: NITEKO SRL

Address: (street, city,) Viale Delle Imprese 3 – 74020 Montemesola (Ta) Italy E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39 099 5671219 Web: www.niteko.com

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Valentina Ancona role foreign office and marketing email [email protected]

Project Title: Innovative Carbon Fiber Heat Sink

Project Description: The innovative carbon fiber heat sink in composite material will allow LED lighting fixtures to be much lighter than those made of aluminum while still maintaining the same cooling capacity. The realization of carbon fiber heat sinks for high-power lighting fixtures has a dual territorial impact. First of all, from an aesthetic point of view, being the carbon fiber more flexible and capable of taking any shape, its use will allow public lighting to take any form allowing street lighting fixtures to become a tool of territorial enhancement. The calculation model has been done by numerical simulations on flat laminates of small dimensions on which the LED devices were installed. Ultimately, a mechanical simulation was performed on the complex geometry identified for the experimental phase in order to verify that the stress condition of the component subject to the typical operating conditions is such that it does not cause any breakage or damage.

State of development: Prototype

Industrial application: Segments: Public administrations for street lighting, public areas; Electrical technicians, final consumers; Sports facilities, large sports areas; Medium and large commercial distribution; Sports facilities; Great organized distribution, food market

Advantage factor: The Carbon fiber does not need a particularly heavy production process that require big energy consumption, unlike aluminum. That being so, the carbon fiber heat sink manufacturing industry will be lean, with a definitely minor impact on the environment.

Commercial challenge: Carbon fiber lighting fixture has no rivals in the market. None of the competitors has ever ventured into experimenting with this type of body. The use of carbon fiber for heat dissipation in high-power lighting fixtures is a planetary innovation, both in terms of weight, manageability and dimensions without compromising performance.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Licensing Sub-contracting agreement

Project 4

COMPANY NAME: TERA srl

Address: (street, city,) via M.L. King 35, Conversano (Ba) E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +390802147775 Web: www.terasrl.it

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Antonio Sacchetti role CEO email [email protected]

Project Title: BeetaTM – Energy Efficiency, Safety and Comfort at Home & Building

Project Description: (max 1000 battute spazi inclusi) Beeta helps people to save on energy bills, increase security&safety, automate home.Beeta’s innovative features for user engagement overcome the smart home market barriers (technology fragmentation, unclear benefit perceiving from users). Beeta aims to deliver a smart energy monitoring and optimization system based on interoperable and easy-to-install gateway, a SW interface and mobile APP targeted to engage users over time. A smart-gateway, interoperable with off-the-shelf devices, enables cloud based modular services that using a mobile APP engage users over time. The innovative features of Beeta mobile APP, combined with the Beeta gateway, are able to interact with users digitally but also by multi-sensorial physical feedback. Beeta gateway can be easily connected to off-the -shelf devices to provide together with energy efficiency, safety, security and home automation solution in a modular and scalable approach. Proprietary algorithms combined with embedded sensors enable housebreaking alarm features as well as house thermal features analysis. All of this to provide users with custom insights and suggestion which make BEETA the advisor to trust in

IP Protection level: Registered Trademark “Beeta” Registered international Design of the enclosure of the device Beeta box Patent Pending (industrial invention)

State of development: Product/Service ready for sales

Industrial application: TERA’s gateway can be used in combination with off-the-shelf sensors and actuators to optimise or improve the manufacturing process through a diffused and cheap network of IoT sensors for gathering data about the process in combination with classical technology and further cloud data analysis (industry 4.0 compliant).

Advantage factor: Exclusive customized Performance Indexes based on 25 years of TERA experience in the energy field. Multiprotocol and remotely upgradable smart gateway (IPR design) based on standard protocol and suitable for communication with multi-Utilities meters (electricity, gas, water), OTA upgradable and ready to be expanded with future IoT protocols.

Commercial challenge: The challenge is to find reliable partners, basically active as household service providers (Energy Utility, telecom operator, insurance company) interested to add Beeta into their portfolio of services for commercial building and residential market.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Commercial representative Venture capital financing Distribution agreement Sub-contracting agreement

Project 5 COMPANY NAME: 3SP srl (Alpiq Group) Address: (street, city,) Via Stephenson 73, 20157 Milano (Italy E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39 36698.1 Web: www.alpiq.com CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Alessandra Salvati role Head of QHSE&Permitting Italy email [email protected] Project Title: 3SP (“San Severo Solar Power”) Project Description: The planned concentrated solar power (“CSP”) or solar thermal power plant is of the solar tower type, i.e. a large number of moveable mirrors (the so called heliostats) follow the sun and concentrate its light onto the top of a tower where the so called receiver is situated. There, the concentrated solar radiation is turned into heat which can be stored easily at very low cost and used to run a conventional power plant (i.e. produce electricity) at any time of the day. The innovative receiver technology used in the project 3SP is called open volumetric receiver (“OVR”) and its core component is a large number of modular ceramic absorbers which are heated up to approx. 1000°C. The solar heat is stored in a well-proven ceramic fixed bed heat storage and/or used to drive a conventional water-steam-cycle which produces electricity by means of a steam turbine. IP Protection level: The technology of the open volumetric receiver is protected by approx. 30 patent families which are either owned by Kraftanlagen München (KAM – a company of Alpiq Group) directly or licensed from the DLR (German Aerospace Center) State of development: Product/Service Industrial application: Apart from electricity production (mentioned above), the hot air coming from the OVR can be used as a renewable replacement for any kind of industrial or chemical process where high process temperatures are needed. Advantage factor: The main advantages of the OVR-technology are the absence of hazardous media (only air and water are used) and a superior ceramic heat storage technology which enables the power plant to be operated 24/7 or even for grid stabilization (in times of electricity over supply, the power output can be reduced and the heat can be stored for later use). Commercial challenge: The OVR technology has been successfully demonstrated in the demonstration plant Jülich in Germany. Now the challenge is to find investors and lenders for the up-scaled commercial application of the technology in San Severo.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Know how transfer Venture capital financing Licensing Distribution agreement Sub-contracting agreement

Project 6

COMPANY NAME: Plasmapps Address: (street, city,) Via VVF Caduti in Servizio, 14 -70026- Modugno (Ba) E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +390809751306 Web: www.plasmapps.com

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Giovanni Ventola role CEO email [email protected]

Project Title: Smart Materials from Plasma frontiers Project Description: For large-area devices required for realistic applications, thin-film device fabrication becomes complex and requires proper control over the entire process sequence. Proper understanding of thin-film deposition processes can help in achieving high-efficiency devices over large areas, as has been demonstrated commercially for different cells. The present project aims to develop nanostructured TiO2-like coatings by means PECVD. Cold plasma processes provides an important versatile route to develop growth regimes in which crystal-phase controlled nanostructured thin film of semiconductor-oxide materials, suitable for implementation of dye sensitized solar cell devices. In particular, the target will be to develop plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process of TiO2- like thin film, a semiconductor-oxide material employed in DSSC devises, on which synthetic achievements have been so far very limited. IP Protection level: None State of development: Prototype Industrial application: Plasmapps offers many industrial plasma solutions for many industrial applications. With this project, Plasmapps opens new growth markets in the field of renewable energy. Advantage factor: The cold plasma technology offers a valid alternative to conventional chemistry in the processes of surface finishing of materials with many benefits due to its high eco- sustainability. Plasma chemistry is a dry and green chemistry working without solvents and with minimal use of reagents. Commercial challenge: This project aims to offer to energy industry new methods for surface modification. Thanks to its eco-sustainability and reduced costs process, the use of this technology makes possible to increase the competitiveness. Proposal of cooperation agreement: Venture capital financing

Project 7

COMPANY NAME: ITEA S.P.A. Address: (street, city,) Via Milano Km 1,600 – 70023 GIOIA DEL COLLE E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: 080 3480333 Web: www.iteaspa.it CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Alvise Achille Bassignano role Managing Director email [email protected] Project Title: ISOTHERM Pwr ® Flameless Oxy-Combustion Project Description: ITEA spa is dedicated to design, construction and commissioning of plants based on ISOTHERM Pwr ® “Flameless” Oxy-Combustion Technology. In this business, R&D activities play a significant role as Itea is in charge for both the tailoring of the technology to the specific requirements of our customers and for the definition of technological solutions for new applications. ISOTHERM Pwr ® Flameless Oxy-Combustion Technology produces low-cost energy (steam and electricity) by flexible use of low ranking fuels such as waste, heavy oils, pet coke, and coal; this new, advanced technology ensures, for any fuel/material used, emissions far lower than demanding european regulations. ISOTHERM Pwr ® allows to treat, even simultaneously, fuels and waste having completely different characteristics; if applied to the treatment of industrial waste, both liquid and solid, it can treat the most hazardous industrial byproducts, and also harmful toxic waste accumulated in dumps over past decades. IP Protection level: The technology is protected by many international patents State of development: Depending on the industrial application of the technology: Patent Prototype Product/Service Industrial application: The applications to which Itea is actually committed to are those the market has represented as the one of greater interest; today the applications are the following:  treatment of industrial waste coming from refineries, oil companies and the pharmaceutical industry;  landfill remediation, of historical refinery and petrochemical landfill  treatment of municipal solid waste;  treatment of heavy oil fractions and lean gas for power production; it includes numerous industrial applications, developed in collaboration with one of the world’s major players.  Combustion of natural gas and low rank coal for power production in CCS frame. Advantage factor: Key Technology’s benefits - Lowest emissions - Ashes quantitatively transformed into fully inert vitrified slags - >96% of introduced heat (LHV) recovered - High rangeability of combustion process (from 10% to 100%) at constant performance - Extended acceptance of water content in the fuel - Ease in commercial CO2 recovery for different uses (industry, Eor, Sequestration) - Capability to simultaneously burn different types of fuels, from waste to low rank - Compact, relatively small plant, highly automated - Competitive capex and opex Commercial challenge: (max 300 battute spazi inclusi) Itea is looking for partners in order to exploit the technology and the erection of industrial plants, based on its proprietary technology. Itea is available to discuss all kind of cooperation agreement, suitable for different geographies and for specific partner field of interest. Proposal of cooperation agreement: X Commercial representative X Know how transfer X IPR assignment X Venture capital financing X Licensing X Distribution agreement X Sub-contracting agreement Project 8

COMPANY NAME: Department of Engineering for Innovation - University of Salento Address: (street, city,) Via per Arnesano E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39 0832 297756 Web: www.dii.unisalento.it

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Arturo de Risi role Professor email [email protected]

Project Title:

Project Description: Aim of the present project is to develop a particular kind of thermodynamic solar concentrator based on the use of gas-based nanofluids. In the current state of the art, two different kinds of thermovector fluids are used; the heat-transmitting oils and the mixtures of molten salts. The first one cannot exceed temperatures of 390°C, negatively affecting performance in the thermodynamic solar plant. Molten salts can reach temperatures approximately of 550°C, but need to maintain temperatures higher than 250°C in order to avoid solidification. In this perspective, the use of nanofluids can produce a significant increase in the performance of the thermodynamic solar systems under the effect of the direct absorption of the solar radiation inside the receiver. Moreover, the use of nanofluids can make easier the thermodynamic solar plants control, since there is no need of great thermal accumulation systems, which today are indispensable in the plants which use the melted salts as thermo-vector fluid. IP Protection level: European Patent

State of development: x Patent x Prototype

Industrial application: Concentrated solar power plant for electricity production and cogeneration

Advantage factor: The studies about nanofluids demonstrate that it is possible to use low concentrations of nanoparticles to improve significantly thermal properties of base fluids. Therefore, nanofluids make possible to increase performance of thermodynamic solar systems, simplifying their control. Commercial challenge: A 600 kWt pilot plant has been built, but minor components developments are still needed to reach commercial reliability of the CSP plant. Therefore, the main commercial challenge is to find a commercial/industrial partner willing to bring the prototype to a “ready to market” stage.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: X Know how transfer X IPR assignment X Venture capital financing Project 9

COMPANY NAME: TCT Address: (street, city,) Strada per Pandi 3, BRINDISI 72100 E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +390831574272 +393358079255 Web: www.tctsrl.it

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Francesco De Rinaldis Saponaro role Chief International Operation email [email protected]

Project Title: Increasing Heat Transfer Fluid adding Nanotech formulation Project Description: HTF Compact has been specifically engineered for use in the HVAC/R industry as a superior performance based fluid with the potential to greatly increase the heating and cooling capacity of the equipment being utilized.All hydronic systems contain a fluid as a medium to transfer heat. That fluid in most cases is water and in some cases, where freeze protection is needed, it is a water and glycol mixture. Until now water has been the most efficient heat transfer fluid. With advances in nanotechnology, that has changed. By successfully adding nanoparticles into a transport fluid we now have a heat transfer fluid more efficient than water, and far more efficient than any glycol/water mixture whether it is Ethylene (EG) or Propylene (PG) glycol. HTF Compact enhances the heat transfer of glycol and water systems and allows these systems to reach desired temperature set points much faster with less energy being utilized. HTF Compact have undergone rigorous laboratory testing. These Nano Fluids have proven to be stable and the nano particles stay in complete suspension and never agglomerate over time. The results are nothing less than remarkable! IP Protection level: Applicant : TCT Srl Application NO : 13 737 865.9 – 1375 Patent may be granted before end of this year State of development: Patent Product/Service Industrial application: It is known in the HVAC/R industry that any system using glycol for freeze protection requires the oversizing of equipment by up to 20% to compensate for the decrease in heat transfer associated with glycols. HTF Compact greatly improves the heat transfer of these systems and removes the energy penalty that is correlated with any water/glycol mixture. Engineers and contractors no longer have to oversize heating and cooling equipment. Advantage factor: The increase in heat transfer that derives from HTF Compact causes a significant decrease in run time for boilers and compressors which in turn saves energy. Systems or applications that have high energy utilization will have a shorter return on investment (ROI). The ROI when using HTF Compact can range from 9 months to 4 years depending on the operating characteristics of the plant. HTF Compact promises to revolutionize the HVAC industry and all industries that use fluids as a means of heat transfer! Clearly, HTF Compact is a game changer!

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Licensing ( when market is well enstablish ) Distribution agreement

Project 10

COMPANY NAME: Encosys s.r.l.

Address: (street, city,) Via degli Ulivi 7/A, 74020 Montemesola (TA) - Italy E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39 099 567 1300 Web: www.encosys.it

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Sebastiano Acquaviva role CEO email [email protected]

Project Title: SEM (Storage Energy Management)

Project Description: SEM is a mechatronic system made by an electronic part and a mechanical part. The electronic part includes two inverters and a PFC (power factor controller). The mechanical part is a very high performance flywheel storage unit. It is available in the size of 20 kW of power and 600 kJ of stored energy, but it is possible to use many unit in parallel allowing in this way to reach higher powers and stored energies. This flexibility of the SEM allows to be used by small utilities or large utilities as well in a distributed way, improving the use of energy locally. Works as a local smart grid which allows to guarantee a very high power quality, energy recovery in the working phases of connected machines, active PFC, thus improving the efficiency of the entire power grid and reducing the need for peak power. It is currently on the market for the elevators application and soon will be available for industrial applications.

IP Protection level: SEM has 3 international patents

State of development: SEM is already in the market for the elevator applications. For the industrial application (machine tool …) is under development and will be shortly in production.

Industrial application: SEM is suitable for applications with high peak power needed for its operation but low average power, recoverable energy during downward, slowdown and braking. Many machine have these requirements, such as elevators, presses, molding machines, CNC machines, oil and gas extraction pumps, and so on.

Advantage factor: High power quality, voltage stabilization, power failure management, energy saving, drastically reduced peak power absorption, unit power factor, UPS, soft stop of the machine in case of blackout, local and distributed smart grid, long life, totally ecological, reduction of plant shutdown times.

Commercial challenge: SEM is a unique Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS). Encosys is open to any commercial, industrial, production agreement with companies that want to invest in the energy sector.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Commercial representative Know how transfer IPR assignment Venture capital financing Licensing Distribution agreement Sub-contracting agreement Project 11

COMPANY NAME: ARTI (Agenzia Regionale per la Tecnologia e l'Innovazione) Address: (street, city,) Via Giulio Petroni 15/F.1 70124 Bari (BA) - Italy E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: +39-0809674210 Web: http://www.arti.puglia.it/

CONTACT PERSON: name and surname Carlo Gadalaleta Caldarola role Project Manager email [email protected]

Project Title: INGRID (High-capacity hydrogen-based green-energy storage solutions for grid balancing)

Project Description: INGRID is a European R&D project co-funded by the 7thFP aiming at investigating and demonstrating how and to what extent hydrogen energy storage in a solid state, combined with advanced ICT technologies for real time monitoring and control of smart distribution grids, are able to balance power supply and demand. INGRID was implemented through the design, deployment and operation of a 39 MWh energy storage demonstrator. The plant use McPhy hydrogen-based solid state storage and Hydrogenics electrolysis technology and fuel cell power systems, and is located in Puglia (in the city of Troia), the Italian region with the largest RES portfolio. The partnership that developed the project consists of organizations expressing scientific, industrial and administrative skills: Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Studio Tecnico BFP, ARTI, E-Distribuzione, RSE (Italy), Hydrogenics (Belgium), McPhy and TECNALIA (Spain).

State of development: Product/Service

Industrial application: INGRID demonstrate the feasibility of the hydrogen solid state storage “at large scale”. The unloading station that can be implemented on the final customer’s sites allows release the stored hydrogen for new and different energetic applications.

Advantage factor: The magnesium hydride option used for the storage offers unique advantages in term of efficiency, safety and carbon footprint. The water electrolysis systems are modular, thus they can be easily grouped to produce hydrogen and store energy over wide scales.

Commercial challenge: The INGRID plant is a multi-carrier hub able to consume, transform and store energy in form of solid-state hydrogen, and produce it in form of hydrogen and electricity. The affordability of the system depend on the local energy context, the regulation and the specific use of the hydrogen.

Proposal of cooperation agreement: Commercial representative