WP1: Management and Coordination.
The project management structure and flows supported in a good way the Consortium activities and decisions. The main challenge of the project – the installation and day-by-day operation of the demonstrator - required a remarkable dedication from the involved partners both from the management and from a financial point of view.
WP2: Energy modelling, design and detailed engineering of the DEMO plant.
The Detailed Engineering of the DEMO was achieved during the 1RP and 2RP. All the Deliverables of WP2 are pubic and available in the portal.
WP3: Installation of the DEMO.
The installation of the DEMO started in M14 (October 2016) but it had a significant delay compared to the schedule. Delivery of the SOFC Module 1 (58 kWe) in Torino: June 2017
• Completion of all the works (civil, mechanical, electrical) on the SMAT site, to host 3 SOFC modules: end of August 2017 (M24)
• Commissioning of the SOFC Module 1: October 2017 (M26)
• Delivery and commissioning of the SOFC Module 2 (45 kWe): October 2018 (M38)
• Delivery and commissioning of the SOFC Module 3: during the evolution of the project, it was foreseen in May 2020 (M57), but the module has not been delivered because of delays on the supply of the stacks to CONVION
WP4: Operation of the DEMO.
The SOFC Module 1 (58 kWe) has been started in October 30th, 2017. The run periods have been interrupted by some maintenance periods, some of them in Finland. In the complete period, the SOFC Module 1 has operated with an average capacity factor close to 50%.
The SOFC Module 2 (45 kWe) has started its operation in October 25th, 2018. The operation has been quite continuous for the period of the project. In the complete period, SOFC Module 2 has operated with an average capacity factor close to 60%.
The SOFC Module 3 has never been installed, because of delays on the supply of the stacks to CONVION.
WP5: Data collection and analysis of the DEMO.
At M62 the status of WP5 can be summarized as follows:
• Analysis of the long-term data of the SOFC Module 1, SOFC Module 2 and whole system has been performed, from the aspect of electricity production, heat recovery, and global behavior of the complete plant. The target of efficiencies (electrical >50%, global >80%) have bee achieved.
• Management of on-site events have been collected in 3RP and 4RP, and analysed in 4RP
• Emission measurements for the installed SOFC Module 1 and 2 have been carried out on-site. The emissions measurements confirm SOFC technology as a very clean alternative to conventional biogas utilization technologies.
WP6: Exploitation.
In terms of business analysis, we have mostly analysed the application of SOFC systems in the following market at the European scale:
• waste water treatment plans (the typology of application developed in the DEMO of the project)
As part of the preliminary analysis, we have also:
• characterized the WWTP in EU-28 having 20,000 to 1,100,000 population equivalent into five archetypes to aid the market size evaluation,
• performed an assessment for biogas upgrade as one of the biogas exploitation routes, and
• characterized price and quantity-based incentives for biogas exploitation in EU-28.
The exploitation activity started a preliminary work in June 2018 and engaged with SSERR in M38 (October 2018). The exploitation plan for every single partner has been completed by the end of the project (M62).
WP7: Dissemination, communication.
DEMOSOFC project is supported by different communication tools to reach the broader audience during every development (The web site - www.demosofc.eu The blog - https://demosofc.wordpress.com/ ,Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Google+. Further communication tools are: press releases; newsletter sent to more than 200 professional contacts; EDULab an educational format developed with popular science experts; participation to scientific seminars and workshops; scientific publications with Open Access. With the plant visits, professionals, technical leaders and students have the chance of onsite visits with presentations and Q&A with SMAT professionals and POLITO researchers.
