During the last 18 months of the project, the tasks associated with the characterization of the demo-sites processes and the development of the technologies have allowed the implementation of the demo-sites and we have achieved the expected results.
Regarding the management and coordination of the project, during these 18 months, an effective management has been developed to ensure the success of the project execution. There has been continuous communication between the partners and with the European Commission, with all the follow-up and information meetings having been held.
During the 18 months, the implementation of the ORC has not been possible due to the implementation deadlines of the solution. Instead, an analysis and lessons learned of the problems encountered and an analysis of the extension of this technology to other energy intensive sectors have been carried out.
High Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP), during this period it has been built and tested in a laboratory and a semi-industrial facility.During these months, new strategies for combustion monitoring and fuel flexibility were developed. Experimental trials were performed at laboratory level. The trials for the industrial demo site have also started and the model is being adapted from laboratory to industrial case. As complement to the experimental tests, a batch of CFD simulations have been performed under the same tested conditions.
CFDs were also used to assess the working conditions and emissions reduction for the case of the mineral sector. Afterwards, the commissioning and manufacturing of the new low NOx burner was finished. The first trials on the real kiln showed promising NOx reductions which should be confirmed in the trials of the third period.
Regarding flexibility of the industries, the methodology and evaluation of the potential for the different demos was performed with the development of flexibility tools for the real and virtual demos and with the analysis and forecasting of the electricity German market, which will be used as input for the virtual battery case.
This virtual battery case in the paper sector, with the analysis of the different cases for the virtual battery by the partners who are finalized of analysis of the integration of the photovoltaic surpluses and the study of the renewable energy generation capacities for the different cases.
During these months, the tasks associated to the business plans and exploitation have finished. It has also carried out the business and replication models for the technologies developed.
Finally, the communication and dissemination strategy and activities were settled and the project identity was completed. The dissemination plan has been updated according to the new activities and strategy. There have been carried out two main tasks regarding the dissemination of BAMBOO project in online channels. The dissemination has finalized with the release of some articles, newsletters and scientific publications, together with the participation in the events.
Finally, the activity of the training programs was performed.
