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Unique innovation programme paves way for energy-neutral and circular process industry in 2050
Long Term Programme is a unique programme in which universities and companies work together to create a sustainable process industry.
Tested: platforms calculating the benefits from recycling waste heat and cold
During a hands-on workshop participants were able to test platforms, developed by the EU funded projects EMB3Rs and R-ACES, that help reusing excess thermal energy.
Technology Carrousel: state-of-the-art heat integration and storage technologies
ISPT, in collaboration with project 6-25, organised a Technology Carrousel where suppliers of state-of-the-art heat technology were matched with end users.
ToPerform Smart Solutions: “There is no Planet B”
Innovations should contribute to both the objectives of the Climate Agreementas as well as the growth of a companie.
Shell and DOW start up e-cracking furnace experimental unit
This milestone is a significant step toward decarbonising the most carbon intensive aspects of petrochemical manufacturing.
ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jongsma over het belang van samenwerken in de energietransitie
Wat zijn de huidige uitdagingen rondom de energietransitie? ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jogsma spreekt erover in het Financieel Dagblad (FD).
PINcHED: final conclusion on integrating heat pumps into drying processes
PINcHED has officially completed its project concerned with establishing heat pumps integrated in drying processes. Today, drying processes account for approximately 15% of the primary energy used by Dutch industry,...
Legal support tool for energy cooperation
R-ACES project has built a legal tool that will help develop energy cooperation projects for industrial sites and business parks.
Development of smart solutions to boost heat integration in industry
What should be done to accelerate heat integration in industry?
Dow and Shell demonstrate progress for lower CO2 emission crackers
Dow and Shell report progress on their technology program to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces. This will significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
The Heat is On!
The Heat is On will reduce CO2 emissions through integral innovation of heat driven processes.
Condugo’s €1 million pilot project in (petro)chemical sector
Condugo, a specialist in energy management with offices in Antwerp and Brussels, has developed a solution tailored to large-scale industry with its Energy Hub software. The Flemish Agency for Innovation...
Overview of technologies for (re-)use, upgrading and storage of heat
With the help of Findest, the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology made an overview of the heat (re-)use and storage technologies.
Closing our energy loops with cost-efficient heat storage technology
To achieve a fully circular economy we will have to be able to close our material and also our energy loops. Re-using, storing and upgrading energy is an essential part...
Carbon-free heat processes can be enabled by electrically driven thermoacoustic heat pumps
The industry is a large consumer of energy and about two-thirds of the industry’s energy use is represented by heat. Often high-temperature heat is required, which is currently provided by...
Webinars on sustaining the future
Due to covid-19 the Netherlands Process Technology Symposium (NPS) had to be postponed. But since climate change does not wait, we replaced the event by a series of 4 webinars...
Climate wins at NPS17 Energy Webinar
Due to covid-19 the Netherlands Process Technology Symposium, that was to be held at the TU Delft this year and organized by TU Delft with support of ISPT, had to...
Lessons learned from an oil-free wet compressor
The recently completed LESSON project has identified the sources of losses of an oil-free wet compressor prototype that was built in a previous project.
Dutch National Growth Fund: dare to excel
The Dutch National Growth Fund offers great opportunities for green hydrogen and chemistry.
Kick off R-ACES project
Earlier this month, the virtual kick-off meeting of R-ACES took place. The focus of R-ACES is to turn high-potential, high-impact industrial clusters into eco-regions that achieve at least a 10%...
Compression-resorption heat pumps to save energy
The COMPRESORP project investigated the upgrading of low-temperature waste streams from the process industry into valuable utility streams. To do so, it used compression-resorption heat pumps that operate in the...
Infrastructure as backbone for a sustainable society
Hydrogen, electricity, CO2 storage, heat and steam are crucial for a sustainable society. But these energy sources should be able to reach our front doors. That is why the third...
Cutting heat pump investments in half
Heat pump technology is a crucial part of making industry more sustainable. However, there are still many opportunities to increase its economic viability. The recently completed CRUISE project has focused...
Industrial heat pumps important for energy transition
My name is Vilborg Guðjónsdóttir, I‘m 29 years old and my research subject is Compression-Resorption Heat Pumps at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).