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The programs we work on

steam-water cycles

Water

Without drastic measures, the Netherlands will face large-scale water shortages by 2030. The transition to secure regional water supply and prevent water stress requires collaboration with all water stakeholders. ISPT...

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Fascinating - Landbouw van de toekomst

Fascinating

In Groningen, ISPT is shaping the agricultural landscape: a circular system that brings sustainability, nature, healthy food and positive economic impact together. This program is called Fascinating. 

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The Heat is On

The Heat Is On

The Heat is On aims to make processes for dewatering, drying and heat integration more efficient.

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Sustainable PrOcess

SPOT: Sustainable PrOcess heaTing

SPOT (Sustainable PrOcess) aims to reduce the use of fossil energy use for industrial heat with at least 100 PJ/year in 2030.

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DES-20-01
Completed

Provides

The Provides initiative aims to make the paper industry more sustainable by developing Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES).

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R-ACES – FRamework for Actual Cooperation on Energy on Sites and Parks

R-ACES aims to turn high-potential, high-impact industrial clusters into eco-regions with at least 10% reduction in emissions in smart energy.

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DES: a nature-based, renewable pulping technology
Completed

PRIDES: Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Paper Industry

The European project cluster aims to approach 80% CO2 emission reduction in the lignocellulose processing chain.

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Sustainable heat in the Dutch industry

Heat

This platform supports agro-food, paper, chemical, horticultural and food sector in reducing CO2.

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FUSE - FUll ScalE Industrial Heat Pump Using Natural Refrigerants

FUSE – FUll ScalE Industrial Heat Pump Using Natural Refrigerants

Supporting the development and success of an industrial heat pump market through the develeopment of a standardized, modular, flexible compression heat pump technology. Incentive High temperature industrial heat pumps are...

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LESSON – Oil free compressor for ammonia based high temperature heat pumps

Wet compression allows for close to isothermal conditions during compression resulting in higher compression isentropic efficiencies. It further prevents operation in the superheating zone of the working fluids of heat...

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ENCORE – nExt geNeration COmpRession hEat pump

This project demonstrates the enhancement of compression heat pump performance by using a pilot scale test unit.

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ECWRTI - Blue micro fiber texture denim
Completed

ECWRTI – Electrocoagulation for Water Recycling in Textile Industry

The ECWRTI project is about closing the waterloop in the textile industry.

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CRUISE - Cost Reduction Industrial Heatpumps

CRUISE – Cost Reduction Industrial Heatpumps

CRUISE project aims to develop 50% less expensive heat pump technology that generates heat in an economically feasible way

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FLEXSTEAM – Development of heat storage for industrial steam

The FLEXSTEAM project aims to improve the way we can store and re-use  thermal energy by using so called ‘Phase Changing Materials’ (PCMs). To achieve a fully circular economy we...

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Sustainable heat in the Dutch industry

COMTA – COMpact modular Thermo Acoustic heat pump

To further develop the compact electrically driven thermoacoustic heat (TA) pump technology and to prepare for technical demonstration on full scale. The industry is a large consumer of energy and...

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Demonstration Polymer Heat Exchanger

The goal of this project is to demonstrate the innovative technologies as developed by HeatMatrix in the industrial process in the BioMCN factories. On the one hand this would result...

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COMPRESORP - Twin Screw Compressor
Completed

COMPRESORP

COMPRESORP focuses on upgrading low temperature waste water streams of separation processes with compression resorption heat pumps.

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DES: a nature-based, renewable pulping technology
Completed

Deep Eutectic Solvents

Deep Eutectic Solvents are a nature-based, renewable, biodegradable and low-volatile pulping technology.

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ISPT is the leading institute for open innovation in the process industry. At the heart of our efforts is the transition towards a CO2-neutral, circular economy in 2050.


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