FRAUNHOFER UMSICHT TECHNOLOGY THAT PAYS 14 th November 2011 Dr Clemens Pollerberg Slide 1
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Research and Development Leading Organization for applied research in Europe Entrepreneurship Institutes work as Profit Centres 1 3 industrial contract research 1 3 publicly financed research 1 3 of federal states/national funding Customers Industry, Service sector Public administration Slide 2
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 60 institutes 18 000 staff (m/f) 1 1.66 billion turnover Representative offices in Europe, the USA, Asia and the Middle East Institutions other offices 1 as of January 2011 Bremerhaven Oldenburg Bremen Itzehoe Hannover Braunschweig Lübeck Oberhausen Paderborn Halle Dortmund Schkopau Duisburg Kassel Schmallenberg St. Augustin Erfurt Jena Aachen Euskirchen Gießen Wachtberg Ilmenau Rostock Potsdam Magdeburg Leipzig Darmstadt Würzburg Bayreuth Erlangen Bronnbach St. Ingbert Kaiserslautern Fürth Nürnberg Saarbrücken Karlsruhe Pfinztal Ettlingen Stuttgart Straubing Freising Freiburg Augsburg Garching München Oberpfaffenhofen Kandern Prien Efringen- Holzkirchen Kirchen Berlin Teltow Cottbus Dresden Freiberg Chemnitz Slide 3
Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT Develops applied and industry-oriented process engineering Focuses research on the fields of environment, process, energy and materials technologies Key research areas: 1. Biorefinery, 2. Functional particles, materials and membranes, 3. Information networks and 4. Modular energy technologies Eight business units are developing innovative solution for the industry and private sector www.photocase.com Slide 4
Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT Foundation 1990 Budget 2010 22.9 million (9 million industry) Staff 318 (187 permanent staff) Diploma/Master stud. 14 Student/research assistants 79 Interns, civil servants 21 Apprentices 17 Spin-Offs 13 Projects ca. 300 p.a. Laboratories/Pilot plants 4 500 m² Facts & Data Slide 5
Business Unit Energy Efficiency Technologies Electrical energy storage (Compressed air energy storage, redox-flow batteries, integration of storage systems into the grid) Polygeneration/ORC (ORC plants for biogas plants, solar ORC, wood fired ORC: capacity 50 200 kw el ) Optimization of energy systems (Benchmarking and optimization of energy supply systems, energy system analyses and development concepts) Cold generation/cold storage (Combined heat, cold and power generation as well as solar cooling by absorption chiller and steam jet ejector chiller, phase change slurries as cold storage fluid) Slide 6
Business Unit Energy Efficiency Technologies Steam jet ejector chiller First prototype of a steam jet ejector chiller developed (cooling capacity < 10 kw th ) Demonstration plant for co-generation realized (cooling capacity 80 kw th ) solar-thermally driven unit currently under development Co-generation unit Absorption chiller Development of a mini-absorption chiller (cooling capacity < 10 kw th ) Demonstration plant for solar cooling (cooling capacity 35 kw th ) in operation since 2002 Solar Cooling Lab Solar cooling plant Slide 7
Potential for Solar Cooling in India Insolation on horizontal face per year Madrid: 1 656 kwh/m² Miami: 1 761 kwh/m² Cairo: 2 041 kwh/m² Bengaluru: 2 008 kwh/m² Chennai: 2 024 kwh/m² New Delhi: 1 980 kwh/m² Source of figures: METEONORM Global Meteorological Database Version 4.00, 1999 www.photocase.com Slide 8
Potential for Solar Cooling in India Cooling degree days in thousands Population in millions 5 4 Cooling degree days Population 2005 25 20 3 2 1 15 10 5 Cooling degree days Miami, USA Cooling degree days Cairo, Egypt Cooling degree days Madrid, Spain 0 0 Chennai Ahmada bad Mumbai Hyderabad Kolkata Delhi Benga luru Source of figures: M. Sivak. Energy Policy 37 (2009) 1382-1384 Slide 9
VSM Solar Private Limited Joint Venture between Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and VSM Energy Private Limited Founded in 2011 VSM Solar has been established with a view to design, manufacture and installation of solar air conditioning and co-generation units in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Realization of the company building has started. Intended to make it a LEED certified platinum building. Design of the company building VSM Solar Slide 10
Thank you very much for your attention! Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT Clemens Pollerberg Osterfelder Str. 3 46047 Oberhausen, Germany http://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de VSM Solar Private Limited Director: Srinivasan Sampath 457, 3 rd Cross, 4 th Main, Maruthi Layout, Vasanthpura, Bangalore - 560 061, India http://www.vsmsolar.com Slide 11
Fraunhofer UMSICHT Osterfelder Straße 3 46047 Oberhausen Germany Slide 12 www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de Dr Clemens Pollerberg Phone +49 208 8598 1418 clemens.pollerberg@umsicht.fraunhofer.de