A collection of case histories of successful collaborations between High Technology Network Laboratories and businesses. These are tangible and customisable examples of the application of new technologies, products, or services that show how industrial research can meet the needs of innovation.

Results: 15
Thermo-catalytic reforming layout

Thermo-catalytic reforming: adding value to residual biomass and waste by transformation into green hydrogen, bio-oil and biochar

From residues to materials for chemistry and environment

The thermo-catalytic reforming technology TCR® enables added value products such as syngas, green hydrogen, bio-oil and biochar from residual biomass from industries operating in the food, agro, forestry and processing sectors. Such products can be...

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Proving the efficacy of sterilization treatment of potentially infectious solid waste

Medical waste: from sterilization to the End of Waste

Gruppo C.S.A. S.p.A. has defined and executed in collaboration with Newster System s.r.l. the validation tests of the efficacy of the sterilization process of Newster sterilizers: - Physical validation test, based on the verification of the...

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Clams bred in the area

Eco-design for mollusc culture

Sustainable management of mollusc culture

Terra&Acqua Tech Laboratory has developed:
- the localization and georeferenced mapping of nursery areas for veracious clams in lagoon zones, to be used as a decision support tool for the expansion of current nursery areas;
- a process for the...

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Validation of proposed control strategies via active brake test bench by electric motor laboratory (EML) of Raw Power Srl

Enhanced Internal Permanent-Magnet Machines Flux Weakening Control Strategies for Traction Applications

Safe electric mobility

The laboratory offers a solution to optimize flux-weakening control strategies for internal permanent-magnet synchronous machines, also used for light electric vehicles (e.g. motorcycles).
This activity focused on torque management during fast...

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Teeschools toolkit

Toolkit for energy efficiency improvement of school buildings - TEESCHOOLS

More efficient and safer public buildings

The laboratory has developed a set of IT tools to support public administrations in the implementation of energy refurbishment of school buildings to the status of Near Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB).
The "TEESCHOOLS" toolkit is designed to be simple...

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Benchmarking energy consumption of municipal wastewater treatment plants

Targeted energy efficiency investments in WWTPs

The product allows to carry out an energy performance assessment in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Following a preliminary data collection and related statistical processing, specific energy performance indicators are introduced in...

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CONSTANCE- automatic CONtrol and SmarT mANagement of wastewater TreAtmeNt faCilitiEs. Patented system

Lower energy consumption for an efficient water treatment

Patented system for intelligent management and automated control of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The system uses robust and cheap probes to measure indirect signals, such as pH and redox potential (ORP), in order to reduce the construction...

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Automatic monitors for indoor and outdoor air quality

Air quality assessment and design of management strategies

Automatic monitors analyzing atmospheric particulate allow to verify air quality in indoor and outdoor environments, to assess the exposure of the population to pollutants in different living environments, to identify the cause-effect relationships...

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Residue recovery from waste treatment processes

Recovery of materials and energy from waste, reuse of materials, optimisation of treatment processes and of integrated waste management systems

To contribute to identify the most effective choices towards a sustainable waste management, the MatER Study Center provides technical and scientific consultancy based on a thorough survey of the technologies and policies adopted for recovering...

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Technical and economic assessment and energy capability verification of renewable energy plants

Analysis and control of the technical and economic factors that affect investments in renewable energy plants

The technical and economic assessment of plants producing electrical and/or thermal energy from renewable sources (biomass, wind, photovoltaic, hydroelectric) is essential to design the plant itself and monitor its performance. The system's...

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Monitoring ultra-fine particulate and nano-particulate in urban areas

Identification of highly critical urban areas for air quality

Due to the proximity to emissions from vehicular traffic, recognised as the main source of fine and ultra-fine particulate in urban areas, individuals moving on foot or with other means of transport in a town are potentially exposed to high...

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Monitoring fine and ultra-fine dust from combustion plants

Characterisation of nanoparticles emitted by combustion systems

On site surveys to assess emissions from combustion processes in stationary plants (small thermal power plants for building heating fuelled by wood, pellet, oil and gas and industrial plants for WTE incineration of waste), ultrafine particulate...

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Synthesis of biodegradable ligands for fertilisers

Synthesis of more sustainable chemical products

Working on the design and synthesis of more environmental friendly chemical products, the Sustainable Chemistry Laboratory of CIRI Energy and Environment has developed expertise on alternative chemicals characterized by both high biodegradability and...

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Chemical-biological technical support to biogas plants

Increase and monitor the efficiency of biogas plants

In order to correctly size a biogas plant, it is required to consider the methane production potential from the biomass used, defined as methane potential, the plant itself, as well as the procurement costs - first item of expenditure in running an...

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Application of MFA and LCA analysis for technical-management support to recycling processes

Technical support to closing productive cycles and recycling

In order to optimise material and/or energy recovery processes, it is required to have quantitative data on potential material flows and on their trends over time. For this purpose, a tool such as the Material Flow Analysis (MFA) allows flows to be...

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