SWS-HEATING

Development and Validation of an Innovative Solar Compact Selective-Water-Sorbent-Based Heating System
Overview

SWS-HEATING is developing an innovative seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) unit with a novel storage material and creative configuration based on a sorbent material embedded in a compact multi-modular sorption STES unit. This will allow to store and shift the harvested solar energy available abundantly during the summer to less sunny and colder winter periods, thus covering a large part of domestic heating and hot water demand all year round.
Τhe project plans to develop a compact and high-performing STES system at low cost. It will then commission a building prototype including the SWS-heating system which will be tested and validated in Germany and Sweden. The long-term goal is to contribute to the development of solar-active houses throughout the EU.
The goal for this solar heating technology, is to meet over 60% of energy demand of buildings located in Northern and Central Europe with solar energy and to reach 80% of energy demand in South Europe.
The project also includes dissemination and communication activities to ensure outreach of its results. Moreover, exploitation activities include long-term deployment path development through a technology roadmap.

Partners
  • National Technical University of Athens – Greece (Coordinator)
  • Universidad de lleida Spain
  • Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche – Italy
  • Fahrenheit AG Germany
  • Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg Germany
  • User Feedback Program SL Spain
  • Universita Degli Studi di Perugia Italy
  • Boreskov Institute of Catalysis
  • Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Russian Federation
  • Akotec Productionsgesellschaft MBH Germany
  • TEAVE Ltd Greece
  • Phase Change Material Products Ltd UK
  • AIREC AB Sweden
  • The University of Sussex, UK
  • SINAGRO Enginyeria SLP Spain
  • Kokorelia Architects ltd United Kingdom
  • Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan Sweden
Project duration
Jun 2018 - May 2022
Financing
H2020-LCE-2017-RES-RIA-TwoStage
Overall Project Budget
5,236,488.75 € (4,994,926.25 € EC contribution)
LSBTP-NTUA Budget
710,625.00 € (100% EC contribution)
Scientific Responsible