Business plan:
"COMPETITIVENESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION" (EPANEK)
Action of National Scope:
"Special Actions "AQUACULTURE" - "INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS" - "OPEN INNOVATION IN CULTURE""
Project Title:
"Utilization of TOSOH GREECE 'S SOLID WASTE , THROUGH ITS CONVERSION INTO MAGNETIC MATERIAL" - project code: T6YBP-00010.
Brief description:
The object of the operation is the development of a new, innovative method for the utilization of the TOSOH company's solid waste, with the aim of producing environmentally safe magnetic material, of high functional value, for the magnetic shielding of wireless charging devices for large-sized electric vehicles.
The possibility of wireless charging of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in parking lots is a solution to deal with their limited energy autonomy, but its effectiveness is limited, as it does not cover the possibility of traveling long distances from EVs, without long-hour intermediate stops for charging . Very recently, the possibility of wireless HO charging on the move, in special lanes that will be placed on the highways, has been studied. HO wireless charging can only be considered economically viable if it is carried out with efficiencies higher than 90%. Efficiency is maximized when the magnetic permeability of the coil substrate is high enough to allow better focusing of the magnetic field. While inside the vehicles, soft ferrites are used as the shielding material in the secondary coil, for the primary coils, which are large in size, being installed in the ground or road surface, the use of pure ferrites is not feasible due to the excessively high cost. The ideal solution for use as a shielding material for large stationary primates
of coils will be a low-cost material that can be produced in relatively large quantities. Theoretical calculations have shown that the desired efficiency (90%) can be achieved with a shielding material with a magnetic permeability greater than 40.
The research objective of the act is to upgrade an environmentally burdensome industrial waste into a material of high added value and to develop, based on this, data to increase the efficiency of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles. The technological objective is the scaling up of the process and the construction of a pilot data production unit which will also provide the information for the overall techno-economic and environmental evaluation of the program.
TOSOH GREECE budget : 129,886.00. €
The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and by National Resources.