R&D PROJECTS

ENGINE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY AND RE-USE

Acronym: NoWaste

Time Period: From October 2011 to May 2015

Partners:

Total Budget: 4.703.600 €

Financing: FP7

Short description:

The NoWaste Project aims at developing a Waste Heat recovery system for long haul trucks and demonstrate its feasibility with a test rig and a vehicle demonstrator.

Main tasks:

  • definition of a reference mission
  • selection of the most appropriate architecture after a deep technology screening
  • innovative heat rejection system minimizing the cooling drag and the impact on the front end
  • development of specific heat exchangers to maximize the heat recuperation efficiency
  • Integration with the exhaust system
  • validation of the developed system at first on a test rig and then on vehicle demonstrator based on a hybrid powertrain
  • evaluation of the system on the applicability on various power trains for heavy duty trucks by means of a model approach

The target performance is a reduction of fuel consumption higher than 12% with a system lighter than 150 kg

Website:  http://nowasteproject.eu