NGC
NextGen Cremator
Publieke samenvatting / Public summary
Aanleiding
All cremations in the Netherlands use natural gas to quickly reach a high temperature. This process has several inefficiencies which contribute to global warming and air pollution. There are attempts to electrify cremation using resistance heating, but these all based on the existing inefficient chamber designs used for natural gas. The high purchase and maintenance costs of these electrical systems creates a very high barrier to rapidly electrify cremation and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions using renewable energy sources. The NextGen Cremator Project will correct the inefficiencies and harms with an alternative technical design which includes replacement of natural gas with a more efficient use of electricity than simple resistance heating. This fundamental redesign will also reduce capital and operating costs, thus enabling cheaper and thereby quicker elimination of greenhouse gas emissions in the human disposition process.
Doelstelling
The project aim is to validate the Neo Joule design, with variations of its component processes, in a full size pilot plant, against performance and environmental criteria (using animal substitutes for human remains). The project will fulfil the objectives of the DEI+ funding programme by enabling the disposition of human remains to take place with greater energy efficiency and therefore lower greenhouse gas and other air pollutants using the current electricity grid, increasingly renewable grid energy, and without the environmental and security threats associated with natural gas. System automation will increase grid capacity through flexible operating hours. To support a Circular Economy, the project will validate an 85% reduction in the materials forming the cremator structure and an increase in the life of cremator materials through less harsh operating conditions. Through automation, the project will also remove exposure of operators to high temperatures and particulates, while avoiding significant job losses, so providing a social benefit.
Korte omschrijving
The project proceeds through three phases – Design, Build and Test. Design involves sub-system and whole system simulation, including multi-physicochemical analyses for structural and moving components, and informed by some experimentation to generate tangible results. This then enables the system to be designed in CAD and a full specification and bill of materials to be prepared. The pilot plant will then be built according to specification. Following commissioning, a series of tests will be carried out according to protocols.
Resultaat
The project will produce a specification for a validated, optimised system which will be demonstrated in a follow-on project, qualified and then manufactured for commercial deployment. The specification will give investors and customers confidence in the system and enable its benefits to be realised.
All cremations in the Netherlands use natural gas to quickly reach a high temperature. This process has several inefficiencies which contribute to global warming and air pollution. There are attempts to electrify cremation using resistance heating, but these all based on the existing inefficient chamber designs used for natural gas. The high purchase and maintenance costs of these electrical systems creates a very high barrier to rapidly electrify cremation and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions using renewable energy sources. The NextGen Cremator Project will correct the inefficiencies and harms with an alternative technical design which includes replacement of natural gas with a more efficient use of electricity than simple resistance heating. This fundamental redesign will also reduce capital and operating costs, thus enabling cheaper and thereby quicker elimination of greenhouse gas emissions in the human disposition process.
Doelstelling
The project aim is to validate the Neo Joule design, with variations of its component processes, in a full size pilot plant, against performance and environmental criteria (using animal substitutes for human remains). The project will fulfil the objectives of the DEI+ funding programme by enabling the disposition of human remains to take place with greater energy efficiency and therefore lower greenhouse gas and other air pollutants using the current electricity grid, increasingly renewable grid energy, and without the environmental and security threats associated with natural gas. System automation will increase grid capacity through flexible operating hours. To support a Circular Economy, the project will validate an 85% reduction in the materials forming the cremator structure and an increase in the life of cremator materials through less harsh operating conditions. Through automation, the project will also remove exposure of operators to high temperatures and particulates, while avoiding significant job losses, so providing a social benefit.
Korte omschrijving
The project proceeds through three phases – Design, Build and Test. Design involves sub-system and whole system simulation, including multi-physicochemical analyses for structural and moving components, and informed by some experimentation to generate tangible results. This then enables the system to be designed in CAD and a full specification and bill of materials to be prepared. The pilot plant will then be built according to specification. Following commissioning, a series of tests will be carried out according to protocols.
Resultaat
The project will produce a specification for a validated, optimised system which will be demonstrated in a follow-on project, qualified and then manufactured for commercial deployment. The specification will give investors and customers confidence in the system and enable its benefits to be realised.
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