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Battery – Less Sensor Project 

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Battery – Less Sensor Project 

The Battery – Less Sensor project consists of using the waste heat present in the processes to power a new generation of wireless sensors without the need for batteries. It allows measuring temperature and vibration in industrial processes or monitoring rotating machines to facilitate predictive maintenance, avoiding production stoppages, and creating early warnings of potential failures in industrial processes.

It is financed by AEI lines of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism. It is an IoT initiative developed by AEInnova together with Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales and the Cluster de l’Energia Efficient de Catalunya.

The characteristics of the project were explained in the table:

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LocationValoriza Servicios Medioambientales:  Chiloeches (Guadalajara – Spain) and CIRTEC: Valdemoro (Madrid – Spain)
Implementation time3 months
NeedMonitoring of operating parameters (vibrations and temperature) in the rasper from VSM and two reactors from CIRTEC.
SolutionThe solution consists of installing three INDU-EYE LoRa Vibro and three INDU-EYE LoRa Termo (on the bearing support of the granulator motor, and on the jet engine cover)

The installation consists of 4 components:

  1. The thermogenerator: The device can generate electrical energy form residual heat and power the entire system.
  2. The sensors: In this case, the accelerometer for INDU-EYE LoRa Vibro and the temperature sensor from INDU-EYE LoRa Termo.
  3. The LoRa communication node:  This device will be able to send the collected data to out monitoring servers in the cloud.
  4. DAEVIS: The iIoT device monitoring system will be in charge of collecting and displaying the collected data

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AEInnova among the Top Internet of Things Innovators at the Hannover Messe fair.

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AEInnova among the Top Internet of Things Innovators at the Hannover Messe fair.

AEInnova has been selected as one of the 4 most innovative companies in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in the 12th IOT/ WT Innovation World Cup of the Hannover Messe fair.

Among the 600 companies that participated in the event, AEInnova successfully classified within the leading 5%, allowing the company to pitch its INDUEYE solution live at the Hannover Messe Digital Edition. Thus, opt for the first post as the Industrial IoT innovator of 2021.

AEInnova ‘s Chairman and CBDO, Raúl Aragonés, presented the company’s wireless and battery-less IIoT solution at the Awards Ceremony on the 14th of April 2021 in the category of Smart Industries.

Despite no obtaining first place, Innovation World Cup Series recognizes and acknowledges AEInnova’s role as an industry game-changer, distinguishing itself from others for its innovation and disruptive technology. Moreover, this will strengthen the visibility and credibility of AEInnova in front of its clients and distributors. It has also provided an excellent opportunity to extend the company’s network of contact.

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About Anna Rovira’s time in AEInnova

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Anna Rovira’s internship testimonial

Anna Rovira has studied  Business Administration at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She decides to do an internship as a financial assistant and business development intern in AEInnova.  Before finishing the internship, she makes a testimonial of her pass in the company.

I have had the chance to do my undergraduate business internship in AEInnova, which I was initially drawn to because of its environmental  and social mission.  After these four months  in the company, I have seen (from a hand-on experience) the great amount of work that goes behind and innovative start – up like this one, and also the strong motivation and ambition of its people, which is definitely inspiring. Since my first day at the company, everyone has made me feel welcome and part of this whole intelligent team, everyone has been ready to help me and to thoroughly answer my questions whenever I was in need, considering that I do not have any kind of engineering background and that some concepts were hard to grasp at first. It has been a gratifying experience for me and, even though I am goind to miss the company’s light-hearted atmosphere, I wish them every succes!

 

 

 

 

 

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New networking – SUGAR PROJECT

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New networking – SUGAR PROJECT.                                      

One of the LIFE project objectives is the connection with other research, development, and innovation projects, LIFE or not, with the pursuit of similar sustainability goals. 

A few days ago, we started conversations with STARA GLASS about how to be on the same line with the LIFE projects. 

Here below, have a look at the SUGAR LIFE PROJECT.

SUGAR project aims to provide the glass production industry with new technology – an innovative heat recovery system for the furnace that exploits the generation of hydrogen-rich syngas for the combustion process that allows to save energy and to reduce CO2 emissions of the melting process by 10/15%.

The novelty of this application in glass production is that the heat for the Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) reaction will not be generated on purpose by direct fuel combustion but will be recovered from flue gases that otherwise would be lost into the atmosphere.

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Ferrovial-Cespa Project

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Ferrovial-Cespa PROJECT

 

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LocationSanta María de Palautordera (Barcelona – Spain)
Implementation time3 months
NeedMonitoring of operating parameters (vibrations and temperature) in the landfill gas recovery and the leachate treatment plants from the Sta. Mª de Palautordera landfill.
SolutionThe solution consists in the installation of two INDU-EYE LoRA Vibro (in a landfill gas blower and in the cogeneration ventilator  motor) and a INDU-EYE LoRA Termo to monitor the temperature at the outlet of the leachate evaporation plant

The installation consists of 4 components:

1) The thermogenerator. It is the device capable of generating electrical energy from residual heat and that will power the entire system. In this case, we detect temperatures from 60 to 120 celsius degrees .

2) The sensors. In this case,  the accelorometer for INDU-EYE LoRA Vibro and the temperature sensor for INDU-EYE LoRA Termo.

3) The LoRa communication node. This device will be able to send the collected data to our monitoring servers in the cloud.

4) DAEVIS. It is the iIoT device monitoring system that will be in charge of collecting and displaying the collected data.

 

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Tubacex POC Project

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TUBACEX POC PROJECT

 

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LocationAmurrio (Araba – Spain)
Implementation time3 months
NeedMonitoring of a furnace blower motor. The implementation must continuously monitor the motor vibrations in order to predict the deterioration of the installation and anticipate the appearance of technical problems.
Solution

INDU-EYE LoRa Vibro

The iIoT INDU-EYE LoRA Vibro platform consists of 4 components:

1) The thermogenerator. It is the device capable of generating electrical energy from waste heat and that will power the entire system. In this case, the furnace has a flat surface with a temperature of 98.3 degrees Celsius.

2) The accelerometer sensor. In this case, it will be located on the blower motor at a distance of 3 meters from the thermogenerator.

3) The LoRa communication node. This device will be able to send the collected data to our monitoring servers in the cloud.

4) DAEVIS. It is the iIoT device monitoring system that will be in charge of collecting and displaying the collected data.

 

 

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New project – Battery Less Sensor

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New project – Battery Less Sensor

Estamos encantados de anunciar el nuevo proyecto denominado “Battery – Less Sensor” financiado por la línea de las Agrupaciones Empresariales Innovadoras del Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo. Se trata de una iniciativa de IoT desarrollada por Alternative Energy Innovations (AEInnova), en colaboración con Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales y el Clúster de l’Energia Eficient de Catalunya (CEEC)

El objetivo fundamental es el desarrollo de un estudio de viabilidad para determinar la idoneidad del uso de sensores inalámbricos con comunicaciones de largo alcance alimentado con el calor residual que produce la propia máquina (sin baterías ni cableado) en línea con el compromiso medioambiental para un adecuado mantenimiento predictivo y preventivo.

En la actualidad, la monitorización de máquinas se lleva a cabo a través de soluciones que pasan por la sensorización cableada o el uso de baterías Implican un gran coste económico, además del coste medioambiental ya que están compuestas mayoritariamente de cobalto y litio.  Al final de su vida útil, las baterías son desechos peligrosos debido a la toxicidad, inflamabilidad y reactividad.

La alternativa a estas soluciones, son dispositivos alimentados por energy harvesting a partir del calor residual de las máquinas de la industria como Battery Less Sensor. Se espera instalar estos pilotos en la capsuladora y la granuladora de la planta industrial de Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales y en el reactor de la planta industrial de CIRTEC.  

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AEInnova at COP25!

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Next December 10 we will participate in the climate conference in Madrid. There we will talk, of course, about the collection of energy from waste heat, presenting the advances of our InduEye platform and our European projects LIFE HEAT-R and FET Harvestore.

It is essential that we all contribute as much as possible to solve the most transcendental problem of humanity. There is no planet B!

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InduEye achieves CE certification

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We are pleased to inform that APPlus has certified our InduEye with the CE marking.

The CE marking ensures conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area.

This process implies the end of the prototype phase that began several years ago and has been successfully implemented in different industrial environments, mainly in the petrochemical sector.

Our following milestone, in which we are already working, will be the certification to operate in explosive environments (ATEX).

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AEInnova participates in the Day of Reflection and Debate organized by the Chair of Leadership and Democratic Governance of ESADE

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Day of Reflection and Debate organized by the Chair of Leaderships and Democratic Governance of ESADE

On September 30, the World Day of Reflection and Debate was organized by the ESADE Chair of Leadership and Democratic Governance, led by Prof. Àngel Castiñeira. Under the motto Are we in time? Business leadership to transform the world the day focused on the 2030 agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

The event was attended by a number of important personalities from the business, social and political world of our country with a long list of top business executives and various political leaders led by the Honorable Àngels Chacón, Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Initially, several working groups were created that reflected on the different axes related to SDG’s. AEInnova participated in a group that reflected on energy where he could explain his experience in thermoelectricity, achieved from the European project LIFE HEAT-R, and share with other major companies and organizations the great challenges that we are faced with a real energy transition and, unfortunately, transcending the intentions of each company.

Next, a joint statement was made in which there were concerns about the threat of climate change and the need to redirect business activities towards sustainable development to meet the challenges of the 2030 agenda. Multiple proposals on experiences and testimonies were presented and commented on in multiple sectors that provided a comprehensive approach to the situation, concluding that it is necessary for companies and society to act in a firm, determined and courageous manner.

The Day of Reflection and Debate has an annual nature with the objective of reflecting, from a strategic perspective, on issues relevant to the public agenda and providing new ideas and approaches that will lead the development and progress of the country.