All Projects

circPLAST-mr – Mechanical recycling of plastics: from waste plastics to high-quality, specification-compliant recyclates

A total of 25 renowned partners from business and science are working together in the lead project to optimise the recycling process and ultimately avoid plastic waste in the environment.

SRI AUSTRIA – Analytical support of the SRI test phase in Austria

Continuation of research activities in the analysis of methods and Indicators to support the introduction of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) in Austria and the scientific support of an Austrian test phase

iWaterCheck – Method for identifying water-related optimisation measures in SMEs as a basis for standardised water audits

New audit method helps save water.
In the iWaterCheck project, AEE INTEC, together with the ACR institutes KMU Forschung Austria and V-Research, is developing a simple and efficient audit method that enables SMEs to reduce their water consumption.

BioProfit – Profitable valorisation of biogas fermentation residues through CO2 storage and nutrient recovery

Valuable fertiliser and humus from biogas digestate. In the “BioProfit” research project, the ACR institutes GET, AEE INTEC, LVA, ZFE and IWI have set themselves the goal of developing a process to profitably use the fermentation residues from biogas plants, which until now have had to be disposed of at high cost.

COHORIS – Continuous enzymatic hydrolysis in oscillatory flow as process intensification strategy for biorefineries

COHORIS shall result in a comprehensive understanding of the (positive) rheological effects and its correlation on the enzymatic mechanisms, such as on enzyme-substrate binding or product inhibition throughout the course of enzymatic conversion. On engineering level optimal oscillatory operating windows will be determined for enabling continuous mode processes at ideal mixing patterns and thus minimal energy requirement. The deep process understanding shall be based on cellulose hydrolysis and further investigated on applications such as protein hydrolysis in order to achieve a scaleable and reliable technology design for intensification of a variety of biorefining operations.

IEA Bioenergy Task 40 – Deployment of biobased value chains Triennium 2022-2025

In the IEA Bioenergy TCP Task40, the goal is to support the development of sustainable, efficient and profitable biobased value chains and their respective system services and value creation in the context of

• sustainable, regional, national and international markets (incl. trade)
• a reflection on political developments and economic aspects, e.g. CO₂ markets and financing; and
• long-term climate and sustainability requirements.
• zu unterstützen.

HighCon – High-performance concrete for underground large-scale thermal energy storages

Hot water-optimised high-performance concrete to increase the economic efficiency and stability of underground large-scale thermal energy storages

DESIRED – Direct co-processing of CO2 and water to sustainable multicarbon energy products in a novel photocatalytic reactor

The aim of the project is to develop a reactor with optimized catalyst and rheology, for the efficient photocatalytic production of carbon-rich (C2+) energy products from CO2 and water.

Happening – Heat pumps in existing multi-family buildings for achieving the union’s energy and environmental goals

The HAPPENING project demonstrates the installation of heat pumps in existing multifamily buildings in combination with locally produced renewable energy to achieve EU’s climate targets.

PredictIT2.0 – Software for operation optimization in district heating networks based on self-learning load forecast models

PredictIT2.0 can be summarized by the following research question: Which data and computer science methods need to be developed or integrated in order to provide automated, continuous load forecasting for district heating networks operated by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in a low-threshold manner? In this context, low-threshold refers to the effort required for deployment and user acceptance.