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History (1)
• 2005 Foundation REDstack BV
• 2006 - … Fundamental Research Wetsus
• 2007 – 2010 First tests on surface water
• December 2011 Public Funding Afsluitdijk project
• May 2012 Private Funding
• May 2012 Start Design Process Afsluitdijk-plant
• June 2013 Permits obtained + start building
• September 2013 First buffer tank in place
• Expected: April 2014 Start experiments Afsluitdijk
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History (2)
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REDstack (1)
• Company founded in 2005, office in Sneek
• 10 employees – 6 FTE
• Funding
– Private, shareholders
– Public, subsidies (regional, national and EU)
• Shareholder structure
– W&F Magneto, Production of Special Anodes
– A. Hak, Contractor and Builder for Transportation Solutions
– Alliander, Manage and Design Energy Infrastructures
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REDstack (2)
Characteristics of RED technology:
• Electricity production from salt/fresh water
• No fossil fuels involved, no CO2-emissions
• No chimneys or high buildings
• Sustainable, no back-up required
• Contributes to political targets
Goal of REDstack:
• Development
• Up-scaling
• Commercialization
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REDstack (3) Technology
Schematic representation of the RED process
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REDstack (4) Technology
• Challenges of the RED pilot and demo phase
– Stack improvement
– Membrane improvement
– Facing real surface water (salt and fresh)
– (Bio) Fouling
– Cost reduction
– Environmental impact studies
• Challenges of RED in commercial phase
– Development of production facilities
– Market entry
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Market expectations (1)
Characteristics markets:
• Surface water: large flow – low energy density
• Industrial water: small flow – high energy density
Products sales ambition worldwide:
• Key components
• Licenses
• Process design
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Market expectations (2)
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Maximum practical RED potential worldwide:
• Variation in estimations between 1.4 - 2.6 TW
Potential (technical/economical) in Netherlands:
• Estimated 1,5 GW
• Is about 10-15% of total Dutch electricity
consumption
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Market expectations (3)
Possible locations …
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Market expectations (4)
… related to energy coconsumption worldwide
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Afsluitdijk Project (1)
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Project spec’s:
• Project partners FujiFilm, Wetsus, REDstack
• Duration 4 years, start 2012
• Technical and system developments
• Stack and membrane development
• First complete system, real world conditions
• Private and public funding
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Afsluitdijk Project (2)
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Funding specs:
• Public funding;
o SNN and Province of Fryslân 3.35 M€
• Private funding
o FUJIFILM 1.00 M€
o REDstack 2.36 M€
o Wetsus (in kind) 0.61 M€
• Total 7.33 M€
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Afsluitdijk Project (3)
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Project planning specs:
• Final Design 4 months
• Construction 7 months
• Start-up 1 months
• Research phase 1 21 months
• Research phase 2 15 months
• Total 48 months
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Afsluitdijk Project (4)
Scale:
• 220 m3/h Seawater input
• 220 m3/h Freshwater input
• Goal: after 4 years 50 kW installed
Research Topics;
• Pretreatment
• Membrane development
• Stack development
• Systems integration
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Afsluitdijk project (7)
Basic process principal
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Buffer
IJsselmeer water
Pre-treatment
IJsselmeer water
RED stacks
Pre-treatment
Waddenzee water
Effluent buffer
Buffer
Waddenzee water
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Afsluitdijk project (8)
The initial design
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Prefiltration
Buffer tanks
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Afsluitdijk project (9)
Actual design: 3D Impression
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Photo shoot [June 2013]
First action on location
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Reinforced Concrete foundation
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First (fairly informal!) meeting with
contractors
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First buffer tank (2013.09.02)
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Buffer tanks in metalstructure
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Open view on lJsselmeer
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Drumfilters on platform
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Position intake fresh water
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Fresh water intake
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Position salt water intake
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Salt water intake
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Control unit
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We worked from an empty location …
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… Via …
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… Via …
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… With content …
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… And with the RED team!
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Questions
Thank you for your attention.
Any questions?
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