IETS Industrial Energy-Related Technologies and Systems, Implementing Agreement

1. presented by M. Crine
University of Liège

2. iets description
An IA dealing with new industrial energy technologies and
systems.
Established in 2005 as the results of merging, revamping
and extending activities formerly carried out by separate
IA’s (Process integration, Pulp and paper, Heat Exchangers and Heat Transfer,
Process integration, paper,
Separation Technologies)
To ease participation by countries in a broad range of
industrial areas.
To increase awareness of technology and energy efficiency
opportunities in industry.

3. iets motivations
To promote energy efficient industrial technologies
and systems
Contribution of industrial
activities to energy
consumption
1/3 of the world consumption
22 % CO2 release
Targeted improvements
30 % of CO2 release
Limited costs
(sometimes negative)

4. iets activities
Collaborative projects
Scientific research
Development of new technologies and systems
Prospective – Technology watch
Dissemination of information
Objectives
To get a better knowledge of
Existing technologies
Energy efficiency of these tehcnologies
To develop synergies between different technologies and
systems
To improve international collaborations

5. (ULg
ULg)
Belgian participation (ULg)
2001 : Petten, NL
Thermal drying, membrane, distillation
2002 : Establishment of a work programme
2003 : Support of Walloon Region
Establishment of a contracting agreement between RW and ULg
2003 : ExCo meeting (Energy efficient Separation Technologies), Lodz, PL
)
2005 : Creation of IETS
2006 : Workshop « Industrial separation », Copenhagen, DK
2007 : Expert meeting on drying-dewatering, Malmö, SE

6. (ULg
ULg)
Belgian participation (ULg)
2007 : Creation of annex X: Energy Efficient Drying and
Dewatering Technologies
2007 : ExCo meeting, Amsterdam, NL
2008 : ExCo meeting, Istanbul, TK
2008 : Effective launching of Annex X
2009 : Workshop of Annex X, Utrecht, NL
2010 : Meeting of Annex X, Magdeburg, DE
2011 : ExCo meeting, Singapore, SG
2011 : ExCo meeting, Liège, BE
2012 : ExCo meeting, Paris, FR

7. iets member countries
10 member countries as of November 2011
Belgium SPF, SPW SPW, ?
Canada National Resources Canada
Denmark Ministry of Economy and Business Affairs, Danish Energy Author.
Finland Tekes - National Technology Agency of Finland
Korea Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Netherlands Government of the Netherlands
Norway The research council of Norway/Enova SF
Portugal Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Sweden Swedish Energy Agency
United States U.S. Department of Energy ITP

8. iets annexes
Currently, IETS has 7 ongoing projects :
Annex IX Energy efficient Separation Systems
Annex X Energy efficient Drying and Dewatering Technologies SE BE (ULg)
Annex XI Industry-based Biorefineries PT BE (VITO)
Annex XII Membrane Technologies NL BE (VITO)
Annex XIII Industrial Heat Pumps
Annex XIV Process integration in the iron and steel industry
Annex XV Industrial Excess Heat Recovery

9. iets proposal for new annexes
Energy optimization in Small and Medium Enterprises
Energy efficient process control
LCA
Off shore energy efficiency
Energy efficiency in the fertiliser industry

10. annex X
Energy Efficient Drying and Dewatering Technologies
High energy consuming technologies
Thermal drying : 10 à 15% of the industrial energy consumption
in developed countries.
Energy use
Type of process Minimum water content, %
(kwh/kg water)
Mechanical dewatering 0.0001-0.03 20-30
(Thermal) Drying 0.8-1.5 Approaching zero
Largely widespread in the industry but often « hidden » in complex
processes.
Agrofood industry
Chemical industry and biotechnology
Building materials, ceramics, polymers,…
Wood industry
Waste valorization or destruction

11. annex X
Participating countries
Sweden Lund University
Prof. Stig Stenström, coordinator
Norway VVS Norplan AS, Dr. Ola Jonassen
NTNU, Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Prof. Trygve Eikevik and Prof. Odilio Alves-Filho
Belgium University of Liège,
Prof. Michel Crine and Prof. Angelique Leonard
Without formal agreement
Canada Canada National Resources Canada, Dr. Tadeusz Kudra
Denmark EnerDry, Dir. Arne Sloth Jensen
the Netherlands TNO, Dr. Henk van Deventer

12. Achievements of annex X
http://www.iea-industry.org/index.php/projectsannexes/annex-10
Duration : May 2008 – December 2011
2 subtasks
A. Audit of energy use for drying in different countries
Coordinated by Sweden
B. Drying and dewatering of sludges, biowastes and solid biofuels
Coordinated by Norway
6 technical reports
Technical report 1 Drying and dewatering of sludge
Technical report 2 Dewatering of bark
Technical report 3 Superheated steam drying of biofuels
Technical report 4 Superheated steam drying for sludge and related applications
Technical report 5 Superheated steam drying of sludge
Technical report 6 Properties of bark

13. Achievements of annex X
Dissemination of information
Creation of a series of conferences:
European Conference on Sludge Management ECSM’08
Liège (BE), 1-2 September 2008
European Conference on Sludge Management ECSM’10
Budapest (HU), 9-10 September 2010
European Conference on Sludge Management ECSM’12
León (ES), 6 - 7 September 2012
Hosting the 13th ExCo meeting
Liège 17-18 november 2011
Workshop on Drying of biomaterials

14. Thanks for your attention
Do not hesitate to have a look at the
IEA-IETS website
http://www.iea-iets.org