The district demonstrator, at city or regional scale

What is a district demonstrator?

Due to their nature requiring a centralized systemic approach, the projects associated with the district demonstrator are developed according to the “top-down” model.

The aim of this multi-disciplinary, collaborative project, developed in cooperation with HES-SO Valais-Wallis, is to develop a complete system to capture, use and convert CO2 and incorporating a district heating and cooling system. This demonstrator is innovative in its conception of the energy system at district level.

Projects

This demonstrator will include four EPFL Valais Wallis projects:

Introduction of a distribution network that uses CO2 as a heat transfer medium to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of a concept that is more energy efficient and reduces infrastructure and costs.What is a district demonstrateur?The aim of the district demonstrator is to prove the viability of the technologies developed on the Energypolis Campus, in (…)

Solid oxide technology is the only fuel cell technology that is completely reversible, achieving the highest conversion rates in both conversion directions (electricity-gas).What is a district demonstrator?The aim of the district demonstrator is to prove the viability of the technologies developed on the Energypolis Campus, in particular CO2 management. The CO2 is captured, transformed and (…)

Demonstration of CO2 capture from various industrial emissions using high-performance, graphene membranes.What is a district demonstrateur?The aim of the district demonstrator is to prove the viability of the technologies developed on the Energypolis Campus, in particular CO2 management. The CO2 is captured, transformed and recycled in the form of energy at various levels. It also (…)

Capture of several kilograms per day from emissions imitating the composition of exhaust gas, flue gas or air with a high CO2 content.What is a district demonstrateur?The aim of the district demonstrator is to prove the viability of the technologies developed on the Energypolis Campus, in particular CO2 management. The CO2 is captured, transformed and (…)

As a first step, this system will be tested in buildings on the Energypolis campus with the possibility of future expansion into the neighborhood. This project involves close collaboration with the relevant HES-SO Valais-Wallis laboratories, but also with local companies such as Gaznat, GaZel, UTO, Zero-C and OIKEN and start-ups like exergo. This project is also being supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. This adds up to funding of more than 8 million from institutional, academic and industrial partners.