Press release – October 6th, 2015
Aqylon and Geurts won 900,000€ subsidy from EUROSTARS call for proposals
Aqylon and Geurts are to install a heat recovery system for heavy industry with support from
EUROSTARS program to develop an innovative heat recovery solution adapted to industrial exhaust
fumes. Geurts will provide the heat exchanger and Aqylon will install the ORC system.
EUROSTARS is a joint program between the European Commission and Eureka that supports researchperforming small and medium enterprises, which develop innovative products, processes and
services, to gain competitive advantage.
Heavy industry is responsible for more than 30% of global energy consumption and global carbon
dioxide emissions (UN). Saving energy in industry is a priority to ensure sustainable development. ORC
technology perfectly applies to industrial waste heat recovery projects. Aqylon ORC module generates
power and useful heat. Both heat and power can be used on site in industrial processes or be sold to
heating network and electrical grid. ORC technology has many advantages that make our solution very
suitable for heavy industries (glass, cement, steel …). Heat exchanger and ORC module require no
dedicated manpower to operate so that plant operator can keep focusing on his core activity while
producing power and green heat. On the contrary with other heat recovery technologies such as
steam turbines, ORC system operates a closed loop so that no water is consumed and maintenance
cost remains very low.
Aqylon is designing a direct heat exchange Organic Rankine Cycle solution: the direct evaporation
solution is when thermodynamic working fluid is directly heated by industrial exhausts in the heat
exchanger. Geurts is developing an auto-cleaning system to prevent heat exchanger from corroding
and then allow it to reach higher lifetime than existing ones. These two innovations will lead to higher
performances and lower investment and maintenance costs.
Typical industrial waste heat sources are combustion exhausts from:
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Cement kiln
Fume incinerator
Glass melting furnace
Aluminum reverberatory furnace
Boiler
By designing an ORC turbine for medium temperature industrial hot gases recovery (240°C – 600°C),
Aqylon confirms he is becoming a global leader of waste heat recovery market. Aqylon already
installed ORC systems to recover waste heat contained in flue gases and cooling system of internal
combustion engines (biogas, heavy fuel oil, gas …).
“Innovation is in Aqylon’s DNA. We are very enthusiast about developing a direct exchange ORC
solution for waste heat recovery applications. Designing a single loop Organic Rankine Cycle is a real
technical challenge that will allow Aqylon ORC modules to reach unmatched net efficiency, up to 25%
gross efficiency, while reducing maintenance costs. The state-of-the-art ORC power module developed
for EUROSTARS project is an excellent solution for cement, glass and steel factories to improve their
energy efficiency and reduce their ecological footprint” says Guillaume JEANGROS, Aqylon COO and
co-founder.
About Aqylon
Aqylon is a fast growing company created in 2009. The company already hires 17 employees, 15 of
whom are engineers. Aqylon has offices on three continents in Paris, Casablanca, and Miami and is
about to open a new office in Jakarta.
The company offers a standard range of 500 kWe, 1 MWe, 2 MWe, and 5 MWe ORC modules for two
main applications:
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Waste heat Recovery
- Engine’s flue gas heat recovery (gas, biogas, diesel and heavy fuel oil)
- Industrial waste heat recovery (Heat to Power, Waste to Power)
Renewable energies
- Biomass power plants with or without cogeneration
- Geothermal plants
- Solar thermal plants
46/48 rue René Clair, 75018 Paris – FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 57 41 53
contact@aqylon.com - www.aqylon.com
About Geurts
Geurts International is a European leading designer and manufacturer of heat exchangers. The
company has a long standing experience in the supply of heat exchanging equipments and heat
transfer solutions such as air pre-heaters.
Geurts has invested in its production facility more than 2 million euros over the past 10 years and
employed two full-time engineers for Research & Development.
Verlengde Hoge Klei 18, 2242 NS Wassenaar - NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 70 5123300 - Fax: +31 70 5145705
info@geurtsheatexchangers.com