Exoès
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Exoès is a French company based in the city of Gradignan in the region of Bordeaux. Exoès was founded by Arnaud Desrentes, Rémi Daccord, and Thiébaut Kientz. It targets renewable energy and energy efficiency. It specializes in the transformation of heat into power, such as mechanical or electric energy via the Rankine cycles.[1] The company is supported by BPI France, ADEME, the European funds (FEDER), the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and the Aquitaine and Poitou-Charentes regions.
History
[edit]In November 2011, Exoès established offices in Gradignan.
In July 2011, the company raised 1.1 million Euros.[2]
On the 18 November 2013, Exoès signed with Tenneco, the world’s second largest exhaust system supplier.[3][4] Tenneco chose Exoès to work on a solution for an exhaust heat recovery system based on the Rankine systems.
Products
[edit]EVE (Energy Via Exhaust)
[edit]Exoès developed a solution to recover energy contained in the hot gases expelled from the exhaust pipe of a vehicle. Their product, EVE, results in potential fuel savings for all vehicles that have a thermal engine.[5] EVE is a form of heat exchanger that is installed on the exhaust pipe. A pressurized liquid is pumped through this exchanger where the high temperature causes it to vaporize. The vaporized liquid pushes a compact piston that powers an alternator and creates electricity.[6][7] The system is the size of an air conditioning compressor. Using the generated energy, the vehicle has the ability to move the first 100 meters entirely with electricity.[8][9]
SHAPE Solar
[edit]The company developed SHAPE Solar (Sustainable Heat And Power Engine), a power plant system on a domestic scale capable of simultaneously producing electricity and heat. To accomplish this, the power plant uses a Rankine engine.[10] A solar concentration power plant consists of mirrors that concentrate the sun’s rays to create a high temperature. At the beginning of the cycle, the heat radiates from the solar power plant and warms a fluid by a thermal exchange which transformed into pressurized steam. The fluid is then directed towards the SHAPE engine. This pressurized steam generates electricity using an alternator.[11]
At the engine outlet, the steam is directed towards a heat exchanger, which is coupled to a hot water network. At the end of the circuit, the steam returns to a liquid state and is injected back into the solar field. The heat from the solar field vaporizes the newly condensed water and injects it back into the engine, allowing the cycle to repeat.[12]
Awards and recognition
[edit]This process is a 2010 Prize-winner of the national competition of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in the Creation Development category.[13]
This process garnered trophies at the 2011 Poitou-Charentes eco-industries competition [14] and a trophy of innovation from the CGPME in the first edition of Innov' CGPME.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ William Diem, "Exoes develops fuel-saving technology", IHS Technology, December 6, 2012.
- ^ Patrick Richard, "Témoignage d'entrepreneur. « J'ai levé des fonds grâce au crowdfunding »", Le journal des entreprises, September 6, 2013.
- ^ Bernard Broustet, "Economies d’énergie : la société girondine Exoès signe avec Tenneco", Sud Ouest, November 19, 2013.
- ^ Jacques-Henri Durand de gevigney "Exoès signe avec Tenneco Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Aquiti Gestion, November 19, 2013.
- ^ Géraldine Russell, "Exoès veut révolutionner le transport routier",Le Figaro, January 22, 2014.
- ^ Nicolas César, "Exoès hybride les véhicules à moindre coût", L'Usine Nouvelle, January 11, 2014.
- ^ Nicolas César, "Exoès hybride les voitures et camions à moindre coût" Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Cyourmag, January 29, 2014.
- ^ Nicolas César, "Exoès invente l’« hybridation à petit prix » des voitures et camions", La Croix, January 1, 2014.
- ^ Nicolas César, "Exoès invente l'hybridation à bas coût pour les voitures et les camions", La Tribune, May 31, 2013.
- ^ Michael Puttre, "New Directions In Solar Cogeneration Put Heat To Work", The New York Times, January 28, 2014.
- ^ Jorge Alcauza, "The MiCROSOL project inaugurates its first CSP demonstrator in France", CSP World, November 25, 2013.
- ^ Philippe Thepaut, "MiCROSOL : innovation technologique autour du solaire thermodynamique", Enerzine, November 21, 2013.
- ^ Perrine Danmanville, "12e national competition for the creation of companies technologies innovates, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, September 2010.
- ^ Aurélie Loubes, "new Success" pour la 2e edition of Trophies Green Growth - Innovation", Site of la region Poitou-Charentes, October 3, 2011.
- ^ Sébastien Ackermann, "BASE - Lauréat des trophées Innov-CGPME", Base Innovation, November 29, 2012.
