The Mondi Energy project aims to use the solar energy collector to convert the rays into heat later used in national industry processes. Embrapii is supporting the startup for the development of the enterprise.
The Brazilian Company for Industrial Research and Innovation (EMBRAPII) and the IFSC/USP — Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, in São Carlos (SP), are this Tuesday, (15/11), supporting another project of renewable energies in Brazil. This is the initiative of the solar energy collectors of the startup Mondi Energy. Their function is to collect solar rays and convert them into heat to replace the consumption of fossil fuels in Brazilian industry operations.
Solar energy collectors may be the future of sustainability in the national industry sector, points out startup Mondi Energy
The search for new technologies and innovations in the national industrial sector is one of the main focuses of renewable energy companies in Brazil.
Now, startup Mondi Energy has presented a viable solution to replace the consumption of fossil fuels in fluid heating processes in the industry.
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The company's solar energy collectors, the company's main project currently, aim to convert sunlight into heat for heating fluids, in the case of industry, water.
In this way, Embrapii saw great potential in the project to ensure more sustainability for the Brazilian industrial sector, supporting the startup initiative since then.
The CEO and founder of Mondi Energy, Guilherme Scagnolatto, commented that the development of solar energy collectors was motivated by the idea that the national industry needs to invest in new sustainability solutions today.
He also said that the sector plans to increasingly adopt green technologies and reduce the environmental impact of its activities, and that Mondi Energy will be together to contribute to the segment.
The project supported by Embrapii differs from common home heaters as it manages to reach high temperatures in the heating of liquids in the national industry.
Thus, Guilherme Scagnolatto stated: “In applications where the temperature is higher, we cannot reach these temperatures without concentrating solar energy“.
The company intends to make this the main way to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in this type of operation in the processes of various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, chemicals, beverages, dairy products, among others.
Embrapii and Mondi Energy claim that solar energy collectors can reduce the consumption of fossil fuels in industry processes by up to 30%.
The main objective of the development of solar energy collectors in the Mondi Energy project is to contribute to reducing the consumption of fossil fuels in heating fluids in Brazilian industry.
According to Scagnolatto, the prediction is that the solar collectors provide 20% to 30% of fuel savings, depending on the characteristics of the operation of the industry that uses the equipment.
While the startup works on solutions to make the project viable, the IFSC/USP team guarantees the technical viability and safety of using the collectors in Brazilian industrial processes.
In the process, which began in February 2021 and lasted 12 months, sample tests were carried out until the prototype was built.
Currently, Mondi Energy commercializes the pilot project with the help of Embrapii in several locations in the national territory.
The startup's CEO reinforced that the company's support from the national industry was essential for them to be able to take the project forward and get to where they are today.