RECUPYL : Recycling technologies

RECUPYL was established in 1993 with the objective of industrialising and leveraging the scientific achievements of the INPG-CNRS laboratory in the treatment of used batteries.Based around a dynamic, high performing team, RECUPYL has benefitted from a partnership with CNRS and the INPG giving it access to the capability, equipment and expertise of Grenoble's centre of scientific excellence.Based on its knowledge of hydrometallurgical processes, RECUPYL has built a portfolio of over 10 patents for processes to treat a broad range of waste products.

The company continues to develop new waste treatment technologies.RECUPYL is situated at Domène in Isère, in an industrial area close to Grenoble University. RECUPYL has a 1,100 m2 industrial pilot plant authorised for the treatment of all types of batteries.

More information on : http://www.recupyl.com

Source : Recupyl

RC-LUX : Innovative solution for water treatment

RC LUX is a new and innovative solutions for water treatment and water solutions. RC Lux, a start-up spawned by the Grenoble Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology (LPSC), has released a prototype ultraviolet lamp capable of killing bacteria with devastating efficiency. 

RC Lux was created in 2003 when Pascal Sortais, an LPSC research engineer and specialist in plasma and ion sources, realized that commercial UV lamps were expensive and offered a relatively low shelf life (merely a few thousand hours). With both this support and strong backing from investors, Sortais created RC Lux in January 2006, with his associate Xavier Pellet. The investment capital has enabled them to manufacture the first prototype UV lamp and carry out in-depth market research. RC Lux is initially aimed at the hospital and food-processing markets, but these lamps could also make their way to drinking fountains, where chlorine cannot be used for fear of giving the water a bad taste. And it won't stop there. Sortais is now looking at many other applications, such as a process combined with titanium dioxide for sterilizing air. 

More information on : http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/683.htm

Source : CNRS

StatoeEolian : Innovation in Wind energy

The Gual Statoeolian is a revolutionary concept with a vertical axis composed of a fixed stator channeling the wind at its optimal force onto a mobile rotor.

The StatoEolian presents many advantages :

-  Independent of the wind direction

- Totally operational even in the most severe storms

- Highly reliable and highly performing

- Totally silent

- Compact and aesthetic structure

- Easily integrated in all kind of grounds/location

More information on : www.gual-industrie.com

Source : Gual Industrie

Thermokin : Thermokinetic Compressor Energy Biomass Coal

Thermokin has an innovative technology for the energy industry allowing to :

- compress air or any gas

- produce electricity

- increase the efficiency of alternative fuels ( fossil & biomass)

The technologies harnessed in the TC are covered by various patents obtained in France (2002), in the United States (2005) and registered in Europe and Worldwide.The technological impact of this new compressor is significant due to the number and the diversity of its applications and its ease of implementation.The potential applications cover both the heavy industry sector as well as power plants using gas turbine combined cycles, biomass and recovery fuels, etc.The potential markets are therefore vast and diversified (various industrial and power sectors).

The principles of the TC have been validated by the R&D Centre of Gaz de France and by the French Aeronautics and Space Research Centre (ONERA). The French Agency for Innovation (ANVAR) awarded the patents and carried out some preliminary laboratory tests. 

More information on : www.thermokin.com

VERGNET : Wind turbines to residential and professional

The only French wind-turbine manufacturer

Vergnet, France’s only manufacturer of wind turbines, has earned its place as the leader in mid-range wind-power generation on the FARWIND® market with its original technology of twin-bladed aerogenerators, which can be tilted down in less than one hour in the event of a cyclonic alert.To this day, the Group has provided and installed over 500 aerogenerators throughout the world, generating over 150,000 MWh of eco-friendly electricity each year.

The 2007 Engineer Award goes to Marc VERGNET This year, the “Sustainable Development Award” went to Marc Vergnet for his new high power anticyclonic wind turbine (1MW) which will be marketed in 2008. More information on : www.vergnet.com Source : VERGNET

HYDROHELIX ENERGIES : The Sea Energy

How can we use the energy generated by the sea ?

The sea has not yet revealed which technologies will be the best. We don’t know which material will be the most resistant to ten thousand year return storms, or which will keep performing in all circumstances to guarantee financial profitability,” confirmed Jean-François Daviau, engineer at HydroHelix .And yet the energy is there, within reach. By itself, swell off the French coast for example can produce 417 tetra watt hours of pure energy per year, which is almost the total national electricity production (548.8 TWh).*

A french innovative company named : Hydrohelix Energies in Quimper (29) is developing hydrogenerator technology.

More information on http://www.hydrohelix.fr

Source : Hydrohelix