The JOULIA project has successfully concluded a major milestone with the finalization of the impact assessment framework, formalized in Deliverable 7.3 (D7.3). This milestone marks the completion of the preparatory work required to evaluate the overall valorisation of the project’s new integrated technologies, induction and microwave heating systems, across two industrial demonstration sites.

Key Achievements Detailed in D7.3:

  • VERIFY Platform Expansion: The in-house Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) platform, VERIFY, developed by CERTH, was successfully extended and modified to address the specific needs of industrial electrified heating processes.
  • Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Development: Comprehensive LCI databases were developed for each integrated technology. Data was collaboratively gathered and evaluated, with CIRCE and SIMIC detailing the induction heating system, and CEI and KTH mapping the microwave heating system.
  • Complete Scenario Mapping: The successful retrieval of outstanding financial parameters, including capital expenditure (CAPEX) and annual maintenance costs from the technology providers, allowed for the seamless ingestion of the static LCI libraries into the VERIFY platform. The baseline and upgraded electrified production scenarios for both the ARTIGO and K-FLEX demonstration sites are now completely mapped out within the system.

Next Steps:

With the LCI databases fully populated and core operational parameters established, D7.3 sets a robust, data-driven foundation. This framework enables the dynamic environmental and financial performance monitoring that will be executed during the project’s upcoming real-world demonstration phase.

Find all JOULIA deliverables here.