Project Development
HPTurbo.Tech is not only a system integrator, but also actively develops its own system components, interfaces and technical solutions. Whenever existing products do not work together optimally or an application has special requirements, we look for better ways.
Our focus is on modular energy systems, intelligent control, storage technologies, communication interfaces and solutions for autonomous or particularly demanding systems. We combine practical experience from real customer projects with technical development and an open view of new technologies.
This results in solutions that make systems easier to integrate, more reliable to control and more flexible in the long term.
High-temperature batteries are an interesting alternative to conventional lithium-ion storage systems. HPTurbo.Tech develops interfaces that make it easier to integrate these storage systems into existing energy systems.
Benefits and Challenges
High-temperature batteries, such as sodium-nickel chloride batteries, offer clear advantages in certain applications. They are robust, durable and can be particularly interesting where safety, temperature behaviour and industrial operating conditions play an important role.
However, integration is often a challenge. Many inverters, energy management systems and control systems are primarily designed for common lithium battery systems. Our goal is therefore to develop an intelligent interface that makes it easier to connect high-temperature batteries with different inverters and control systems.
At the centre of this is a modular plug-and-play approach via CAN bus and other communication interfaces. This should make it possible to monitor battery systems clearly, control them safely and integrate them more flexibly into PV systems, off-grid systems or hybrid energy systems.
Objective
Battery storage should not fail because of missing interfaces. We want to make storage technologies easier to combine and create greater technical freedom for individual energy systems.
Microturbines are powerful building blocks for hybrid energy systems. HPTurbo.Tech is working on interfaces that significantly simplify communication, monitoring and control via Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU.
Benefits and Challenges
Capstone microturbines can play an important role in industrial energy systems, CHP plants and autonomous applications. They provide electrical energy and usable heat, making them very suitable for integrated energy and heating concepts.
In practice, however, technical integration is often complex. Different protocols, serial interfaces and difficult-to-read raw values make integration into building automation, PLC systems or energy management platforms more difficult.
Our development approach is a transparent interface that provides turbine data via clearly defined registers. The aim is an understandable register structure with values for power, status, temperatures, operating states, alarms and control commands.
This should make it easier to integrate microturbines into Loxone, PLC systems, industrial control systems or remote monitoring solutions.
Objective
Turbines should not have to be operated as isolated specialist devices, but as fully integrated energy generators within an intelligent overall system.
For remote buildings and autonomous energy systems, HPTurbo.Tech is exploring new ways of combining power and heat generation from solid fuels.
Benefits and Challenges
In many remote buildings, mountain cabins, agricultural operations or off-grid applications, a reliable energy supply is a particular challenge. Photovoltaics and battery storage are important building blocks, but depending on the season, location or energy demand, they are not always sufficient.
A turbine solution with external combustion could be an interesting addition. The focus is not on direct combustion inside the turbine, but on the use of an externally generated heat source. In the future, this could also make it possible to use solid fuels such as wood or other forms of biomass for combined electricity and heat generation.
We are particularly interested in applications where heat is needed anyway and electrical energy also needs to be provided. Especially in autonomous systems, such a solution could complement PV systems and battery storage and significantly improve supply security.
Objective
We want to explore new technical possibilities for independent energy systems – especially where standard solutions are not sufficient and electricity, heat and supply security need to be considered together.