What is TIFEO?
TIFEO is an innovative start-up combining academic competence and entrepreneurial expertise.
Our mission is to develop sustainable energy solutions.
The company leverages high engineering competences with the aim of developing, building and commercializing innovative solutions to drive the energy world towards a more sustainable future.
Its expertise ranges from conventional power generation to innovative energy technologies for both industrial and residential applications.
TIFEO provide consulting services for European Funding Programs and energy system management.
TIFEO patented Combined Cooling Heating and Power (CCHP) technology exploiting any heat source
(WO2017158511-2017-09-21 “Plant and method for the supply of electric power and/or mechanical power, heating power and/or cooling power”)
The patented thermodynamic cycle and related plant allows the efficient use of any renewable heat source (e.g., biomass, geothermal, solar) or traditional heat source (e.g., gas) for the simultaneous production of electric power, heating power and-or cooling power.
The working fluid circulates in the patented plant according to a novel sequence of thermodynamic processes, including expansions and compressions in the wet saturated phase (i.e., two-phase processes). Two-phase expansions and two-phase compressions take place in non-conventional two-phase machines.
The patented technology has several advantages in comparison to commercialized co-trigeneration plants
1
High efficiency
Proper combination of nearly direct and inverse Carnot cycles operating with two-phase fluid.
This translates into lower bills.
2
Improved flexibility
Provision of electric, heating and-or cooling powers simultaneously.
The plant can chase and satisfy the end user energy demand in a predictable and dispatchable way.
3
High compactness
No connection between different technologies as in the commercialized co-trigeneration systems.
Our EU funded research projects
REGEN-BY-2
REGEN-BY-2 is a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project (RIA, 5 millions €, 2020-24), that aims to develop a first-of-its-kind lab-scale prototype of a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle and related plant for the valorisation of renewable thermal energy sources, unlocking their large potential to supply electric, heating and-or cooling energy vectors. The REGEN-BY-2 technology, enabled by two-phase fluids machines, has been recently patented nearly worldwide by TIFEO.
TIFEO, as project promoter and the scientific coordinator, is leading the research, design and prototyping activities.
EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 851541
Reffect Africa
REFFECT AFRICA tackles the development of renewable energy sources, providing solutions for on-grid and off-grid communities, and their integration into the existing energy system considering the generation of renewable energy, the transmission, and the use of storage systems.
The project will work on obtaining biochar from the gasifier, and will be improved to provide a valuable fertilizer to local farmers.
The role of TIFEO is to support the South African pilot with an in depth techno-economic assessment, defining demand power profiles, designing the optimal solution and supporting the demonstrators during construction and commissioning.
EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101036900
Our team
Stefano Briola
Stefano is one of the TIFEO co-founder and the scientific director. He is the inventor of the patented technology under development in the European Horizon project REGEN-BY-2.
Stefano has extensive experience in R&D due to its Academic career in Russian Federation, South Korea and Italy.
Aldo Bischi
Aldo is Assistant Professor of Energy Systems at the University of Pisa, and one of the TIFEO cofounders. In his international career ranging from Norway to the Russian Federation, he worked on chemical reactor design and commissioning, energy storage and multi-energy systems optimal design and management.
Matteo Marani
Matteo is a professional Industrial Engineer with project leadership experience in the hospitality industry. He is specialized in structural engineering, which was applied on improving stressed parts on washing machines. He has worked with data management on machines laboratory test.
Riccardo Camerano
Riccardo is a professional Industrial Engineer with international experience in the oil & gas sector. He specialized in process engineering as well as rotating machinery engineering and management.
Riccardo covers the role of project manager in the EU research project REGEN-BY-2.
