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Development a low-emission home appliances, and systems for verification

R-NEA-SV

Within the PD project, Gorenje, together with partners Dewesoft and Arctur, is developing a new generation of low‑emission washing machines and refrigerators, supported by the establishment of a new advanced acoustic laboratory. The laboratory enables state‑of‑the‑art measurements of very low noise levels, psychoacoustic analyses, and the application of digital twins, advanced algorithms, and IoT solutions for the development of quieter and more energy‑efficient products. The project strengthens Gorenje’s leading position in the field of sustainable, technologically advanced home appliances.

Project ID:     1.1.2023 - 31. 12. 2025 (36 months)
Project duration:    1.639.815,57 EUR
Total eligible costs for Gorenje    640.926,22 EUR
Consortium    Gorenje (lead partner), Dewesoft, Arctur.
Granting authority:    Spirit

Topic:  Javni razpis za okrevanje in odpornost s pilotno-demonstracijskimi projekti
Uradni list RS, št. 38/22 dne, 18. 3. 2022.
Spletna stran Spirit: Javni razpis za okrevanje in odpornost s pilotno-demonstracijskimi projekti: https://www.spiritslovenia.si/razpis/388


In the PD (pilot demonstration) project, Gorenje will work with partners Dewesoft and Arctur to develop a low-emission washing machine, a low-emission refrigerator, and relevant infrastructure and system for home appliance verification. The newly developed low-emission washing machines will offer functionalities that will cut consumption of water, energy, and detergent, and noise emissions. Optimized washing algorithms will reduce the wear of the laundry and thus cut microplastics emissions into the environment. Two types of low-emission refrigerators will be newly developed: a refrigerator in the highest energy efficiency class A, and a refrigerator with very low noise level of 32 dB, which will be at the very top of the offer in the market. Environmentally friendly transport packaging will be introduced for the newly developed washing machines to replace the currently used EPS packaging.

Newly established infrastructure and home appliance verification systems will allow characterization and evaluation of very low noise amplitudes, low-frequency noise, and an option to evaluate and characterize the psychoacoustic noise parameters.

In the PD project, the company Dewesoft will develop a system for measurement triggering and calculation of very low noise level loads. Dedicated newly developed software will allow using a variety of enabling technology tools and machine learning techniques for data processing. Moreover, additional software development will allow the use of IoT (Internet of Things) technologies.

In the PD project, the company Arctur will improve methodology and introduce new approaches for better effect of optimization and simulations, and digital twins in development of low-emission refrigerators. This will be attained by implementation of a new computer simulation, by defining a digital twin for real-time forecasts of noise emissions, energy consumption etc., and by proposing a more accurate planning process.