P&G Seeks Startups for Innovations in Heat Recovery & Storage

P&G is looking for new approaches and technologies that can help them to address key business challenges/opportunities. If you would like to submit a solution please submit responses at the link: https://bit.ly/3oGGlbm AND submit here and we'll try to to help you get status on your application.

Process Overview:

• All responses will be reviewed, and you will be notified as to whether the response has been accepted for further consideration.
• If accepted, you will be contacted by a Pilot44 Research Analyst to schedule a meeting to present additional detail on your company and solution as well as, where applicable, to provide a demonstration of your product.
• If contacted for next steps, additional detail on the client needs will be provided during at that time, as well as additional information on the review, selection and reward process.
• You can send any specific questions to submissions@pilot44.com

Business Background:

P&G’s ambition is to reach net zero GHG emissions across their supply chain and operations by 2040, with science-based targets for 2030 to make meaningful progress this decade. To achieve their goals, they need to optimize the efficiency of their operations with innovative solutions. They have identified that heat circularity (recovery, storage, re-use) will be a key factor is reducing the GHG created by their operations.

A facility in the UK is focused on liquid soap manufacturing. In the liquid soap manufacturing process, changes of mixture temperature are chemically required to ensure product quality. This requires product teams to actively heat and cool batches multiple times using gas boilers, chilled water systems, and air compressors. The process yields significant waste heat, and the process cannot be changed to reduce this waste. This unavoidable waste heat is currently not being captured.

Business Challenge / Needs Definition:

P&G is looking for innovative solutions that can help the team capture waste heat from this process and store that energy until later use, ideally within the manufacturing process but also in other facility operations. Desired capabilities include:

• Ability to capture waste heat without affecting existing process flow, quality, or agility
• Ability to effectively store heat until further use & enable easy utilization
• Efficient use of space, as floor space within the facility is limited
• Does not consume significant electricity considering high electricity prices in the UK

The team will be evaluating the solution for:

• Technical Feasibility: Demonstrated application to in complex liquids manufacturing & ability to work
• with existing manufacturing capital & systems
• Affordability: Cost-effective over desired ROI timeline

Startups must be able to immediately activate in the UK and the ability to scale in other regions.

Relevant technology domains may include, but are not limited to:

The Ask:

If you have ideas and supporting technologies that you believe can deliver disruptive services & solutions to this challenge, we want to hear/partner with you. Where there is a good fit, we are looking to drive agile in- market pilots in the UK with the goal of scaling successful services & solutions. All ideas and submissions will be fully reviewed by our team.