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Robust Control, State Estimation and Disturbance Compensation for Highly Dynamic Environmental Mechatronic Systems (CLOVER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The main goal of the CLOVER project is to offer a novel methodology in an environmental mechatronic control system design relying on multidisciplinary knowledge. This methodology should allow aspects to be taken into account, such as controller robustness, indirect measurement of system states and parameters, and disturbances attenuation on the stage of establishing controller architecture. In add ...
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Future Research, Advanced Development and Implementation Activities for Road Transport (FUTURE-RADAR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The FUTURE-RADAR project will support the European Technology Platform ERTRAC (the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) and the European Green Vehicle Initiative PPP to create and implement the needed research and innovation strategies for a sustainable and competitive European road transport system. Linking all relevant stakeholders FUTURE-RADAR will provide the consensus-based plan ...
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Development of a new highly efficient and fuel flexible CHP technology based on fixed-bed updraft biomass gasification and a SOFC (HiEff-BioPower)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Within the project a new highly efficient biomass CHP technology consisting of a fuel-flexible fixed-bed updraft gasifier, a novel compact gas cleaning system and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) shall be developed for a capacity range of 1to 10 MW (total energy output). The technology shall distinguish itself by a wide fuel spectrum applicable (wood pellets, wood chips, SRC, selected agricultural f ...
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ImplementatioN in real SOFC Systems of monItoring and diaGnostic tools using signal analysis to increase tHeir lifeTime (INSIGHT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...rk, Slovenia, Austria, Finland) and one associated country (Switzerland). The partnership covers all competences necessary: experimental testing (CEA, DTU, EPFL), algorithms developments (UNISA, IJS, AVL), hardware development (BIT), system integration and validation (VTT, SP, HTC), supported by AK for the project management and dissemination.
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INNovative Cost Improvements for BALANCE of Plant Components of Automotive PEMFC Systems (INN-BALANCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The aim of INN-BALANCE is to develop a novel and integrated development platform for developing advanced Balance of Plant components in current fuel cell based vehicles, in order to improve their efficiency and reliability, reducing costs and presenting a stable supply chain to the European car manufacturers and system integrators. Accordingly, INN-BALANCE technical objectives are (i) to develop h ...
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Interdisciplinary Training Network in Multi-Actuated Ground Vehicles (ITEAM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

"The main target of the ITEAM project is to establish and sustainably maintain the European training network with high grade of interdisciplinarity, which will train strong specialists skilled in research and development of novel technologies in the field of multi-actuated ground vehicles (MAGV). The global goals are: (i) Advance of European postgraduate education in the area of environment- and u ...
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Dependability Engineering Innovation for CPS - DEIS (DEIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Cyber-Physical-Systems harbor the potential for vast economic and societal impact in all major application domains, however in case of failure this may lead to catastrophic results for industry and society. Thus, ensuring the dependability of such systems is the key to unlocking their full potential and enabling European industries to develop confidently business models that will nurture their soc ...
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Competitive Auxiliary Power Units for vehicles based on metal supported stack technology (COMPASS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The COMPASS project is a collaborative effort of AVL, Plansee, Nissan and Research Center Jülich to develop advanced SOFC APU systems for range extender applications in passenger cars. The consortium is perfectly integrated from powder-, cell-, stack-, APU system technology providers to vehicle manufacturer and an academic partner. The project will use innovative metal supports SOFC stack technolo ...
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High efficient Particulate free Gasoline Engines (UPGRADE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The UPGRADE project aims to support the transition to a high efficient, cleaner and affordable powertrain technology systems, based on Spark Ignited GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection) approach, suitable for future Light Duty applications. The project also includes a deep analysis of the phenomenon of the formation of the nanoparticles in relationship to the engine design and its operating conditions ...
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Measuring automotive exhaust particles down to 10 nanometres (DownToTen)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

DownToTen will seek to develop a reliable and robust methodology to enhance the regulatory approach in the assessment of particle number emissions in the sub 23nm region (down to at least 10nm), focusing on state-of-the art automotive powertrains with direct injection gasoline engines, but also diesel ones, under real-world operation conditions. To this end, DownToTen will first investigate and qu ...
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IMplementation of Powertrain Control for Economic and Clean Real driving emIssion and fuel ConsUMption (IMPERIUM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Fuel economy is a key aspect to reduce operating costs and improve efficiency of freight traffic, thus increasing truck competitiveness.The main objective of the IMPERIUM project (IMplementation of Powertrain Control for Economic and Clean Real driving EmIssion and ConsUMption) is to achieve fuel consumption reduction by 20% (diesel and urea) whilst keeping the vehicle within the legal limits for ...
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Effect of 4500bar injection pressure and super-critical phase change of surrogate and real-world fuels enriched with additives and powering Diesel engines on soot emissions reduction (IPPAD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Reduction of soot emissions from Diesel engines will be explored by utilising simultaneously (a) injection pressure between 2000-4500bar, (b) engine operation at supercritical conditions relative to the injected fuel’s critical point and (c) additives that improve atomisation and reduce pollutant formation. The detailed processes of nozzle flow cavitation/boiling, atomisation, phase-change and mix ...
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Future Freight Loco for Europe (FFL4E)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2019,

Since 2008, the rail freight market has not yet recovered from the global recession and profit margins in the railway sector have been falling throughout Europe. Moreover, competition was able to increase their capacity due to innovations. Within the last 15 years, inland vessels have increased their transport capacity by 158%, truck transportation by up to 50% while rail freight transportation on ...
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European Initiative to Enable Validation for Highly Automated Safe and Secure Systems (ENABLE-S3)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

ENABLE-S3 will pave the way for accelerated application of highly automated and autonomous systems in the mobility domains automotive, aerospace, rail and maritime as well as in the health care domain. Virtual testing, verification and coverage-oriented test selection methods will enable validation with reasonable efforts. The resulting validation framework will ensure Europeans Industry competiti ...
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Power Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 4.0 (SemI40)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Addressing European Policies for 2020 and beyond the “Power Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 4.0” (SemI40) project responds to the urgent need of increasing the competitiveness of the Semiconductor manufacturing industry in Europe through establishing smart, sustainable, and integrated ECS manufacturing. SemI40 will further pave the way for serving highly innovative electronic markets w ...
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Development of a new and highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC (FlexiFuel-SOFC)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

The project aims at the development of a new innovative highly efficient and fuel flexible micro-scale biomass CHP technology consisting of a small-scale fixed-bed updraft gasifier, a compact gas cleaning system and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The technology shall be developed for a capacity range of 25 to 150 kW (fuel power) and shall be characterised by a wide fuel spectrum applicable (wood ...
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Solid Oxide Stack Lean Manufacturing (SOSLeM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

The proposed SOSLeM project will contribute to the call objectives by improving production processes as well as developing and applying novel manufacturing technologies for FC stacks. The improvements proposed by the project will sum up to a reduction of manufacturing costs of about 70%, leading to decreased capital cost of about 2.500 €/kW. Besides these outstanding economical and technical impro ...
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Architecture-driven, Multi-concern and Seamless Assurance and Certification of Cyber-Physical Systems (AMASS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Embedded systems have significantly increased in technical complexity towards open, interconnected systems. This has exacerbated the problem of ensuring dependability in the presence of human, environmental and technological risks. The rise of complex Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) has led to many initiatives to promote reuse and automation of labor-intensive activities. Two large-scale projects are ...
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Knowledge Alliance to enable a European-wide exploitation of the potential of MOOCs for the world of business

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

‘Massive Open Online Courses’ (MOOCs) caused a major impact on HEIs worldwide. Business models, target groups, quality standards, certification, sustainability, teaching, delivery & learning methods are all affected. Europe is yet to respond to these emerging trends. Initiatives in the EU exist, but remain isolated, both geographically and per sector. They lack impact on the HEI area as a whole, a ...
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Industrialization and path to commercialization of a patented innovative industrial kit to modify COLD cycle in order to drastically reduce ENERGY consumption (Cold Energy)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

... five partners from four different EU countries, each partner representing a different stakeholder in the value chain of the new sustainable product: TURBOALGOR from Angelantoni Group (Coordinator), AVL SCHRICK (turbocharger developer), ENEL.SI (ENEL Energy Service Company), AMORINO and AGRICOLA PAGNAN (both experts in Cold Energy management in the food sector).Forecasted cumulative turnover is EU ...
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In-depth support for innovation and exploitation in Smart Systems Integration (inSSIght)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The objective of the proposed CSA is to support and complement R&I activities in Smart Systems Integration (SSI) by structuring industrial cooperation and facilitating end-user adoption for the next generations of miniaturised smart objects and systems.Previous CSAs have revealed the immense breadth of SSI in its technology demands, its application sectors, its business ramifications, its provider ...
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Development and experimental validation of computational models for cavitating flows, surface erosion damage and material loss (CaFE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Cavitation, described as the formation of vapour/gas bubbles of a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure, often leads to vibration and damage of mechanical components, for example, bearings, fuel injectors, valves, propellers and rudders, impellers, pumps and hydro turbines. Cavitation erosion when experienced, normally leads to significant addi ...
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Mont-Blanc 3, European scalable and power efficient HPC platformbased on low-power embedded technology (Mont-Blanc 3)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

"The main target of the Mont-Blanc 3 project "European Scalable and power efficient HPC platform based on low-power embedded technology" is the creation of a new high-end HPC platform (SoC and node) that is able to deliver a new level of performance / energy ratio whilst executing real applications.The technical objectives are:1. To design a well-balanced architecture and to deliver the design for ...
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Robust and Reliable Environment Sensing and Situation Prediction for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving (RobustSENSE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

Today’s driver assistance systems offer comfort and safety in sound environmental conditions. However, in harsh environment conditions – when needed most – systems stop working due to reduced sensor information quality. Targeting to the area of highly automated driving the improvement of perception, decision and planning under adverse conditions is one of the main challenges to be addressed. Robus ...
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Integrated Components for Complexity Control in affordable electrified cars (3Ccar)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The 3Ccar project will provide highly integrated ECS Components for Complexity Control in thereby affordable electrified cars. The new semiconductors for Complexity management (Control, reduction) will offer the next level of energy efficiency in transportation systems.3Ccar’s impact is maximizing pragmatic strategy: Use semiconductor technology innovations to manage functionality & complexity inc ...
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Optimised and Systematic Energy Management in Electric Vehicles (OSEM-EV)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

Innovation in the automotive industry is of pivotal importance for European´s prosperity. OSEM-EV will provide solutions for better autonomy and predictable range to address today´s car buyers concern about electro mobility. Just increasing the battery capacity is not a viable option because the expectation is to have a familiar level of comfort and safe, eco and human oriented mobility at afforda ...
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European COmpetitiveness in Commercial Hybrid and AutoMotive PowertrainS (ECOCHAMPS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The ECOCHAMPS project addresses topic GV-4-2014, Hybrid Light and Heavy Duty Vehicles. The work will, in a single coordinated project, address all aspects of this topic and will be conducted by 26 partners representing the European automotive industry (OEMs (EUCAR), suppliers (CLEPA), ESPs and universities (EARPA)) including members of ERTRAC and EGVIA. The objective is to achieve efficient, compa ...
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Heavy Duty Gas Engines integrated into Vehicles (HDGAS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The overall objective of HDGAS is to provide breakthroughs in LNG vehicle fuel systems, natural gas and dual fuel engine technologies as well as aftertreatment systems. The developed components and technologies will be integrated in up to three demonstration vehicles that are representative for long haul heavy duty vehicles in the 40 ton ranges. The demonstration vehicles will: a) comply with the ...
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Five Volt Lithium Ion Batteries with Silicon Anodes produced for Next Generation Electric Vehicles (FIVEVB)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The FiveVB project will develop a new cell technology based on innovative materials such as high capacity anodes, high voltage cathodes and stable, safe and environmentally friendly electrolytes. Since main European industry partners representing the value chain from materials supplier to car manufacturer are involved, this program will support and enable the development of a strong and competitiv ...
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REal World Advanced Technologies foR Diesel Engines (REWARD)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The overall objective of the REWARD project is to develop the knowhow, intellectual property rights and technical capabilities to adequately and cost-effectively produce cleaner, highly efficient Diesel powertrains and aftertreatment technologies for future cleaner class A, B, C, D and E passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) up to 3,500 kg that “go beyond Euro 6 limits under Real Dri ...
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European Network of competencies and platforms for Enabling SME from any sector building Innovative CPS products to sustain demand for European manufacturing (EuroCPS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

SMEs play a key role in European economies; they constitute the largest business block and provide the bulk of employment. They generate most of the innovative ideas for ICT and CPS-enabled IoT products, two areas which represent an inflection point for innovators and industry in Europe. EuroCPS is an ambitious project that aims to arm Europe with a network of design centres that will boost and i ...
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Production and Reliability Oriented SOFC Cell and Stack Design (PROSOFC)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

This project aims at improving the robustness, manufacturability, efficiency and cost of SOLIDpower’s state-of-the-art SOFC stacks so as to reach market entry requirements. We propose a focused project addressing the key issues that have manifested themselves in the course of the ongoing product development efforts at SOLIDpower SA. The key issues are the mechanical robustness of solid oxide fuel ...
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Basic Acoustics Training - & Workprogram On Methodologies for Acoustics - Network (BATWOMAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"The BATWOMAN ITN aims at structuring research training in basic and advanced acoustics and setting up a work program on methodologies for acoustics for skills development in a highly diverse research field offering multiple career options.The consortium consists of renowned public and private partners from musical acoustics, room acoustics and automotive acoustics who will merge their existing kn ...
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Embedded Multi-Core Systems for Mixed Criticality Applications in Dynamic and Changeable Real-Time Environments (EMC2)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Embedded systems are the key innovation driver to improve almost all mechatronic products with cheaper and even new functionalities. Furthermore, they strongly support today's information society as inter-system communication enabler.Consequently boundaries of application domains are alleviated and ad-hoc connections and interoperability play an increasing role. At the same time, multi-core and ma ...
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Strengthening European Transport Research and Innovation Strategies (SETRIS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

This proposal specifically addresses the topic MG.9.6-2014. Strengthening the research and innovation strategies of the transport industries in Europe.The aim of SETRIS is to deliver a cohesive and coordinated approach to research and innovation strategies for all transport modes in Europe. To fulfil the aim of SETRIS, the following objectives are envisaged:1. To identify synergies between the tra ...
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Dependable Embedded Wireless Infrastructure (DEWI)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

DEWI (dependable embedded wireless infrastructure) envisions to significantly foster Europe’s leading position in embedded wireless systems and smart (mobile) environments such as vehicles, railway cars, airplanes and buildings. These environments comprise wireless sensor networks and wireless applications for citizens and professional users. Therefore the consortium introduces the concept of a “s ...
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Towards Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering Tools Interoperability Standardisation (CP-SETIS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

CPS require multiple engineering competences across various engineering disciplines. The development of such systems is a huge challenge, also because of the heterogeneity of engineering tools involved in development platforms across the development lifecycle. In order to overcome this challenge, past and on-going EU research projects have developed the basis for an International Open Standard for ...
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Arrowhead (ARROWHEAD)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"Our society is facing both energy and competitiveness challenges. These challenges are tightly linked and require new dynamic interactions between energy producers and energy consumers, between machines, between systems, between people and systems, etc. Cooperative automation is the key for these dynamic interactions and is enabled by the technology developed around the Internet of Things and Ser ...
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Computational Cloud Services and Workflows for Agile Engineering (CloudFlow)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Traditionally, the European manufacturing industry is characterized by innovative technology, quality processes and robust products which have leveraged Europe's industrialization. However, globalization has exposed Europe's industry to new emerging and industrialized manufacturing markets and the current economic challenges have decelerated the internal boost and investment, respectively. Hence, ...
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Future of Surface Road Transport European Resarch (FOSTER-ROAD)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"The FOSTER-ROAD project will support the European Technology Platform ERTRAC (the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) to create and implement the needed research and innovation strategies for a sustainable and competitive European road transport system. Linking all relevant stakeholders FOSTER-ROAD will provide the consensus-based plans and roadmaps addressing the key societal, env ...
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