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Navigating the Roadmap for Clean, Secure and Efficient Energy Innovation (SET-Nav)

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

SET-Nav will support strategic decision making in Europe’s energy sector, enhancing innovation towards a clean, secure and efficient energy system. Our research will enable the EC, national governments and regulators to facilitate the development of optimal technology portfolios by market actors. We will comprehensively address critical uncertainties and derive appropriate policy and market respon ...
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Turning waste from steel industry into a valuable low cost feedstock for energy intensive industry (RESLAG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

The RESLAG project proposal is aligned with the challenges outlined in the call WASTE-1-2014: Moving towards a circular economy through industrial symbiosis. In 2010, the European steel industry generated, as waste, about 21.8 Mt of steel slag. The 76 % of the slag was recycled in applications such as aggregates for construction or road materials, but these sectors were unable to absorb the total ...
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Flexible Fossil Power Plants for the Future Energy Market through new and advanced Turbine Technologies (FLEXTURBINE)

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

The share of renewable energy is growing rapidly driven by the objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of electric power which can be supplied to the grid depends on the time of the day and weather conditions. A conventional fleet of thermal power plants is required to compensate for these fluctuations before large scale energy storage technologies will be mature and economically ...
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AUTomotive deRivative Energy system (AutoRE)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2018,

"The overall aim is to create the foundations for commercializing an automotive derivative fuel cell system in the 50 to 100 kW range, for combined heat and power (CHP) applications in commercial and industrial buildings. More specifically, the project has the following objectives:• develop system components allowing reduced costs, increased durability and efficiency • build and validate a first ...
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Predictable Flexible Molten Salts Solar Power Plant (PreFlexMS)

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

Predictability and flexibility are key enablers to increase CSP penetration in the energy mix by a) increasing dispatchability b) making CSP less/not reliant on subsidies c) supporting stable grid operation d) enabling operators to access new revenue streams (electricity trading, ancillary services). Today CSP plants with molten salt storage only partly achieve these objectives. Key enabling techn ...
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Real-time dynamic control system for laser welding (RADICLE)

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

RADICLE aims to create a real-time dynamic control system for laser welding using a combination of (application specific) sensors in combination with intelligent and predictive control technologies for in-process monitoring and control to minimize/eliminate defects for a range of materials and geometries for both aerospace, automotive and other applications. The control system will include pre- an ...
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Hub of Application Laboratories for Equipment Assessment in Laser Based Manufacturing (APPOLO)

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

During more than 50 years of the laser existence, they have been proved as the unique tool for diverse material processing application. New application ideas, coming from universities and research institutions, are usually implemented by spin-off companies with limited resources for market penetration. Research laboratories are using universal laser tools, while effective and low-cost production r ...
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Self-Healing Thermal Barrier Coatings (SAMBA)

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

"This project deals with the creation of a new, unique self-healing thermal barrier coating (TBC) for turbines and other thermally loaded structures in order to realize a significant extension of the lifetime of critical high-temperature components. The concept is based on novel Al2O3 coated Mo-Si particles embedded in the TBC layer, typically consisting of yttria-stabilised zirconia. As the curre ...
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Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Materials for the Additive Manufacture of High Temperature Components in Power Generation (OXIGEN)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

OXIGEN will combine leading-edge European expertise in the manufacture of specialist powder alloys (Mechanical Alloying), knowledge of niche high-temperature materials and capabilities in additive manufacturing. This will produce an integrated, world-leading capability to directly manufacture from powder to part custom-designed, best-in-class high temperature alloys for power generation component ...
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Smart and Sustainable Insular Electricity Grids Under Large-Scale Renewable Integration (SINGULAR)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...imized. The operation and planning tools and procedures will be applied in different insular electricity grids in five countries across Europe for extensive demonstration, allowing the development of generalized guides of procedures and grid codes specific for future generation of smart insular electricity grids.
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Dynamic manufacturing of thin-walled work pieces by milling process (DYNAMILL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Lightweight components are gaining in importance in EU key industries with good market growth potential (aerospace, automotive, power generation, medical technology etc.). To achieve weight reductions, complex thin-walled structures are combined with high strength materials. However, the lower stiffness of work pieces leads to severe challenges during the milling process:- Difficulty to achieve hi ...
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Meeting the Materials and Manufacturing Challenge for Ultra High Efficiency PF Power Plants with CCS (NEXTGENPOWER)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Carbon Capture and Sequestration has become an important technology to comply with the CO2 reduction targets set by the EC. However CCS has the drawback that the electrical efficiency of the coal fired power plant will drop significantly. To overcome this drawback, one has to increase the base efficiency of the power plant or increase the biomass co-firing share as this is a CO2 neutral energy sou ...
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Engine Representative Internal Cooling Knowledge and Applications (ERICKA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

"The goal of ERICKA is to directly contribute to reductions in aircraft engine fuel consumption with a targeted contribution of 1% reduction in SFC relative to engines currently in service. The fuel efficiency of a jet engine used for aircraft propulsion is dependent on the performance of many key engine components. One of the most important is the turbine whose efficiency has a large influence ...
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Advanced NAno-Structured TApeS for electrotechnical high power Insulating Applications (ANASTASIA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The objective is to develop radically innovative electrical insulating tapes and process to improve the energy conversion efficiency of electrotechnical systems. It mainly addresses the electric power generation issue. Today, the energy conversion efficiency of generators is restricted by (i) thermal as well as (ii) electrical strength limitations due to the electrical insulator tapes themselves. ...
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Enabling advanced pre-combustion capture techniques and plants (DECARBIT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

DECARBit responds to the urgent need for further research and development in advanced pre-combustion capture techniques to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants. The project will accelerate the technology development and contribute to the deployment of large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in line with the adopted European policies for emiss ...
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