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ASCENT - Advanced Solid Cycles with Efficient Novel Technologies (ASCENT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

"ASCENT will provide a robust proof-of-concept of three related high temperature processes; each will lead to a step-change in efficiency of carbon removal in three types of pre-combustion capture, producing the hydrogen needed for highly efficient low-carbon power production. The project brings together five small and medium enterprises preparing to launch these concepts with the support of leadi ...
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Advanced m-CHP fuel CELL system based on a novel bio-ethanol Fluidized bed membrane reformer (FLUIDCELL)

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

FLUIDCELL aims the Proof of Concept of an advanced high performance, cost effective bio-ethanol m-CHP FC system for decentralized off-grid, by improving technology developments from previous EU projects. The improvements will be achieved by development of a) better system integration using a fluidized bed catalytic membrane reactor working at low temperature (
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Innovative Materials for Multiple Junction OPVs and for Improved Light Management (MUJULIMA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the fastest growing sustainable, renewable energy conversion technologies that can help meet the increasing global energy demands. Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies are particularly attractive due to their compatibility with low-cost roll-to-roll and printing processing at low temperatures on a wide variety of substrate materials and the lack of s ...
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Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)

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

This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites.Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies fo ...
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Advanced Multi-Fuel Reformer for Fuel Cell CHP Systems (ReforCELL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Distributed power generation via Micro Combined Heat and Power (m-CHP) systems, has been proven to overcome disadvantages of centralized plant since it can give savings in terms of Primary Energy consumption and energy costs. The main advantage is that m-CHP systems are able to recover and use the heat that in centralized systems is often lost. Wide exploitation of these systems is still hindered ...
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REnewable FunctIoNal matErial – Training material scientists for a sustainable polymer industry (REFINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...rs in the bioplastic industry with a predicted growth of >25% by 2020 by giving them a unique combination of skills through scientific, industrial and individual training at the local and network level.REFINE will develop a green technology, which can directly be validated and integrated by industry and thus lead towards a greener and more sustainable society."
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Design and Manufacturing of Catalytic Membrane Reactors by developing new nano-architectured catalytic and selective membrane materials (DEMCAMER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The DEMCAMER project proposes an answer to the paradigm met by the European Chemical Industry: increase the production rate while keeping the same products quality and reducing both production costs and environmental impacts. Through the implementation of a novel process intensification approach consisting on the combination of reaction and separation in a “Catalytic Membrane Reactor” single unit. ...
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Demonstration of a cost effective medium size Chemical Looping Combustion through packed beds using solid hydrocarbons as fuel for power production with CO2 capture (DEMOCLOCK)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

DemoCLOCK aims to demonstrate the technical, economic and environmental feasibility for implementing packed bed based high temperature high pressure Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) in large-scale power plants. A medium sized (500 kW) fixed bed reactor will be designed, build and operated integrated in an existing Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant at Elcogas. The packed be ...
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MANUFACTURING AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS (MANANO)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

"Nanotechnologies and nanostructured materials is expected to be the most promising area of technological development and among the most likely to deliver substantial economic and societal benefits to the EU in the 21st century. It is a time of rapid advance in the development of these technologies, which can organize materials at the nanoscale and tailor their properties. This offers exciting pos ...
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Image supramolecular binding processes on the molecular level by STM for fundamental understanding sensor (See 2 Sense)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Nov 3, 2014,

The goal of the project is to image supramolecular binding processes on the molecular level with the purpose to gain fundamental understanding of how a sensor operates. This understanding will subsequently be applied as a basis for new sensor design.Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) will be used to visualize single molecule binding events of analyte molecules to receptor molecules adsorbed at a ...
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Integration of Nanoreactor and multisite CAtalysis for a Sustainable chemical production (INCAS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The project concept is to combine nanoreactor technology with multisite solid catalyst design to achieve a safer, cleaner and intensified chemical production. The project ideas are the following: (i) From micro- to nano-reactors. Actual microreactor have channels of micrometric size. We will develop a new concept based on the use of nanometric size channels. (ii) Vectorial pathway for multisite ca ...
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Efficient, low-cost, stable tandem organic devices (X10D)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

X10D aims to enable organic photovoltaics (OPV) to enter the competitive thin-film PV market. It will achieve this by pooling the knowledge and expertise of the leading research institutes and start-up companies in Europe, and is the first project of its kind to leverage this knowledge irrespective of the processing technology. It will use the strengths available in device efficiency and architect ...
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Highly Functional Polypeptides (HiPEP)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

Peptides are nature’s expression language and as such perform vital roles in living organisms. They are highly functional and produced naturally with a precision that is unprecedented in synthetic materials such as polymers. Synthetic polypeptides present a promising alternative as they combine the accessibility of synthetic polymers with functionality and biocompatibility of natural peptides. The ...
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Smart Structured Rotating Reactors (SSRR)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

...area in the chemical engineering sciences. It is my firm believe that technologically advanced, compact and highly efficient new reactor types will origin from the approach as outlined in this proposal. The research will also result in original, fundamental knowledge about the interaction of multiphase flows and physical transport processes in these rotating reaction and separation systems. The q ...
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Innovative Catalytic Technologies & Materials for Next Gas to Liquid Processes (NEXT-GTL)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

...ciplinary approach to develop in a long term vision the next-stage catalysts and related precompetitive technologies for gas to liquid conversion, in fully consistence with the indications of the call. For this reason, we have excluded to consider as part of the project catalytic technologies, such as FT synthesis and hydrocracking. In addition, we have excluded to investigate coal to liquid, bot ...
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Nanomaterials for harvesting sub-band-gap photons via upconversion to increase solar cell efficiencies (NanoSpec)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

..., to make the best use of upconverted photons. A thorough understanding of the underlying principles is critical for the success, so gaining knowledge about nanostructures and materials is a major goal. The big advantage of this concept is that the solar cells remain fairly unchanged. The proposed concept opens a technology path for an evolutionary development of silicon solar cell technology to e ...
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New Catalysts for Degradable Polyethylene (Catylene)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Polyethylene is one of the most common materials in our daily lives and accounts for 40% of the total volume of world production of plastic materials. It is used in a large variety of products from plastic bags to medical implants. The annual world production is a staggering 120 million tons. Its production is highly reliant on ethylene gas from petrochemical resources. Moreover it is non degradab ...
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Self-assembly of Helical Functional Nanomaterials (SAHNMat)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2011,

...ned size is of outmost importance for nanotechnology to surmount claims for potential applications and exploit improved chemical, physical or biological properties of a functional nanofeatured material. Biomedical imaging is one particular field of interest for water-compatible chemical self-assembly of nanosized objects. The outlined project aims to develop a methodology for the preparation of na ...
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