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Materials Technologies for performance improvement of Cooling Systems in Power Plants (MATChING)

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

...ts include an overall saving of water withdrawal of 30% in thermal power generation, and a decrease of evaporative losses up to 15% in geothermal sector. The use of advanced and nano-technology based materials will be leveraged to make economically affordable water saving in power plants and pave the way to the market uptake. All technological areas of plant cooling systems will be affected: cooli ...
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SANDWICH MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE (SMS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

... demand is to make structures lighter, while optimizing the mass/stiffness/strength ratio.. To do so, the sandwich architecture appears to be the most efficient design. The main objective of Sandwich Material and Structure (SMS) project is then to develop an ultra-stable and low weight structure, based on such architecture. This optimized structure will combine innovative solutions such as cyanate ...
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Low-toxic cost-efficient environment-friendly antifouling materials (BYEFOULING)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

...ormance compared to current available products. The approach in BYEFOULING is to tackle the different stages of the biofouling process using innovative antifouling agents, covering surface-structured materials, protein adsorption inhibitors, quorum sensing inhibitors, natural biocides and microorganisms with antifouling properties. Encapsulation of the innovative compounds in smart nanostructured ...
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Continuous, highly precise, metal-free polymerisation of PLA using alternative energies for reactive extrusion (InnoREX)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

The demand for biobased polymers is growing fast. According to the current state of the art, metal-containing catalysts are needed to improve the polymerisation rate of lactones, posing a hazard to health and the environment. InnoREX will develop a novel reactor concept using alternative energies for the continuous, highly precise, metal-free polymerisation of PLA.In InnoREX, metal-containing cata ...
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IMPROVING THE AIRCRAFT SAFETY BY SELF HEALING STRUCTURE AND PROTECTING NANOFILLERS (IASS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Inspection and Maintenance are important aspects when considering the availability of aircraft for revenue flights. Modern airframe design is exploiting new exciting developments in materials and structures to construct ever more efficient air vehicle able to enable ‘smart’ maintenance including self-repair capabilities. The improvement in the aircraft safety by self-healing structures and protect ...
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Grow2Build - Local cultivated hemp and flax as ressource for biobased building materials (Grow2Build)

Start date: May 11, 2011, End date: Aug 29, 2015,

...a biobased economy. Specific focus is put on the integration of local sustainable cultivation of resources in this future oriented economy. Grow2Build focuses specific on hemp and flax based building materials: Grow2Build wants to tackle the remaining bottlenecks through the whole product chain (production and supply) of hemp and flax based biobuilding materials as well as in the marketing of thos ...
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Centre des Ecritures Contemporaines et Novatrices, Technologies digitales, Biotechnologies, Technologies développement durable (CATARR)

Start date: Sep 30, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2014,

Material surfaces offer quite some opportunities for technological innovations because they are at the heart of many physical-chemical processes (catalytic surfaces), make materials smart (function, modification) and protect them. Interfaces also play an important role and affect the macroscopic behaviour of the material.The overall goal of the project is to control the synthesis of thin oxide fil ...
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NANOparticules pour la production de matériaux performants et biodégradables à base dacide polyLACtique (NANOLAC)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The project aims at the gradually substitution of polymers in the petrochemical sector by biodegradable polymers, such as plant-based polylactid (PLA), primarily for the fibres industry.The goal of the project is to produce fibres with special properties using PLA based nanocomposites. This type of fibre has applications in two major industrial areas with high added value: biomedical and transport ...
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NAVARE

Start date: Sep 30, 2008, End date: Jan 30, 2013,

...rges to identify the most promising ones. - Selection of nanocharges enabling the improvement of the morphology of the mixtures. - Optimisation of the elaboration procedure at pilot scale to obtain a material with suitable mechanical properties. - Testing on the mix formulation to obtain enhanced mechanical properties. - Improved understanding of the phenomena constituting the structure and morpho ...
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"Belgian Researchers Animating a Night on the theme of ""Science at home""" (Science@home)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

"On the 28th of September 2012, Six events will be organized in five Belgian cities in the frame of the European Researchers’ night : Brussels (2); Charleroi, Liège, Louvain-la-Neuve and Mons.For this edition, 17 partners agreed to animate the different events on the theme of “Science@home” : How science, research and innovation are indispensable in a normal house, and how they will improve our da ...
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High Aspect Ratio Carbon-based Nanocomposites (HARCANA)

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

...te (CNS)) will be introduced into bulk polymers, into polymeric foams and into membranes. It is expected that such nanofillers will tremendously improve and modify the properties of these families of materials, allowing them to reach new markets. However, a common and fundamental problem in polymer-based nanocomposites is the large extent of agglomeration of the nanoparticles due to their high sur ...
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