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Fuel and chemicals from lignin through enzymatic and chemical conversion (FALCON)

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

The transition to a biobased economy puts strong challenges on researchers and industry to develop sustainable processes. 2G biofuel plants use waste streams as substrates, but themselves generate a new waste stream of lignin-rich sludge that is left after saccharification of the carbohydrates. This waste stream is expected to exponentially increase with an increasing number of 2G bioethanol plant ...
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Double side contacted cells with innovative carrier-selective contacts (DISC)

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

The DISC project addresses the need to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels by developing key technologies for the next generation of high-performance photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and modules, allowing ultra-low solar electricity costs with minimum environmental impact.DISC focuses on the only way to fully exploit the potential of silicon to its maximum: through the use of carrier selective jun ...
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Geophysical Exploration using Advanced GAlerkin Methods (GEAGAM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The main objective of this Marie Curie RISE action is to improve and exchange interdisciplinary knowledge on applied mathematics, high performance computing, and geophysics to be able to better simulate and understand the materials composing the Earth's subsurface. This is essential for a variety of applications such as CO2 storage, hydrocarbon extraction, mining, and geothermal energy production, ...
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Energy efficient MOF-based Mixed Matrix Membranes for CO2 Capture (M4CO2)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"The key objective of the M4CO2 project is to develop and prototype Mixed Matrix Membranes based on highly engineered Metal organic frameworks and polymers (M4) that outperform current technology for CO2 Capture (CO2) in pre- and post-combustion, meeting the energy and cost reduction targets of the European SET plan.By applying the innovative concept of M4 by a consortium of world key players, con ...
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Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Bio Gas and Reforming of Pyrolysis Oil (Bio Oil) for an Autothermal Synthesis Gas Production and Conversion into Fuels (BIOGO-FOR-PRODUCTION)

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

BIO-GO-For-Production is a Large Scale Collaborative Research Project that aims to achieve a step change in the application of nanocatalysis to sustainable energy production through an integrated, coherent and holistic approach utilizing novel heterogeneous nanoparticulate catalysts in fuel syntheses. BIO-GO researches and develops advanced nanocatalysts, which are allied with advanced reactor con ...
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HPC for Energy (HPC4E)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

This project aims to apply the new exascale HPC techniques to energy industry simulations, customizing them, and going beyond the state-of-the-art in the required HPC exascale simulations for different energy sources: wind energy production and design, efficient combustion systems for biomass-derived fuels (biogas), and exploration geophysics for hydrocarbon reservoirs.For wind energy industry HPC ...
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LTA Apprenticeship Enhancement and European Progression

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

CONTEXTThe Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the governing body for tennis in the UK with the primary aim of growing and sustaining the sport by increasing participation and giving opportunities for high performance players to develop. It is committed to lifting the performance and quality of tennis at senior level and one of the key ways that is seeks to achieve this is through the Advanced Appren ...
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Lawn Tennis Association Apprenticeship Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

CONTEXT The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the governing body for tennis in the UK with the primary aim of growing and sustaining the sport by increasing participation and giving opportunities for high performance players to develop. It is committed to lifting the performance and quality of tennis at senior level and one of the key ways that it seeks to achieve this is through the Advanced Appre ...
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YoungSTARS

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

This project is a result of a SALTO training course realized in October 2014. During the SALTO training issues such as unemployment, and especially youth unemployment that are a major concern all over the EU also self-development of soft skills to present themselves during job interviews and developing abilities to raise their chances of employment. Universities and schools are not being updated ...
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Sport Your Mind

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Time, if you ask a young person to participate in an activity or volunteer for something chances are that you will get a reply that they do not have free time. We see that young people have less free time and the free time they have, they want to spend sleeping or just unwinding. We see how young people have so much stress either related to school work or to finding employment. Through all of t ...
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Push 4 Peace

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

Every country is different, unique, and wants to be better than the rest. Every country wants to show that it can do things better than other countries and as a result we see a lot of conflict in the world. In our modern age we still see wars being fought, we see that in our world today there is a tug of war for power and success. Why don’t we push for peace?This youth exchange is developed by ...
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Industrial steam generation with 100% carbon capture and insignificant efficiency penalty - Scale-Up of oxygen Carrier for Chemical-looping combustion using Environmentally SuStainable materials (SUCCESS)

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

Chemical-looping combustion (CLC) has unique potential for reducing energy and cost penalty for CO2 capture, as it avoids the costly gas separation of other CO2 capture technologies. Early deployment is seen in natural gas steam generation, where gas-to-steam efficiency penalty with CLC is below 1%-point compared to 15%-points with amine scrubbing and 8%-points with oxyfuel combustion, all for 95% ...
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Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) Project is the essential next step to full commercialisation of hydrogen powered fuel cell (H2FC) buses. CHIC will reduce the ‘time to market’ for the technology and support ‘market lift off’ – 2 central objectives of the Joint Undertaking.CHIC will:- Intensively test the technology to generate learning for the final steps towards commercialisation by o ...
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Perceiving Tomorrow

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Perception of the human being is basically what drives people into actions from what they know to what they think it should happen in order to improve daily life.Today young people have a negative picture for the future, this caused either by the influence of parents and the hard problems they face today, or generally society that gives a lot of pressure on the changing world. This perception is b ...
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Lawn Tennis Association Apprenticeship Enhancement & Exit and Progression Opportunities

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The trip to the BTT academy in Barcelona took place as planned with 24 apprentices and six staff on the identified dates March 11-24th 2015. By providing dedicated training with top European coaches, and games against high quality European opposition, participants had the opportunity to improve as tennis players and achieve a greater understanding of what is required to play at the highest level. ...
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Economically and Ecologically Efficient Water Management in the European Chemical Industry (E4WATER)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Chemical Industry provides the highest potential for increasing eco-efficiency in industrial water management. E4Water addresses crucial process industry needs, to overcome bottle necks and barriers for an integrated and energy efficient water management. The main objective is to develop, test and validate new integrated approaches, methodologies and process technologies for a more efficient and s ...
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Undercyphers V

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Undercyphers V is a youth exchange that will take place in Barcelona in October 2015 and that it will host 27 participants from five countries, Spain, France, Croatia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, inside the preparation frame for a strategic partnership to be presented in 2016. Our project focuses on the empowerment of hip-hop culture as a platform for non-formal education and in the application and sho ...
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Engineering Tribochemistry and Interfaces with a Focus on the Internal Combustion Engine (ENTICE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

The main aim of the ENTICE proposal is to provide professional development in the multidisciplinary field of ENgineering Tribochemistry and Interfaces for IC Engines, capable to develop the new generation of clean and energy-efficient engines. It aims to train the next generation of researchers to work in diverse teams, to cross disciplinary and sectoral boundaries and apply advanced communicatio ...
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Redox Materials-based Structured Reactors/Heat Exchangers for Thermo-Chemical Heat Storage Systems in Concentrated Solar Power Plants (RESTRUCTURE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

ThermoChemical Storage (TCS) involves the exploitation of the heat effects of reversible chemical reactions for the “storage” of solar heat. Among gas-solid reactions proposed for such an approach the utilization of a pair of redox reactions involving multivalent solid oxides has several inherent advantages that make it attractive for large-scale deployment.The new concept introduced in the curren ...
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Europe du hip hop

Start date: May 15, 2015, End date: Nov 14, 2015,

...known and recognized by the artists who founded hip hop culture. These groups bring together artists of hip hop enthusiasts from the 4 corners of the globe. The most important wish of the association Total session is to set up groupings hip-hop by guarding its integrity for the hip-hop culture, new synonyme of freedom The approach of the project Europe du hip hop is to link times of discution ab ...
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Nanophotonics for ultra-thin crystalline silicon photovoltaics (PHOTONVOLTAICS)

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

The ambition of PhotoNvoltaics is to enable the development of a new and disruptive solar cell generation resulting from the marriage of crystalline-silicon photovoltaics (PV) with advanced light-trapping schemes from the field of nanophotonics. These two technologies will be allied through a third one, nanoimprint, an emerging lithography technique from the field of microelectronics. The outcome ...
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Europe du hip hop

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

... citoyen européen est aussi être un bon citoyen du monde.. Toute la partie opérationnel de l'échange a été pense et mis en place par l'association Gor en lien avec Total session. Un contrat a été établi entre l'association Total session et Gor mentionnant le cahier des charges. Total session avait a sa charge toute la partie production et écriture du présent rapport final ainsi que de la venue du ...
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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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European Exascale Software Initiative 2\nTowards exascale roadmap implementation (EESI2)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The use of High Performance Computing (HPC) is commonly recognized a key strategic element both in research and industry for an improvement of the understanding of complex phenomena. The constant growth of generated data - Big Data - and computing capabilities of extreme systems lead to a new generation of computers composed of millions of heterogeneous cores which will provide Exaflop performance ...
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Hydrogen fuel Quality requirements for transportation and other energy applications (HyQ)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

Hydrogen-based energy conversion devices, especially proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are known to be sensitive to hydrogen fuel impurities. In this context, adequate specification of hydrogen quality, as well as means of checking H2 fuel compliance, are crucial to warrant reliability of these devices. Besides, a technical and economical compromise between performance loss and purifica ...
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CO2 Site Closure Assessment Research (CO2CARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

CO2CARE aims to support the large scale demonstration of CCS technology by addressing the research requirements of CO2 storage site abandonment. It will deliver technologies and procedures for abandonment and post-closure safety, satisfying the regulatory requirements for transfer of responsibility. The project will focus on three key areas: well abandonment and long-term integrity; reservoir mana ...
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MOFs as Catalysts and Adsorbents: Discovery and Engineering of Materials for Industrial Applications (MACADEMIA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...FP6 STREP (DeSANNS) which highlighted some MOF materials for CO2 capture and storage. It will expand and continue this work on a much larger scale. The three Total branches will focus on bringing MOFs to key market sectors - gas separation and storage, liquid separation and catalysis. The Total-led consortium, with 11 academic partners from across EU, one ...
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Application Performance Optimisation and Scalability-EU (APOS-EU)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

The objective of APOS-EU is to develop optimised versions of scientific and industrial codes which are scalable and portable across heterogeneous and homogeneous architectures. Codes will be chosen from the areas of seismic processing, magneto-hydrodynamics, percolation, molecular modelling and CFD. Scalability to thousands of cores will be a principal goal of the work. In parallel with the develo ...
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Scale Up of Thermochemical HYDROgen Production in a SOLar Monolithic Reactor: a 3rd Generation Design Study (HYDROSOL-3D)

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

"HYDROSOL-3D aims at the preparation of a demonstration of a CO2-free hydrogen production and provision process and related technology, using two-step thermochemical water splitting cycles by concentrated solar radiation. This process has been developed in the frame of EU co-financed projects within FP5 and FP6. From the initial idea over the proof of principle and over several steps of improvemen ...
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Production of DME from biomass and utilisation as fuel for transport and for industrial use (BIODME)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The overall project objective is to demonstrate production of environmentally optimised synthetic biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass at industrial scale. The final output of this demonstration is dimethylether (DME) produced from black liquor through the production of clean synthesis gas and a final fuel synthesis step. In order to check technical standards, commercial possibilities and engine ...
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Manual Work Support Throughout System Lifecycle by Exploiting Virtual and Augmented Reality (ManuVAR)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Manual work is a crucial and expensive component of manufacturing. Globalization causes companies to reduce manual work costs by offshoring and global outsourcing. This poses problems such as increased lead times, lower quality products and services, and weaker management. Because of the pressure of globalization and the decline of the working age population in Europe, the situation will get worse ...
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Advancing understanding of Atlantic Salmon at Sea: Merging Genetics and Ecology to resolve Stock-specific Migration and Distribution patterns (SALSEA-Merge)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

Over the past two decades, an increasing proportion of North Atlantic salmon are dying at sea during their oceanic feeding migration. The specific reasons for the decline in this important species are as yet unknown, however, climate change is likely to be an important factor. In some rivers in the southern part of the salmons range, wild salmon now face extinction. This is in spite of unprecedent ...
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Sensor-Base Ultrasonic Viscosity Control for the Extrusion of Recycled Plastics (Ultravisc)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Our aim is to improve processes for the recycling of post-consumer plastic waste, using new technology to compensate for impurities and variations in the physical properties of recycled feedstock. Ultravisc will allow the production of higher grade products from recycled materials, and will reduce costs for plastics recyclers and processors, thus increasing European competitiveness. It will also p ...
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European Education Connectivity Solution (EECS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

"The EECS project brings together three European SMEs and three academic researchers in order to develop a prototype campus card management system that will serve the unique needs and requirements of European Higher Education Institutions. EECS will recommend standards for campus card systems to the ISO and will build the prototype to the recommended standards in order to facilitate interoperabil ...
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Supporting action to prepare large-scale hydrogen vehicle demonstration in Europe (NextHyLights)

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

The Supporting Action NextHyLights will work in close cooperation with and under supervision of FCH JU. NextHyLights will directly contribute to the FCH JU activities regarding the preparation of the next calls and will be prepared to react flexibly on FCH JU requirements. It will use the MAIP as the basis and will help to detail it towards the AIPs taking the ambitions and opportunities of all st ...
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Sub-surface Fast internal Engraving and Reading system for Anticounterfeiting applications (SFERA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

"The goal of the SFERA project is to deliver a complete innovative solution by developing a new Subsurface, Fast internal Engraving and Reading system suitable for Anticounterfeiting applications needed by the pharmaceutical industry. Counterfeiting is a major global problem, with important societal and economic consequences, including the expansion of organised crime, loss of jobs and tax revenue ...
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Skills For The Future

Start date: Oct 1, 2009,

The critical issue addressed by the “Skills for the Future” project is an unsatisfactory level of influence of labour market signals (employers’ and enterprises’ expectations) on the content and execution of educational curricula of higher education institutions. Employers and professional organizations are, only slight drivers for curricula reforms in EU countries. The main aim of the project is ...
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Food safety awareness for restaurants and school canteens

Restaurants and school canteens are small places that serves many people. These enterprises are inadequate in food safety and hygiene issues due to that overnumbered small business and their incapable controls. An effective food safety and hygiene education are needed at EU level in restaurants and school canteens in consequence of people from all walks and especially for children who covers the l ...
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