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Anode Sub-System Development & Optimisation for SOFC systems (ASSENT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Collaborative project
Partnership: FCH (Art-185)
Countries involved: Finland,Switzerland,Finland,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FCH-JU-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4651850.0
EU funding (EUR): 1954675.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The high temperature fuel cell technologies have potential for high electrical efficiency, 45-60%, and total efficiency up to 95%. SOFC has the added benefit of offering commercial applications from 1 kW residential to several MW stationary units with high fuel flexibility. Whilst much effort is devoted to cell and stack issues, less attention has been paid to the components and sub-systems required for an operational system. Components and sub-systems such as fuel processing, heat and thermal management, humidification, fluid supply and management and power electronics are as crucial to the successful commercialisation of fuel cell systems as the cell and stack. This project is focused on the development of fuel and water management for SOFC systems. The fuel management, and especially recirculation, is a key question in achieving high electric efficiency and rejecting external water supply. The recirculation increases the fuel utilization rate and can provide the water needed in the reforming of fuels. However, with current SOFC systems the anode circulation has been problematic from controllability and reliability points of view, and hence there is a need to develop the overall solution of the anode subsystem. This project will evaluate different process approaches for fuel and water management, e.g. blower-based approach, ejector-based approach, and water circulation by condensing from the anode off-gas/exhaust gas and evaporating back to the fuel loop. The aspects taken into account in the conceptual analysis are effects on electric efficiency and process simplicity implying easiness of controllability, and requirements on diagnostics accuracy to provide insights into failure mode prevention. In the detailed evaluation, the suitable approaches are analysed more thoroughly in terms of component availability and reliability, achievable diagnostics accuracy, controllability, effects on reformer, mechanical integration feasibility to whole system, cost effects etc.

Keywords: sofc,anode sub-system,anode gas recycling,water management
Discovery 09 A night filled with wonder like no other Young scientists, new science, state-of-the-art technology, challenging art, combined with trendy cocktails, surprising performances and top DJs (DISCOVERY 09)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 139083.32
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Discovery 09 is the fourth "party night with food for thought" in Amsterdam organised by the Very Disco Foundation. On 25 September 2009 from 22:00pm-04:00am, the well-known Science Center NEMO will be filled with 1500-2000 young people who enjoy fascinating science, new music, the latest technologies, stimulating art and bright ideas. This is specifically brought to them by members of their own generation in a fresh trendsetting party atmosphere. The general aim of Discovery is to repeatedly show young, passionate and enthusiastic scientist to the public. This display of scientists, especially in a festival and night-time context that the general audience can relate to, helps to create a new and more positive image of the scientist in general, and of young scientists in particular. Discovery 09 will show young scientists to the public. Not only to the visitors of the Researchers' Night itself but, more importantly, to a broad audience through national media attention and awareness campaigns. While around 1500-2000 people will be present at the Researcher's Night itself, a multiple of that number will see, hear or read about young scientists organising a trendy and unique party night. The festivities during the night itself will be a mix combining cutting edge science, public performances by both young and well-known scientists speaking about their passions, an artistic program, and nightlife activities with popular DJ’s, bands, VJ’s and multiple stages.

Keywords: discovery,nemo,researchers' night,trendy,food for thought,nightlife,party,young scientists
Researcher's Night Denmark (RND)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 48239.69
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The organisers behind Researchers’ Night Copenhagen 2007 and 2008, Danish Science Communication propose to include Denmark’s third largest city – Odense – in Researchers’ Night and to form a partnership with The Faculty of Science University of Southern Denmark. In the following the event will be called Researchers’ Night Denmark (RND). We are planning a new, very interesting concept to communicate science to a broad audience. Building on Danish Science Communication’s successful experiences with street science (stands with experiments in public places) in Researchers’ Night projects of previous years, we will try to encourage even more dialogue, thereby ensuring that we meet the objectives of the action stated in the PEOPLE work programme: “This action aims to bring the researchers closer to the public at large, so enhancing their role in the mainstream of society” The idea is to place a mini-lab of researchers in a transparent greenhouse in a public square in Copenhagen and Odense and have them conduct interactive live research projects for 36 hours, concluding on Friday night, September 25th, 2009. Collaboration with local high- schools and other relevant partners will add to the exhibition. The new and innovative approach, which should ensure even more dialogue and public attention, will use modern storytelling techniques to present the research and the various societal implications and scenarios in terms of ethics, technology development, economic growth and so on connected with a research project. The audience will be able to vote on different scenarios connected to the research, and the interactive website will allow a broader audience to vote as well. The events will conclude on Friday night with a political debate about among other things the results of the popular vote.

Keywords: street science,debate,storytelling,dialogue with scientists
Researchers' Night 2009 Szczecin Time (NIGHTRESEARCH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-11-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 34935.2
EU funding (EUR): 32000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Europe full of opportunities and innovations - that is how we want it to be constantly. There is a lack of researchers though, who are the link between a necessity and a progress. NIGHTreSEARCH meets these and the regional public needs which were appraised during Researchers’ Night 2008 impact assessing. Hence, the main aims of the project are: 1)to show the role of the researchers in human life and to present them as “ordinary people” 2)to stimulate the youth to embark on this career 3)to sustain European visibility by arranging a “European corner 4)to hold a poster competition titled “Imagine the poster of the 2010 Researchers’ Night” 5)to assess the impact of the project implementation 6)to make the date 26th of September rememberable as a European Researchers’ Night. These aims will be achieved by dynamic awareness campaign, which-comparing to the RN 2008-will be longer this year, also by engaging general public and academic society into fascinating and entertaining experiments and finally by disseminating project results. Activities will be splited into different scientific levels, to make them attractive and understandable for various age and social groups from all West Pomeranian Region of Poland. During the event many novel actions will have place e.g. engaging public and researchers in creating tables which will be placed in universities’ buildings, schools, City Hall as a lasting memento of the event. The City Hall and Marshal’s Office will patronage the event to enhance its regional character. Reassuming the attractions will be divided into 3 blocks: 1.„Academic campus” where open air experiments and inventions grouped in themes will be shown e.g. Agriculture, Marine, Medicine, Technology, Arts, Media, as well with “European Corner” and stage to present people makings. The best of them will be awarded during “Inventor Cup Final” 2.visiting “Mystery Labs” and taking part in experiments 3. participating in poster competition and many others.

Keywords: research promotion,integretion,entertainement,developing society consciousness,european visibility
Researcher's night in Slovakia 2009: (RN2009SVK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Slovakia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 62075.2
EU funding (EUR): 55000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The project is based on warmly welcomed previous Researcher’s Night 2007 and 2008 experience. This activity of the EC is from year to year more and more popular in Slovakia among variety stakeholders – going from policymakers, top-level representatives from academic institution to individual research and general public. We still see the room for improvement and therefore we decided to change overall strategy of the project in the following way: - researchers as ordinary people - as level of awareness of activities during the night is already on very good level, we are able finally to put desired focus on researchers as ordinary people (previous years were different, as we needed to put in front of the project science shows in order to attract for the first time ever in Slovakia more people on such event); - regionalization of the events in 2009 project; - breakthrough in awareness campaign in 2009 – based on the previous experience, we are going to diversify the awareness campaign activities in order to reach even better impact and more people than in the previous years. The change of the strategy fully reflects previous years’ evaluation reports of RN project proposals for Slovakia. Our main reason behind the change of the strategy is to make the impact of the project maximum possible. The project will be integral part of several days lasting science festival in Slovakia and will be the most important part of it. Reaching of the objectives will be carefully evaluated in the impact assessment activities. Activities during the night will fully reflect the above mentioned strategy and will be as follows: - Poster Competition: Imagine the Researchers´ Night 2010 - Photo Exhibition for Researchers - Drawing Competition - Main event – Researchers´ Night in Slovakia 2009: Science is Life - Scientific Cafés - Local events at universities and research institutes

Keywords: science,people,researcher,society,night,science communication,public,interaction,eu dimension
H2moves.eu Scandinavia (H2MOVES SCANDINAVIA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Collaborative project
Partnership: FCH (Art-185)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Italy,Germany,Sweden,Germany,Norway,Denmark
Call:  (FCH-JU-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18731663.4
EU funding (EUR): 7732503.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

With this proposal the Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP) applies for becoming the first EC funded European Lighthouse Project (LHP) for hydrogen fuel cell cars. Correspondingly, the LHP has been christened “H2moves Scandinavia” being synonymous to “H2moves.eu” as acronym for the cluster of European demonstration projects on hydrogen for transport. A state-of-the-art hydrogen refuelling station will be integrated in a conventional gasoline and diesel refuelling station in Oslo in early 2011, thus fulfilling all requirements specified in the call and offering the typical service profile of today’s conventional fuelling stations. The objective is to provide hydrogen in a normal retail setting with a fully integrated purchase interface and in an urban environment with probably the densest hydrogen fuelling station network anywhere in Europe. The user interface design will be intuitive, safe and easy to use, and the plan is to provide fully renewable hydrogen from electrolysis and hydropower. Ten Mercedes-Benz B-class F-CELL cars and an additional two Alfa Romeo MiTo fuel cell vehicles from Centro Ricerche FIAT will be provided for daily operation in Oslo and on specific tours in southern Norway and the whole SHHP region. In addition to these latest state-of-the-art fuel cell vehicles, five city cars from H2 Logic, mostly driven within the city of Oslo, will complement the vehicle fleet. The city cars will be based on a two-seater battery electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender, being capable of up to 250 km driving range. Out of this fleet of customer cars, at least two cars (sedans and city cars) will be employed also on at least five European hydrogen vehicle demonstration tours. For the on-site refuelling of hydrogen during the vehicle demonstration tours H2 Logic will develop a mobile hydrogen refuelling concept for provision of almost 100% CO2 free hydrogen. A safety study will accompany the project to identify the certification gaps in Scandinavia to accelerate full commercialization of vehicles and fuelling stations. The project’s performance will be monitored and assessed versus benchmarks set in the beginning. The project’s results will be disseminated through a set of public reports. Communication with the JTI Programme Office, interested stakeholders and the public will be pursued.

Keywords: fuel cell cars demonstration project oslo,hydrogen infrastructure,european lighthouse project on fuel cells and hydrogen for transport
AnThocyanin and polyphenol bioactives for Health Enhancement through Nutritional Advancement (ATHENA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,Netherlands,France,Türkiye,Italy
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4292680.85
EU funding (EUR): 2996226.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Anthocyanins are health promoting dietary polyphenols that protect against cardiovascular disease, caner and obesity in preclinical studies with animals. The ATHENA project will address how good dietary anthocyanins are in protecting against chronic disease, by addressing the following questions: • Benefits and risks: What is the dose response to anthocyanin phytonutrients? Are anthocyanins from different food sources equivalent? How well do anthocyanins perform in promoting health compared to other polyphenol phytonutrients such as stilbenes, isoflavones and epicatechins? • Mechanisms of action: What are the mechanisms of action of polyphenol phytonutrients in combating chronic diseases? How do anthocyanins limit weight gain/fat development? How do dietary anthocyanins offer cardioprotection? How do dietary anthocyanins slow the progression of cancers? • Food or Pharma: Supplements or extracts of polyphenols do not appear to promote health as well as when they are consumed in whole foods. What is the influence of nutritional context on the efficacy of polyphenol phytonutrients? Does nutritional context influence the bioavailability of polyphenol phytonutrients? • Roles in human: Do dietary anthocyanins afford protection against cardiovascular disease, cancer and other chronic diseases in human? It is the uniqueness of the interactions that ATHENA will promote, that will innovate and give the most significant added-value to Europe. ATHENA will bring together groups with widely different expertise from across Europe, so that the consortium will be able to achieve significant progress towards addressing the Grand Challenge of Chronic Disease. It will impact the health, well being and quality of life across Europe.

Keywords: food,diet,preventive medicine,bioactive,phytonutrient,anthocyanin,cancer,cardiovascular disease,obesity
Exploring Marine Resources for Bioactive Compounds: From Discovery to Sustainable Production and Industrial Applications (MAREX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Slovenia,Spain,Poland,Belgium,Lebanon,Chile,France,Türkiye,Italy,India,Sweden,United Kingdom,France,Spain,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-08-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7895271.64
EU funding (EUR): 5999974.0
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

Biodiversity in the seas is only partly explored, although marine organisms are excellent sources for many industrial products. Through close co-operation between industrial and academic partners, the MAREX project will collect, isolate and classify marine organisms, such as micro- and macroalgae, cyanobacteria, sea anemones, tunicates and fish from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as from the Mediterranean, Baltic and Arabian Seas. Extracts and purified compounds of these organisms will be studied for several therapeutically and industrially significant biological activities, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and anticoagulant activities by applying a wide variety of screening tools, as well as for ion channel/receptor modulation and plant growth regulation. Chromatographic isolation of bioactive compounds will be followed by structural determination. Sustainable cultivation methods for promising organisms, and biotechnological processes for selected compounds will be developed, as well as biosensors for monitoring the target compounds. The work will entail sustainable organic synthesis of selected active compounds and new derivatives, and development of selected hits to lead compounds. The project will expand marine compound libraries. MAREX innovations will be targeted for industrial product development in order to improve the growth and productivity of European marine biotechnology. MAREX aims at a better understanding of environmentally conscious sourcing of marine biotechnology products and increased public awareness of marine biodiversity and potential. Finally, MAREX is expected to offer novel marine-based lead compounds for European industries and strengthen their product portfolios related to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, agrochemical, food processing, material and biosensor applications.

Keywords: marine bioproduct,pharmaceutical,cosmetic,nutraceutical,agrochemical,biosensor
Understanding and minimizing anode degradation in hydrogen and natural gas fuelled SOFCs (ROBANODE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Collaborative project
Partnership: FCH (Art-185)
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,Greece,Switzerland,Spain,France,France
Call:  (FCH-JU-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3335550.2
EU funding (EUR): 1568530.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are among the most promising fuel cell systems as they produce electric energy with high efficiency. Moreover, they are quite flexible concerning the use of hydrogen as well as of carbon based fuels, due to their high operation temperatures that allow for direct oxidation or reforming in the anode compartment, due to the catalytic action of the anode at these temperatures. In spite of their significant comparative advantages, especially for stationary applications, SOFCs have not been commercialized yet, due to their production cost as well as to their gradual degradation especially that of the anode electrodes, which results in limited lifetime. The key factors affecting anode degradation in hydrogen fuelled SOFCs are thermal sintering, electrochemical sintering and local oxidation (redox cycling) of the nickel particles. Additional anode degradation factors in SOFCs fed with natural or biogas are carbon deposition and sulfur poisoning. Although research on these issues is intensive, no major technological breakthroughs have been so far with respect to robust operation, sufficient lifetime and competitive cost. As a result, penetration of this quite promising technology to broad markets is not possible yet. The proposed project offers an effective methodology for a holistic approach of the SOFC anode degradation problem, through detailed investigation of the degradation mechanisms under various operating conditions and the prediction of the anode performance, degradation and lifetime on the basis of a robust mathematical model, which takes into account all underlying phenomena. In this respect, the ROBANODE project proposes a novel strategy for understanding degradation phenomena and addresses scientific and technological issues, which shall offer significant impact concerning successful implementation of both hydrogen and gaseous hydrocarbon, fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.

Keywords: anode degradation,modeling,carbon tolerance,sulfur tolerance,sofcs