Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Materials and drives for High & Wide efficiency electric powertrains (HI-WI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy,Italy,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3560887.2
EU funding (EUR): 2408673.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Presently, drives for Fully Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles develop their highest efficiency of around 93~95% within a speed range of usually 1/4 to 1/3 of the maximum, and at an ideal torque, whereas in real-life driving cycles the motor operates at a wider range of speeds and at partial load, resulting in much lower efficiency. Hi-Wi will address this mismatch by advancing the design and manufacture of drive trains through: - Holistic design across magnetic, thermal, mechanical and control electronics/algorithms in line with real-life use rather than a single-point “rating”. - The use of variable flux approaches in which the flux of the motor can be adjusted in real-time according to the load condition to maximise efficiency. In addition to the above efficiency gains, Hi-Wi will couple its novel design approach to breakthroughs in materials and manufacturing, winning size, weight, logistical and cost savings through: - Adopting nano-scale materials advances to create superior field strengths with reduced reliance upon rare earths and their economically-vulnerable strategic supply chains. - Adopting nano-scale manufacturing advances to create permanent magnets having ideal geometries, reduced size and weight, and improved mechanical and thermal behaviour. The 3-year Hi-Wi project will deliver: - Innovative approaches to the holistic design and modelling of rotating magnetic machines tailored specifically to the in-use conditions of FEV and HEV drive cycles. - Breakthrough materials and manufacturing advances based upon a fusion of nano-scale science and high-technology high-speed production techniques. - The prototyping and demonstration of innovative drive topologies showing high efficiencies over the wide torque/speed range demanded by real-use driving cycles. - Guidelines and IPR to support a world-leading EU position in the economic mass manufacture of motors to exploit the global uptake of FEV and HEV mobili

Keywords: electric vehicles,drives,motors,controls
Banking Rhizosphere Micro-Organisms. European - Russian initiative to set up a network of rhizosphere microbiological resources centres (BRIO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Switzerland,Italy,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 560400.0
EU funding (EUR): 499690.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Soil microbes play key roles in ecosystems and influence ecosystem processes, including nutrient acquisition, nitrogen cycling, carbon cycling, and soil formation. Soil microbes are the majority in soil and a large portion of the genetic diversity on Earth. Many microbes live in association with plant roots and can promote plant productivity and provide protection against stress and disease. Other microbes acts as pathogens and reduce plant growth. Sound environmental and agricultural practices favour balanced composition of biotic agents population in the rhizosphere. Well balanced micro-organisms population favours colonization of soil and nutrients intake, limits occurrence of pathogens (biotic stress), supports the development of commensal or symbiotic relationship between plant and micro-organisms, with a good tempering effect regarding abiotic stress (good water retention capacity, available macro- and micronutrients). Cultivated soils have been extensively studied. Pristine rhizospheres are less studied although these ecological niches contain important micro-flora and -fauna or help conceive the complex ecological microbes-plant relationship in soil, in the rhizosphere. The purposes of this project are: - to organize cooperation between specialised collections containing microbes isolated from the rhizosphere, - to constitute a common wide-range pool of micro-biodiversity exploitable for research and industry: the Pan-European Rhizosphere resources network (PERN). Collaboration between culture collections having material from West-European ecosystems and Russian Biological Resources Centres having micro-organisms from East-European biotopes will create a coordinated network of combined human expertise and culture collections. The network will offer scientists facilitated access to a wide range of micro-organisms coming from a broad spectrum of ecological zones spread over an extensive geographical range to study and exploit.

Keywords: rhizosphere,micro-organisms,micro-organisms collections,biodiversity,biofertilisers,biopesticides,bioremediation,biological resources centres
Building blocks concepts for efficient and safe multiuse urban electrical vehicles (WIDE-MOB)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,Italy,France,Poland,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3740732.49
EU funding (EUR): 2610000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

While architectural requirements, and mechanical and thermal constraints imposed on an electrical powertrain are much less stringent when compared to conventional ICE based vehicles, the needs for cost reduction and range enhancement demand light structures, advanced aerodynamic solutions and optimisation of the drive train as a whole. WIDE-MOB addresses the design and development of EV’s basic building blocks, including: - Optimised aerodynamic bodies with embedded synthetic micro-jets that radically reduce the drag at any speeds - Lightweight and low cost bodies designed for high safety under both frontal and lateral crash - Overall system optimisation based on distributed propulsion including: i) fail safe distributed propulsion; ii) e-motor and torque control of the wheel; iii) integrated power-energy management and distributed battery-supercapacitor packs (high efficiencies over a wide torque/speed range demanded by real-use driving cycles). - Application of EMC-EMR and low frequency electromagnetic field (EMF) design concepts based on “prudent avoidance practices” for field mitigation on occupants. The high currents and voltages produced in electric drive trains pose new problems in terms of EMF which may become a health risk to occupants - Modular and reconfigurable design addressing the WIDEst needs with ergonomic on board space - Solar panels distributed on both horizontal and vertical surfaces with adaptive electronic for a higher range of operation and minimal needs of infrastructures The 3-year WIDE-MOB project will deliver: - A prototype and demo vehicle for urban mobility integrating the proposed innovative concepts. - Guidelines for the developed concepts to be widely applied to most EVs and HEvs architectures thus generating IPR and knowledge/experience upon which to build a world-leading EU position to track and exploit the global uptake of electrical mobility.

Keywords: aerodrag and synthetic micro-jets,smart photovoltaics,distributed propulsion,low frequency emf,"prudence avoidance practices" for emf mitigation,asymmetrical safety cell
Smart Aircraft in Emergency Situations (SMAES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,France,Spain,Germany,Italy,Germany,France,Greece,Italy
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5732492.6
EU funding (EUR): 3828125.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

Ditching analysis is requested for large transport aircraft by EASA. The respective requirements are specified under § ‘’CS 25.801 Ditching’’. They are primarily devoted to a minimisation of risks for immediate injuries and the provision of fair chances for an evacuation. A significant part of average air travel is over water and historically a planned or unplanned water-landing event occurs grossly speaking every 5 years. This proposal directly addresses areas "7.1.3.3: Aircraft Safety" and “7.1.4.1: Aircraft Development Cost”. The primary outcome of the SMAES project will be advanced methodologies and simulation tools to support aircraft development from pre-project phase to certification. These will enhance future innovation in aircraft design through ensuring that innovative designs are compliant with safety requirements The key developments addressed in the work programme are: 1. Improved models for the calculation of ditching loads including both analytical and detailed fluid dynamics models. Inclusion of the effects of the complex flow physics in ditching is critical to prediction of ditching loads. 2. Reliable and predictive aircraft models for structural behaviour under dynamic fluid loads. 3. Demonstration of the methods on representative future aircraft design concepts. The consortium brings together aircraft manufacturers, analysis software developers, research organisations and universities. Together the partners form a strong team covering the required expertise in aircraft design, numerical methods and simulation, ditching analysis and supporting experimental methods to achieve the project objectives.

Keywords: ditching,aircraft safety,advanced simulation,passive safety,aircraft design tools
GReener Aeronautics International Networking (GRAIN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Spain,Italy,France,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy,Belgium,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,Germany,China
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 521301.78
EU funding (EUR): 427392.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

Aerochina1&2 have been networking projects co-funded by FP7 and AVIC (China) and coordinated by CIMNE. Many of the GRAIN partners have participated in them. These collaborative projects gathered experts on the two Europe (13) and China (17) sides to foster cooperation and debate future trends in the field of integrated multi physics modeling, computer simulations and code validation, experimental testing and design methods for the solution of multi physics problems of interest to the aeronautic sector. The outcomes of these two projects provided specific and mature RTD activities and teams for FP7 EU-China Coordinated calls. The main objectives of GRAIN are to identify and assess the future development of large scale simulation methods and tools needed for greener technologies reaching the Vision 2020 environmental goals. GRAIN will prepare the R&T development and exploitation with new large scale simulation tools used on distributed parallel environments to deeper understand and minimize the effects of aircraft/engine design on climate and noise impact. High-performance and innovative methodologies and algorithms must also be designed to take full benefit of high-performance computer infra structures existing or quite soon available in Europe and China. The participating institutions will focus on future collaborative applied research concerning modeling, experiments, simulation, control and optimization for greener aircraft and engines technologies including: emissions, drag and noise reduction and green materials with an emphasis on multidiscipline approaches for environmentally friendly aircraft. These collaborations will be dedicated to 3-D and these configurations will imply the use of high – performance computing facilities that are now available and upcoming in both Europe and China. New developments will be investigated concerning innovative methodologies on robustness and uncertainty for greener aircraft applications.

Keywords: green aeronautics,emission reduction,drag reduction,noise reduction,environment-friendly. networking. europe and china cooperation.
Building research capacity of blood transfusion services in Africa (T-REC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Optimising the delivery of healthcare to European citizens
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Ghana,Zimbabwe,Netherlands,Denmark,South Africa
Call:  (FP7-AFRICA-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1904472.81
EU funding (EUR): 1698368.47
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The purpose of this project is to build sustainable capacity for research in blood transfusion services in Africa. There is a critical lack of individuals with research skills in Africa’s transfusion services; without these skills the service cannot do the research needed to improve the safety and supply of blood for their people. Blood transfusions in Africa are given predominantly for emergencies like bleeding during childbirth or severe anaemia due to malaria. In contracts, in wealthy countries demand for blood is predictable, transfusion services have centralised blood collection centres and effective distribution networks to hospitals where the blood is used. In Africa, the unpredictable blood use, severe blood shortages and difficulties in reaching remote hospitals means that research from wealthy countries may not apply to transfusion services in Africa. Therefore if African countries are to improve their blood transfusion services they need to generate their own evidence. Africa’s transfusion professionals have a wealth of technical expertise but almost no research experience. Several European institutions have expertise in building research capacity among health professionals in Africa. This project will coordinate EU and African collaborations to transfer research skills to the African partners. EU partners will benefit by enhancing their own blood transfusion research skills. To do this we will support three research training schemes (PhD, under/post graduates, in-service) in each of two African partner transfusion services. All partners will contribute to disseminating information about the project to both academic and non-academic audiences, promoting the uptake of research into policy and practice and in seeking long-term support for building transfusion research capacity in Africa. The AfSBT will coordinate the African partners’ activities and LSTM will have overall responsibility for the project.

Keywords: blood transfusion,africa,capacity building,research
Optimized Structural components and add-ons to improve passive safety in new Electric Light Trucks and Vans (ELTVs) (OPTIBODY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Poland,Spain,Sweden,Spain,Poland,Poland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-04-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3018891.0
EU funding (EUR): 2038463.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

OPTIBODY, is a new concept of modular structural architecture for electric light trucks or vans (ELTVs) that will focus on the improvement of passive safety in order to help to reduce the number of fatalities and severe injuries. This new structural concept is composed of a chassis; a cabin improving current levels of EVs’ comfort, occupant protection and ergonomics; and a number of add-ons bringing specific self protection in case of impacts or rollover, and providing partner protection (crash compatibility) while interacting with other vehicles or vulnerable users. Each module can be individually optimized. OPTIBODY, together with the less restrictive distribution of internal components of EVs (with less architectural constraints than conventional ones) will represent a unique opportunity to implement innovative solutions for passive safety in ELTVs. OPTIBODY, as a module-based design, has also important results in terms of repairability. An optimum choice for the different modules’ features will make repairability and maintenance procedures easier and more cost efficient. Currently, the EVs figures are still reduced, but the 21st century will most likely see the replacement of vehicles relying on the internal combustion engine by EVs (as stated in “A Sustainable Future for Transport”- Communication adopted by the EC -17/06/2009). In accordance with this idea, the”National Development Plan on Electric-Drive Vehicles” (German Federal Cabinet -19/08/2009), plans to get 1 million EVs on Germany by 2020; the Spanish Ministry of Industry intends to reach the 1 million EVs in Spain by 2014; manufacturers like RENAULT have forecasted 6 million EVs in Europe by 2010; besides, encouraging the EV is one of the main objectives of the Spanish presidency of the UE. OPTIBODY will imply decreases in severity of injuries as a result of traffic accidents involving ELTVs, this will mean important reductions in sanitary costs to the National Health Services of the Member State

Keywords: crash compatibility,modularity,vulnerable road users,passive safety,repairability,damageability
Extended Non-Destructive Testing of Composite Bonds (ENCOMB)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Greece,Germany,United Kingdom,Austria,Ukraine,Poland,Switzerland,Italy,France,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5928666.2
EU funding (EUR): 4231823.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Even though composite materials are already used in the manufacturing of structural components in aeronautics industry a consequent light-weight design of CFRP primary structures is limited due to a lack of adequate joining technologies. In general, adhesive bonding is the optimum technique for joining CFRP light-weight structures, but difficulties in assessing the bond quality by non-destructive testing (NDT) limit its use for aircraft structural assembly. In consequence certification by the regulation authorities is restrictive. In order to implement robust and reliable quality assurance procedures for adhesive bonding, the main objective of ENCOMB (Extended Non-Destructive Testing for Composite Bonds) is the identification, development and adaptation of methods suitable for the assessment of the adhesive bond quality. Since the performance of adhesive bonds depends on the physico-chemical properties of adherend surfaces and adhesives, testing methods for adhesive and adherend surface characterisation will also be developed. The implementation of reliable adhesive bonding processes by advanced quality assurance will lead to an increased use of light-weight composite materials for highly integrated structures minimising rivet based assembly. The expected weight savings for the fuselage airframe are up to 15 %. These weight savings will have further effects on the size and weight of the engines. From the overall weight savings, significant reductions in fuel consumption (direct costs) and hence CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometre will result. In ENCOMB, a multidisciplinary consortium of 14 partners from top-level European research organisations, universities and industries brings together leading experts from all relevant fields. The participation of three major European aircraft manufacturers as well as one SME ensures the consideration of relevant application scenarios, technological specifications and use of the full exploitation potential of the results.

Keywords: cfrp,adhesive bonding,quality assurance,ndt,adherend surface,adhesive characterisation
Enhancing interconnectivity through infoconnectivity (IC-IC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for implementation of the TRANSPORT PROGRAMME
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Netherlands,Germany,France,United Kingdom,Austria,Germany,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-TPT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1802911.21
EU funding (EUR): 1475469.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Enhancing interconnectivity of short & long distance transport networks through passenger focused interlinked information-connectivity IC-IC will develop an ICS (InfoConnectivity System), involving the airports of Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris & Vienna, related ground transport & airlines, representing both short- & long-distance transport. Many stakeholders will get involved in a Stakeholders Forum & Conference. By providing currently missing information which travellers already wish to have with regard to facilities & services of their next immediate destination and/or next transport provider(s), the ICS is expected to improve the travelling experience implying a possible gain of time, and improve change between transport modes. Much of such information can be provided while waiting, e.g. in the airport train/bus, the lounge, the airplane, utilizing camera mobile phones to connect to information provided by QR (Quick Response) codes, and mobile phones fitted with NFC (Near Field Communication) able to connect to respective tags. To provide ICS information to the multi-lingual target group of travellers, a language translation software will be employed to offer all information in 14 languages with English as the reference language. Requirements of the ageing population are considered by utilizing the "Age Explorer", a suit that lets test persons experience the obstacles old persons encounter when moving, filling out forms, operating "Self Check-in", or a ticket machine. 1000 persons in 3 countries will be interviewed, information of Stakeholders collected, model ICS applications developed & implemented to serve in real live situations. The effectiveness of the InfoConnectivity improvements will be assessed with regard to information made available which otherwise a traveller would not have been able to access plus gained time & ease of passenger transfer between transport networks. Based on this, an ICS handbook will be elaborated.

Keywords: ic-ic,ics,airport,transport,information,nfc,multi-lingual,travel,ageing,obstacles