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Facilitating Implementation of the IPPC Legislation through a Web-Based Environmental Consultancy Toolkit (ENVIRON-MENTOR)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Malta,Czechia,Spain,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Slovakia,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-SME-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1600673.8
EU funding (EUR): 1220917.1
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

In response to growing health and environmental concerns, industrial sectors are being subjected to increasing European environmental legislations, as in the case of the European IPPC Directive (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control). Companies falling short from meeting the IPPC requirements risk penalties such as substantial fines. Unlike large enterprises, small and medium sized companies lack the necessary human resources and in-house technical knowledge to keep updated with such legislations. In order to abide to the law, these companies are obliged to seek assistance from environmental consultants. These services are very costly and time consuming, due to the extensive material required to compile IPPC applications. The ENVIRON-MENTOR project aims to assist environmental consultants in guiding their clients to implement environmental normative and standards in an efficient manner. ENVIRON-MENTOR will offer a web-based environmental consultancy toolkit (utilizing artificial intelligence techniques) to the participating end-user SMEs in order to help them in their daily activities. Apart from IPPC, ENVIRON-MENTOR will offer support on environmental management systems (EMS) and provides guidelines for EMS standards such as EMAS and ISO 14 000. ENVIRON-MENTOR will also target the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by providing an automated platform for the trading of greenhouse gases. This will enable environmental consultants to offer an efficient emissions trading service to their clients. Guidance to these environmental normative and standards will be provided by using a knowledge-base expert system and multi-agent system targeted for this scenario. Four participating environmental consultants, an IT software company and three RTDs from eight different countries have joined forces to develop this system.

Keywords: knowledge-base expert system,multi-agent system,artificial intelligence
Reducing the Vulnerability of Space Systems (REVUS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Space
Destination: Strengthening the foundations of Space science and technology
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Netherlands,France,Poland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SPACE-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3191059.0
EU funding (EUR): 1971271.75
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

It is accepted that space debris will increase in the next decades despite any considerable effort made to limit their generation. Debris of more than 10cm can be avoided by the satellites and also the very small particles of less than 0.1cm are taken into account in the current designs. The debris from 0.1 to 10cm is however not predictable, not taken into account today and could severely damage a spacecraft. The probability of damage by such particles could reach an unacceptable level thus creating a new paradigm for LEO satellites. A better protection of space systems against damage caused by debris collision is the aim of the ReVuS study, articulated around 4 lines: - To restore the existing models and works for the prediction and the knowledge of damage assessment (LDEF, SS, Colombus…). - To assess the solutions  At system level, with distributed/fractionated architectures, or by using active detection and mitigation strategies. On the satellite exterior, by defining and testing new shielding materials derived from ground markets In the satellite interior , by editing new rules of harness routing & equipment configuration - Resilience analysis, evaluating the proposed solutions & generating recommendations/design rules. Assess possible standardisation. - To dispatch the results to the space community. METOP and a Radar satellite will be used as a guiding principle for all the analysis The consortium led by Astrium Satellites gathers all expertise required. The Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI Fraunhoffer), the universities of Surrey, Southampton & Braunschweig will provide the background knowledge and models. The shielding materials will be defined by TenCate Advanced Composites, and tested in the EMI facilities. The users will participate in the analysis. HisCox will represent the insurer of the satellite. The dissemination of the results will be ensured by Astri Polska Sp.z o.o

Keywords: small meduim size debris satellite vulnerability damage assessment risk mitigating architecture protection shielding standardisation design rules
Preloading to mitigate seismic liquefaction risk (PREMISERI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,Greece,Albania,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 945669.0
EU funding (EUR): 564164.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Excessive deformations of level ground caused by earthquakes are of great concern for civil engineering works, human lives and the environment. Such ground deformations are usually associated with liquefaction, i.e., a decrease in strength caused by the increase in pore water pressures in saturated cohesionless materials during earthquake ground motion. Much earthquake damage caused by liquefaction-induced excessive displacements can be mitigated by soil improvement methods, thus limiting the associated economic and social problems. Unfortunately, large scale application of the more common soil improvement methods is often avoided because of excessive costs of deep methods and incomplete understanding of potential benefits of other methods. This leads to potentially catastrophic consequences from earthquakes. For this reason preloading is particularly attractive, because, as it is applied from the surface, it can overcome the restriction of prohibitive costs. The goal of this research is to develop a cost-effective method, based on preloading, to reduce seismic liquefaction susceptibility and the associated risk to buildings that may cause many fatalities. Verify and study the method by a field study and develop procedures to estimate improvement and risk mitigation for new sites. Towards this goal the following major tasks will be performed: 1. Study and verify the method by a field preload test 2. Study of the effect of preloading on the cyclic soil strength by elaborate laboratory testing 3. Collect and analyze in-situ test results before and after the field application of preloading 4. Analyze the effect of preloading on the seismic risk of buildings and other structures on liquefaction-susceptible sites by elaborate numerical analyses 5. Propose rules for new sites based on the above

Keywords: sands,liquefaction,preload,mitigation seismic risk
Coordinating strategic planning for European Astronomy (ASTRONET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Germany,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,Sweden,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,Poland,Czechia
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1833132.52
EU funding (EUR): 1600000.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Improved cooperation has brought European astronomy to front player, notably through such organisations as ESO and ESA. To continue to excel in a competitive world, Europe must also coordinate national resources in the long term and across borders between disciplines and nations. Accordingly, the goal of ASTRONET is to establish a strategic planning and coordination mechanism for all of European astronomy. Established as an ERA-NET in 2005, ASTRONET developed its "Science Vision for European Astronomy" (2007), followed in 2008 by an "Infrastructure Roadmap". Both documents are very comprehensive: they cover all scientific topics in astronomy, from the Sun and Solar System to the limits of the observable Universe, and observation tools from the radio domain to gamma-rays and particles, on the ground and in space; they discuss theory and computing, outreach, training and recruitment of the vital human resources; they cover all of Europe as ASTRONET aims to engage all astronomical communities on the new map of Europe. Building on those achievements, our ambition now goes even farther as we proceed to the implementation stage, a very significant new step towards increased coordination of the European resources for astronomy. ASTRONET's objectives for 2011-2015 are fourfold: (1) To establish a permanent mechanism for planning and coordination in European astronomy. (2) To follow-up and implement the Roadmap by building the new facilities that are needed to reach our scientific goals while optimising existing programmes in both scientific and financial terms – not only new joint projects at ESO or ESA, but a range of national resources as well. (3) To narrow the scientific and – in particular - technology gaps between different European countries, and (4) To establish a regularly updated data base with key information on the financial and human resources for astronomy in all European countries, as well as on the structure and governance of astronomical research in Europe.

Keywords: coordination,network,infrastructures,astronomy,forward look,strategic planning
A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing (QUALITYNANO)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Ireland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,European organisations area,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Norway,Germany,Germany,Spain,Sweden,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,Israel,Belgium,Slovakia,Finland,United Kingdom,France,France,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Czechia,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8952769.09
EU funding (EUR): 7000000.0
Participants: 32
Project status: CLOSED

Nanoscale objects interact with living organisms in a fundamentally new manner, ensuring that a fruitful marriage of nanotechnology and biology will long outlast short term imperatives. Therefore, investment in an infrastructure to drive scientific knowledge of the highest quality will have both immediate benefits of supporting the safety assessment of legacy nanomaterials, as well as pointing towards future (safe) applications with the lasting benefits to society. There are immediate priorities, for few doubt that serious damage to confidence in nanotechnology, unless averted, could result in missed opportunities to benefit society for a generation, or more. QNano will materially affect the outcome, at this pivotal moment of nanotechnology implementation. The overall vision of QNano is the creation of a ‘neutral’ scientific & technical space in which all stakeholder groups can engage, develop, and share scientific best practice in the field. Initially it will harness resources from across Europe and develop efficient, transparent and effective processes. Thereby it will enable provision of services to its Users, and the broader community, all in the context of a best-practice ethos. This will encourage evidence-based dialogue to prosper between all stakeholders. However, QNano will also pro-actively seek to drive, develop and promote the highest quality research and practices via its JRA, NA and TA functions, with a global perspective and mode of implementation. QNano will also look to the future, beyond the current issues, and promote the growth and development of the science of nanoscale interactions with living organisms. By working with new and emerging scientific research communities from medicine, biology, energy, materials and others, it will seek to forge new directions leading to new (safe, responsible, economically viable) technologies for the benefit of European society.

Keywords: nano
International SKA Forum 2010 (ISKAF2010)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 624152.3
EU funding (EUR): 400000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a 1.5 B€+ global research infrastructure that aims to build a radio telescope with a collecting area of a million square metres, fifty times larger than any existing instrument. The telescope will be composed of a centrally condensed array of antenna stations that will be distributed on scales of up to 3000 km. The SKA concept was originally developed by European scientists and engineers, and has recently emerged as one of the two major priorities for the European astronomical community in the coming decade (via the ASTRONET Infrastructure Strategic Plan). In addition to advancing science in general, the SKA will also be a technological driving force in pushing forward Europe’s competitiveness in areas such as digital processing, computing, archiving, and research networking capabilities (on local, regional and global scales). The “ISKAF2010” hosts for the first time in Europe, the International SKA Forum 2010. The meeting will take place in the Netherlands and will be part of a larger range of initiatives and support events for which we also seek funding. The forum in 2010 will aim to bring together politicians, government ministries, the EC, national funding agencies, educators, scientists, and engineers from all over the world. The theme will focus on “SKA beyond Astronomy” and underline European participation in all aspects of the project, emphasising the potential benefits of the SKA to industry, business and society as a whole.

Keywords: astronomy,astrophysics,cosmology,electronics,ict
Innovative equipment and methodologies for APIs continuous crystallization (CCRYSTAL)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Israel,Italy,Italy,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499875.04
EU funding (EUR): 1105500.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

In spite of the substantial erosion of its market share, western Europe (Italy, Spain are respectively first and second producers) still remains the worldwide leader, accounting for 38,9% of the world APIs production and Eastern Europe is growing faster (mainly represented by Hungary). It is then clear that generic APIs represent a strategic industrial field for EU competitiveness, and it is as well clear that this competitiveness is seriously threatened by the emerging competitors in the Far Eastern Countries (China and India above all). The reasons behind this loss of competitiveness is manifold: (i) lower man power costs in the Emerging countries, (ii) lack of regulatory requirements in the emerging Countries, are the most obvious. The CCRYSTAL main objective is to develop a new technology to crystallize pharmaceutical substances, affording fundamental new approaches to obtain products with high purity levels and constant and reproducible crystalline forms at a competitive price, enabling EU APIs industry to regain his competitiveness against Asian Producers. The innovative proposed technologies are based on a new concept crystallizer and on continuous mode operation. Crystallizer is designed in such a way to assure a perfect actuation of elaborated operation strategies, intended to control the main phenomena involved in crystal formation: (i) Primary nucleation; (ii) Secondary nucleation; (iii) Crystal growth. The new technology will be tested on competitive APIs, eventually developing the whole chemical scheme in a continuous manner. Further a single crystallizer (a “repeatable unit”) is then arranged in a crystallization train of three units, to allow flow operation.

Keywords: crystallisation -
Treatment of high organic load, high temperature and high salinity industrial waste water containing recalcitrant contaminants (PROMETHEUS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Portugal,Spain,Italy,Spain,Slovakia,Belgium,Norway
Call:  (FP7-SME-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1477796.57
EU funding (EUR): 1162055.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

PROMETHEUS aims to treat high organic load high temperature (85°C), and high salinity industrial waste waters containing recalcitrant contaminants originating from injection/extrusion and post-washing processes in aluminium and rubber parts production industries. PROMETHEUS waste water treatment system treats these waste waters obtaining a final effluent meeting discharge requirements plus high purity water and chemicals (demoulding agent used in injection/extrusion processes) recovery for re-use plus a 99% reduction of waste production needing off-site treatment. There is no system in the market allowing for this. There is a competitive opportunity to export a new technology that addresses all these issues. There is pre-existing work done by members of the consortium on a batch system consisting in membrane filtration (UF/NF), reverse osmosis, and innovative evaporator units. The system has worked with waste water from rubber industries producing parts for the automotive industry. There is a need for further development of the system since it has only operated in batch and with one type of waste water. Adaption to other types of waste water will require studies on types of membranes and evaporators. There is also a need for controlling and modelling the system on a continuous mode and a cost-efficiency analysis. PROMETHEUS solution for waste water from injection/extrusion and washing processes in aluminium and rubber parts producing industries treatment results in a 99.5% water recovery for re-use in the plant (high quality water for even cooling towers use) and a 99% decrease in waste produced that needs off-site treatment. These figures result in the obvious environmental and economic (63% cost reduction compared to current waste water treatment systems use in the sectors) positive impacts. Expected benefits of the solution to the industrial waste water treatment sector are estimated to be €84.8 M of sales revenue after year 5 of commercialisation.

Keywords: industrial waste
An Intelligent On-line High-Speed Rail Condition Monitoring System Deployed Via Passenger and Freight Trains (I-RAIL)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Belgium,United Kingdom,Cyprus,Portugal,Greece
Call:  (FP7-SME-2010-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1474500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1107375.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Greener and more comfortable trains making rail transport a more attractive option for passengers in comparison to other means of transportation. The ever growing need for the society to employ more environmentally friendly transportation policies is expected to further underline the economic and societal role of rail transport in achieving sustainable mobility across Europe in the years to follow. Today, the European rail network is continuously getting busier with trains travelling at higher speeds and carrying more passengers and heavier axle loads than ever before. The combination of these factors has put considerable pressure on the existing infrastructure, leading to increased demands in inspection and maintenance of rail assets. Several infrastructure related accidents in the rail industry occur due to rail failure. The continuous increase in train traffic, axle loads and operating speeds means that the catastrophic failure of a rail section may result in severe derailments, such as the one that took place in Hatfield, UK, in 2000, causing loss of life, injuries, severe disruption in the operation of the network, unnecessary costs, and loss of confidence in rail transport by the public. I-RAIL seeks to practically eliminate rail failures by successfully delivering a non-contact high-speed rail condition monitoring system based on Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer technology. The application of the high-speed system will be complemented through the implementation of novel semi-automated testing equipment based on ultrasonic phased array technology which will be deployed for the in-situ verification and evaluation of the defects detected during high-speed inspection. The consortium will also develop Intelligent Decision Support Tools to enable the system to provide an immediate and automated recommendation for the optimum maintenance planning.

Keywords: rail,condition monitoring,emat,non-contact,phased arrays,high-speed,structural integrity