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Investigations of liquid resin impregnation and out-of-autoclave curing of composites for the high temperature aerospace applications (LRI-HIT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Austria,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 499964.0
EU funding (EUR): 365158.5
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

One of the areas where composite materials are increasingly being used as replacements for conventional materials is in high temperature applications. Ceramic or metal Matrix Composites have become popular in applications that require high-temperature resistance. Their high costs of fabrication have limited their usage. This research, however, focuses on the needs of the aerospace industry in connection with the use of high temperature polymer matrix composites for structural components in the vicinity of power units. In this project, the partners investigates the issues related to processing of high temperature resin system using the resin infusion process, especially vacuum assisted resin infusion (VARI) system a cost effective method for manufacturing composite materials. Various initial trials will help to understand the polymeric resin systems (epoxy, cyanate ester, benzoxazine, bismaleimid, and their blends, etc.), dynamics of the used VARI and Quickstep (an out-of-autoclave, OoA) process and identify critical factors and key parameters. Based on the material selection and process screening, various laminates will be tested for mechanical properties and thermal properties and the results will be compared with the requirements. Processing investigations for the eco friendly manufacturing concepts and optimization of polymeric resins and their cure kinetics leads to demonstration of liquid resin infusion-OoA methodology and manufacture a set component for further analysis. This investigation ends with the recommendation on serial production and automation of the processes.

Keywords: liquid resin infusion,out-of-autoclave,high temperature themosets
EPOCAL: an Electrical POwer Center for Aeronautical Loads (EPOCAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 299720.0
EU funding (EUR): 224790.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the current proposal is the development of an Electrical Power Center (EPC) integrated with a devoted Control Console (CC), enhanced with advanced electrical power management strategies. The proposal is based on the following keypoints: 1) an Electrical Power Center equipped with Solid State Power Controllers (SSPCs) for both energy management and protection functions will be implemented. Most recent technologies will be included in the power center, referring to the recent state-of-art, in order to guarantee compliance with selected aeronautical standards. The SSPC component will be ad-hoc designed for the implementation of both the power management strategies and protection functionalities. 2) a firmware will be implemented for monitoring and supervision of the EPC, particularly referring to Electrical-Energy Management (E-EM) concept verification. The EPC will be equipped with a software able to perform several analysis, referring to preprocessing (i.e. configurations pretesting), (i.e. monitoring and energy management logics implementation) and postprocessing (i.e. plotting and comparison between measured and simulated quantities). The proposed Project follows a typical workflow based on requirements analysis, specs derivation, design phase, physical implementation, testing phase, results analysis versus simulations and final equipment validation.

Keywords: electrical power center,control console,solid state power controller,electrical energy management,supervisory control
PUMA (PUMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-08-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 317116.0
EU funding (EUR): 158559.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Pressure forward bulkheads presently consist of different parts requiring an assembly process to get the final structure. Cost reduction can be achieved by using one shot injection technologies where an integrated skin-stiffening pre-form will be injected in one single shot. Further reduction of costs and energy consumption can be achieved by using Out of Autoclave resin systems. This proposal addresses the materials and processes to fulfil the requirements described in the topic description and indicates future trends related to the design and manufacturing of bulkhead manufacturing.

Keywords: bulkhead,resin infusion,composite
DESIGN OF COMPRESSOR AIR INLET PROTECTION FOR ELECTRICAL ECS (ELECFILTER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain,France
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 532232.0
EU funding (EUR): 331919.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal responds to the call JTI-CS-2012-1-SGO-02-040, in the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking included in the frame of the European FP7. This call is made for the design of a filtration system for electrical ECS (Environmental Control System) packs. Traditional ECS packs take the air from the engine through the bleed system. Therefore, some previous filtration is performed, since the air has gone through several stages of the engine compressor. Contrary, electrical ECS packs capture directly the air from the atmosphere via the scoop air inlet located on the belly fairing of the aircraft. Consequently, pollutants can be ingested by the scoop and therefore be introduced in the compressor of the electrical ECS if the air inlet is not properly cleaned. Most of aircrafts are equipped with traditional bleed ECS packs. Nevertheless, Boeing has incorporated such electrical no-bleed systems on the Boeing 787. Furthermore, applicability of actual filtration technology used on aircrafts and rotorcrafts highly exposed to harsh environment has to be further investigated and analyzed. Such systems are basically barrier filtration or inertial particle separation filters. Thus an air filtration system has to be developed during the project to accomplish the required removal of debris and pollutants at the compressor inlet. The aim of the filtration system is at the end to guarantee that the probability of loss of fresh air supply to the cabin stays in a non-relevant range, according to ECS safety. The methodology proposed combines theoretical (computational) and experimental techniques, and the knowledge in fluid dynamics by UPVLC with the industrial experience of LBFS in this particular area. Furthermore, applicants have wide experience managing performing EU funded projects and private funded projects for the development of filtrations systems in different industrial areas.

Keywords: electrical ecs,bleed systems,filtration,pollutants,aerospace,cfd,fluid-dynamics,efficiency
RAMAN spectroscopy for identification of aerospace composites (RASAC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 217235.0
EU funding (EUR): 162926.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In the coming decades throusands of aircraft are due to be retired and dismantled. Other than components to be re-used, substantial parts of aircraft are stripped and shredded. Whereas today's technologies such as XRF work well in many respects, XRF is unable to properly identify aircraft composites, penetrate coatings and XRF is also costly. This proposal will modify and refine RAMAN spectroscopy devices to demonstrate their capability to robustly identify aerospace composites, also when subject to ageing and coating. RAMAN is a well-established spectroscopy technique outside the aerospace domain. It works by shining a laser beam on a sample, and identifying the molecular vibration response. TNO has access to a handful of different RAMAN devices to perform the feasibility study. To enforce industrial, economic and operational realism, we are bringing companies AELS and Avantes as subcontractors. Both are very active and well-established in European recycling networks. TNO also brings a relevant industrial network to support further industrial development of a portable RAMAN device.

Keywords: spectroscopy spectrometry raman libs aerospace composites recycling feasibility development
DEVELOPMENT OF KEY TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS FOR HIGH POWER-DENSITY POWER CONVERTERS FOR ROTORCRAFT SWASHPLATE ACTUATORS (ROTOPOWER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-15
End date: 2015-06-14
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 345000.0
EU funding (EUR): 258749.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

THIS PROPOSAL ENCOMPASSES THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLY OF HIGH PERFORMANCE POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS. THESE UNITS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE ELECTRICAL MACHINES USED TO ACTUATE THE MAIN ROTOR SWASHPLATE OF A MEDIUM SIZED ROTORCRAFT. THE POWER CONVERTERS WILL FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FAULT TOLERANT ACTUATION SYSTEM. CASTLET WILL DEVELOP AND SUPPLY AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO THIS REQUIREMENT THAT MEET OR EXCEEDS THE PROJECT TEAMS EXPECTATIONS.

Keywords: development of high power-density power converters
Disassembly of eco-designed helicopter demonstrators (DISACOP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Germany
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199970.4
EU funding (EUR): 149977.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

With the future use of thermoplastic composite (TPC) helicopter parts, recycling, repairing and reuse of used composite parts become within reach. In order to recycle used parts of an assembly group the joints have to be detachable. Disacop will investigate a thermoplastic separation scenario that will allow disassembling the parts of a structure by fusion debonding for recycling. Due to the thermoplastic behavior of the TPC components, the fusion zone can be weakened by temperature. To ensure component separation at the joining interface between the components a special separation layer will be investigated if necessary. The separation is intended to be without degradation of the TPC parts. For economic and environmental reasons the heating will be limited to local heating of the joining zone. The possible joining and separation layer is intended to be used as a heating element as well. Based on the available demonstrators, Disacop will identify a method to locally apply heat and to debond the assemblies. An energy-efficient technology is induction heating. The approach is to perform first trials on available coupons and subcomponents from the industrial partners to understand the process effects on real joints. Then the technology will be fine-tuned based on the requirements coming from the industrial partners, first on coupon level. Subsequently, the technology will be scaled up to subcomponents/ validation articles and the demonstrators. To prove the environmental benefits of the Disacop separation method data for life cycle assessment will be collected, for economic assessment a cost analysis for evaluation has to be made.

Keywords: dissassembly,helicopter,fiber placement,joining,seperation,lca,thermoplastic composites
Advanced Floor Grids for Green Regional A/C New Concept of Design, Manufacturing and Installation in Ground Full Scale Demo (AFLOG)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-05
End date: 2014-04-04
Duration (months): 17.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2184000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1466000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Pax Floor and Cargo Floor configuration based on a new manufacturing process here called Progressive Roll Forming (PRF) of ThermoPlastic Carbon Reinforced Polimers (TPCRP) is presented. The process basically applies to seat rails and longerons. Raw material flows into the manufacturing device continuosly; one or more plane sheets, are progressively heated, bended and compacted each other by rollers to achieve the desired shape i.e. C-Shape, J-Shape, H-Shape, etc. After floor grid configuration design and sizing, fixtures, jigs and moulds will be designed and manufactured for each component of the floor grid. In order to set up the new process PRF equipment will be manufactured. Tools and fixtures for final assembly will be designed and manufactured, then the technological demonstrator i.e. test article floor grid will be manufactured. Main innovative features are focused on cost saving due to process automation; this enable the use of thermoplastics with consequent weight saving for Pax and Cargo Floor Grid and, at the same time, recycling and mantainiability features are improved with a positive impact on environmental and life cycle management of the product.

Keywords: thermoplastic,cfrtp,floor grid,continous processing
High rotational heat pipe experimental analysis and modelisation for turbomachine purpose (HIROPEAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 287629.2
EU funding (EUR): 215721.9
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The increase of reliability of high speed electrical machines is a crucial goal in the industrial point of view. The use of electrical equipment undergoing hard operating conditions (rotational speed, heat dissipations) leads to the development of efficient, passive and reliable device, capable of extracting heat from those systems. As well as being an excellent passive system transferring large quantities of heat, the axial rotating heat pipe satisfies all requirements because of its reduced size and small working fluid loads. First, we propose the improvement of existing experimental set up to characterize these two phase-flow devices operating under very high radial acceleration levels. Many parameters are involved in the behavior of such a complex system: inside geometry, nature and charge in two-phase fluid and external surroundings (transient dissipations, range of temperature of cold source,..). Evaporator dissipations will be provided by induction while cooling of condenser achieved by air flow in existing high security area. Temperature evolutions of wall heat pipe will be measured by Infra red camera and heat balances will be made at several levels (inductor, heat pipe, cooling air flow…). Different filling ratios and geometry heat pipes will be investigated to get deep understanding of heat transfer performances from low to high rotational speed. In the same time and after a strong state of the art of the modelisation of transfer in heat pipe at high rotational speed, numerical modelisation will be performed at different levels: microscopic liquid/vapour level (finite volume model) then at system level by building and validate nodal networks to reach the objective of certifying the performances of each model approach versus experimental results. Thanks to these developments, we will be able to propose optimization of high rotational heat pipes for heat transfer in motorized turbomachine context.

Keywords: heat pipe,high rotational speed,experimental test,numerical modelisation,cooling,evaporation,turbomachine
High Voltage Pulse Fragmentation Technology to recycle fibre-reinforced composites (SELFRAG CFRP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 435000.0
EU funding (EUR): 217500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Carbon-fibre-reinforced-polymeres (CFRP) have known advantages and are typically used for applications in aerospace engineering. Up to date existing mechanical combined with chemical process produce only low quality recovery of carbon-fibres from the polymer matrices at high costs. Electrodynamic fragmentation has the potential to overcome this situation. The method is based on the interaction of an electrical discharge with a solid between 2 electrodes immersed in water. Selective liberation is caused by a detachment along the interfaces in a tensile stress regime, which allows an intact recovery of the components. Objective of the herein presented proposal is the implementation of a specific electrodynamic fragmentation plant to process CFRP’s with the goal to regain non-damaged carbon fibres, which then can be reused. SELFRAG is a manufacturer and the expert of electrodynamic fragmentation equipment and will ellaborate above target during several work package. This start with investigation about the behaviour of different CFRP’s in the SELFRAG process in regards of different process conditions, equipment setups and process strategies. Liberation of the fibres will be assessed by external laboratory. In the following work packages these results will be optimized, transferred during up-scaling and prototyping with the final goal of demonstration plant. The stage/gate organisation with to achieve milestones guarantees a realistic project management. SELFRAG has the expertise to perform this process development and process engineering, which matches the topic of the call completely. Future application of this innovative technology, means a boost of competitiveness and growth in European Union along with creating jobs. Accelaration of developement of clean air technologies for air transport in the EU is achieved.

Keywords: high-voltage-pulse,electrodynamic fragmentation,high purity & selectivity,unique technology,liberation reusable cf,recycling,competitiveness and growth
MEMS Gyro - Maturity assessment of performance and integration (MEMS MATURITY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-03
End date: 2015-01-02
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 763500.0
EU funding (EUR): 572625.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The program MEMS MATURITY has four goals: 1/ To miniaturize the high performance gyro cell, Gyrix, of the SFWA (Smart Fixed Wings Aircraft) partner 2/ To identify the critical paramaters of the process that influence the cell performance 3/ To assess the impact of the variability of the critical parameters on the cell performance 4/ To optimize the process for a repeatable manufacturing and to deliver 20 optimized Gyro cells to evaluate their performances in the sensor operational environment together with the SFWA partner. To reach these goals, TRONICS will use and improve the best state-of-the-art technology for high-performance low-drift inertial sensors. Its main features are: • Mechanical structures achieved in thick (> 60 µm) single crystal material, starting from thick SOI substrate. • Mechanical structures etched, in the top thick SOI layer, using a notch-free, highly-vertical, accurate (<0.2 µm accuracy) Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) process, thanks to the latest generation of DRIE processes. • Wafer level packaging of the MEMS structure with a silicon cap, bonded through Silicon Direct Bonding, Si-Si or Si-SiO2-Si, avoiding any intermediate heterogeneous material such as a metal sealing. • Stable high-vacuum environment ensured thanks to long-term-stable high-vacuum (<10-3 mbar) ceramic package, including getter technology that maintain performance over the product lifetime (lifetime > 20 years). • Die-attach of the MEMS chip in the package with non-degasing metallic alloy preform, and stress decoupling structures. TRONICS has defined a complete work plan to adress the main goals of the program. The overall final objective of this program is also to develop an industial manufacturing environement for the Gyrix cell object of this program. This environement should meet the performances needed for civil aeronautic applications. Durring this program, TRONICS will also improve the maturity of the Gyrix cell to bring it to a TRL5 level.

Keywords: mems,gyrometer,high-performance sensor,low-drift,miniature inertial measurement unit,soi,vacuum.