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Development of a new sustainable, long term solution, complying with IPM standards and the future EU Directive of sustainable use of pesticides, for the pear postharvest sector (RE-PEAR)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,Spain,Malta,Spain,Portugal,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-07-01
End date: 2017-08-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1976438.6
EU funding (EUR): 1483999.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Pears rank third among the most important tree fruits grown in the world and fourth among all fruits for which statistics are available. Pears are a highly perishable, seasonal product, they need to be picked up before maturation and should undergo through a postharvest treatment to be commercialised in optimal conditions along the year. During this process pear production can be significantly reduced due to decay, bacterial or fungi diseases. In developed countries, it is estimated that up to 25% of fruit production (516 Million tonnes in the case of pears) can be lost during the postharvest treatments. In order to fight this decay, postharvest sector has in the past counted with fitosanitary remedies like ethoxyquin and thiabendazole. However, public concerns about food safety, and conservation of the environment, have triggered a change in EU legislation leading to the proposal of a new Directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides due to be implemented by 2014 (Directive 2009/128/EC). Thus, the pear postharvest sector is in urgent need of new sustainable and natural antioxidants, bactericides and fungicides as many of the most popular chemical treatments are about to be banned. RE-PEAR is anIntegrated Pest Management approach aiming to provide new, chemicals free, solutions for pear conservation by 1) developing and redaction of standardised Postharvest Management and Control Practices Guidelines unifying criteria to avoid possible unevenness within EU domestic market 2) by producing a natural compound formula to act as an edible, degradable coating with natural antioxidant/ preservative and antibiotic properties in direct contact with pears and 3) by designing a novel industrial filter with optimised performance able to minimise the presence of fungi spores and bacteria within the pear pallets

Keywords: pyrus comunis,fungi,microorganism,fruit,decay,pesticide,natural,plant protection product,in vitro,in vivo,efficiency,dose,pear,pathogens,p. expansum,b. cinerea,r. stolonifer
A new device to detect quickly and friendly Ochratoxin A and other myco-toxins in feed, food and beverage. (DEMOTOX)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Demonstration Activity
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,Italy,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2005718.0
EU funding (EUR): 1295952.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Objective of this proposal, called DEMOTOX, is to prove the viability of results obtained as outcome of the OTASENS Project, which was funded within the program “Research for SMEs; FP7–SME–2008–1, Grant Agreement No. 232245. The results obtained in the OTASENS Project offer a potential economic advantage to the partners, because they give them possibility to develop a simple, innovative device, portable, sensitive, to detect ochratoxin A (OTA) and other mycotoxins. Therefore, the SMEs leading DEMOTOX are committed to taking the laboratory prototypes developed in OTASENS to a commercial product, a simple system able to signal presence of myco-toxins in food, feed, beverage, over the law limits. Preliminary information show that the system developed in OTASENS has great market potential; a short market analysis is anticipated both from the point of view of the instrumentation of analysis required and of the sectors interested in the field of food and feed safety. A well- developed market strategy, based on business case and business plan, will be carried out during this Project in order to launch the innovative product into the international market. Manufacturing of this innovative device will allow the participating SMEs of the DEMOTOX Consortium to become more competitive; moreover, taking into account that the RTD Performers in OTASENS will be partners in this Project, success of the Demonstration activity in the DEMOTOX Proposal will enhance links between SMEs and R&D group through a strong campaign of training and dissemination. Two detection strategies, one based on chromatographic measurements and the other based on immunoassays will be produced to allow screening of a large number of samples in a short time and indicate which of them are contaminated. At least 20 devices will be produced for the demonstration tests and a “round-robin” procedure will be used to compare results from different users, selected among the sectors of potential market.

Keywords: miniaturized analysis systems detection of mycotoxins food safety immunoassays biosensors sensors
The development of a high power density RAPID response on demand water HEATing technology (RAPIDHEAT)

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: Türkiye,United Kingdom,Spain,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1420927.45
EU funding (EUR): 1050000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The RapidHeat project utilises emerging materials science applied in the power electronics industry and an efficient heat management system to develop a modular, high flow rate, on demand, in line water heater for flexible and rapid response to hot water demand. Its low cost, light weight and small size will enable flexibility in the design of hot water systems minimising cost and energy consumption. Furthermore, zero heat loss will be produced from our RapidHeat technology which goes beyond standards set by the EuP directive.

Keywords: materials,thermodynamics,electric resistance heating
Building a European Network of Incubators for Social innovation (BENISI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Destination: Improving business environment and European partnerships in R&I
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Austria,United Kingdom,Sweden,Romania,Netherlands,Italy
Call:  (FP7-CDRP-2013-INCUBATORS, 2013)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1089151.81
EU funding (EUR): 999806.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Identifying social innovations and successfully scaling them across Europe will be necessary to meet Europe’s challenges. While the number of social innovations has grown, and the ecosystem of actors to support them has developed, there remain numerous missed opportunities for scaling efficiently and effectively. The social innovation sector differs significantly from the commercial sector in its participant’s general willingness to share successes and models. However, the service model for delivering the professional support needed to scale innovations has not yet developed to take this into account. Other factors that exist as barriers to effective and efficient scaling include the lack of visibility of small / local innovations, and lack of mechanisms to connect different sectors together to collaborate and coordinate action. Resources that are available are often being developing with particular stakeholder groups, for example the public sector, foundations and non-profits, and the social economy. Those looking to get involved or increase their efforts find the emerging landscape complex, potentially slowing down entry. The proposed project aims to overcome these barriers, specifically by: • Establishing coordinating mechanisms and procedures between existing incubation and support networks, increasing the collaboration and coordinated action between sectors and across geographies • Creating a flexible coalition of other actors to interact with the core network (Social Innovation Ambassadors Network), to support and spot new opportunities to develop support programs • Testing new and existing approaches to social innovation incubation by systematically tracking the identification of social innovations and ensuring and tracking the provision of support to allow them to reach scale. With this project we target at least 300 social innovations to be proactively identified and supported in their tracking the delivery of support needed to execute the scale-up.

Keywords: scaling innovation,social innovation,social entrepreneurship,business incubation,investment readiness,public sector innovation,local social innovation,social innovation networks
Towards off flavour free finfish aquaculture (SPACETASTE)

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: Netherlands,France,France,Denmark,Israel,Denmark,Switzerland,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1289350.62
EU funding (EUR): 984305.88
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Off flavour is the presence of undesired sensory properties in food items. Most common in aquaculture products are earthy-musty off flavours caused by the presence of geosmin and 2-methyl-iso-borneol (MIB) in fish tissues. Off flavour is associated to land-based aquaculture production systems with high nutrient loadings such as pond systems and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).Off flavour causes economic damage to the aquaculture industry through consumer rejection and low consumer appreciation of aquaculture products and through the additional costs of off flavour removal from fish crops prior to market entrance. Off flavour in farmed fish is an extensively studied and well documented problem. Despite this, satisfactory solutions for the problem are still lacking today. The overall objective of this project is to established a reduction of the incidence of off flavour in farmed fish produced in RAS. The project adopts three strategies to reach this objective: 1) Preventive strategy: reducing the microbial production of geosmin and MIB in aquaculture production systems; 2) Curative strategy: removing geosmin and MIB from the fish culture water; 3) Alternative strategy: optimizing the depuration process. The foreseen results of the project include: 1) Measures to reduce off flavour in RAS 2) Low off flavour RAS design 3) A bioreactor for geosmin and MIB removal from RAS 4) Measures to improve off flavour depuration processes 5) Design of optimal off flavour depuration facility 6) Trained sensory panels The consortium that will implement this project consists of four SMEs, one Other partner and three RTDs.

Keywords: aquaculture,recirculating aquaculture systems,off flavour,product quality,economic feasibility,geosmin
Engine Module Validators (ENOVAL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Spain,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Belgium,France,Sweden,France,France,Sweden,Spain,Russian Federation,Germany,France,Spain,Austria,France,France,Spain,Italy,Germany,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Belgium,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2018-07-31
Duration (months): 58.0
Total project cost (EUR): 44173662.85
EU funding (EUR): 26459215.0
Participants: 37
Project status: CLOSED

The ENOVAL project will provide the next step of engine technologies to achieve and surpass the ACARE 2020 goals on the way towards Flightpath 2050. ENOVAL completes the European 7th Framework Programme (FP7) roadmap of Level 2 aero engine projects. ENOVAL will focus on the low pressure system of ultra-high by-pass ratio propulsion systems (12 < BPR < 20) in conjunction with ultra high overall pressure ratio (50 < OPR < 70) to provide significant reductions in CO2 emissions in terms of fuel burn (-3% to -5%) and engine noise (-1.3 ENPdB). ENOVAL will focus on ducted geared and non-geared turbofan engines, which are amongst the best candidates for the next generation of short/medium range and long range commercial aircraft applications with an entry into service date of 2025 onward. The expected fan diameter increase of 20 to 35% (vs. year 2000 reference engine) is significant and can be accommodated within the limits of a conventional aircraft configuration. It is in line with the roadmap of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for 2020 to have the technologies ready for “Optimised conventional aircraft and engines using best fuel efficiency and noise control technologies”, where UHBR propulsion systems are expressively named as a key technology. ENOVAL will be established in a consistent series of Level 2 projects in conjunction with LEMCOTEC for core engine technologies, E-BREAK for system technologies for enabling ultra high OPR engines, and OPENAIR for noise reduction technologies. Finally, ENOVAL will prepare the way towards maturing the technology and preparing industrialisation in coordination with past and existing aero-engine initiatives in Europe at FP7 and national levels.

Keywords: ultra high bypass ratio,aero engine,fan,low pressure turbine,low pressure compressor,gear box,co2 reduction,noise reduction,nacelle,variable area fan nozzle,propulsive efficiency
Advanced Safety Assessment : Extended PSA (ASAMPSA_E)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Research infrastructure
Destination: Reactor Systems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Czechia,Austria,Netherlands,Spain,France,Lithuania,Hungary,Poland,Slovakia,Germany,Belgium,Slovenia,Bulgaria,Romania,France,Sweden,Switzerland,Sweden,Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4043346.65
EU funding (EUR): 2999999.49
Participants: 30
Project status: CLOSED

The Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan resulted from the combination of two correlated extreme external events (earthquake and tsunami). The consequences (flooding in particular) went beyond what was considered in the initial NPP design. Such situations can be identified using PSA methodology that complements the deterministic approach for beyond design accidents. If the performance of a Level 1-Level 2 PSA concludes that such a low probability event can lead to extreme consequences, the industry (system suppliers and utilities) or the Safety Authorities may take appropriate decisions to reinforce the defence-in-depth of the plant. The project ASAMPSA_E aims at identifying good practices for the identification of such situations with the help of Level 1-Level 2 PSA and for the definition of appropriate criteria for decision making in the European context. It offers a new framework to discuss, at a technical level, how extended PSA can be developed efficiently and be used to verify if the robustness of NPPs in their environment is sufficient. It will allow exchanges on the feasibility of “extended PSAs” able to quantify risks induced by NPPs site (multi-units reactors and spent fuel pools, modelling impact of internal initiating events, internal and external hazards on equipment and human recovery actions …).

Keywords: extended psa,beyond design accident,external events,fukushima accident
Promoting Aeronautics Innovation and Research (PROMO-AIR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Belgium,Hungary,France,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 605352.4
EU funding (EUR): 550436.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Promo-Air is a European Project within the Framework Programme 7 aiming at undertaking actions to raise the interest of young Europeans towards scientific and technical studies in the field of Aeronautics and Air Transport. Although some efforts have been performed towards this objective on a national level or by individual entities Europe-wide, up to now there has not been an initiative for a collaborative European project, aiming to stimulate young Europeans to follow an aeronautical related career. As a result, during the last years it has been realized and reported by the major European Industries that the European Aeronautics community has a shortage of high quality engineers. Within the Promo-Air project, the consortium efforts will be focused on raising interest of teenagers in aeronautics-related studies through improving the image of an aeronautics career and stimulating their interest through the presentation of attractive educational material and hands-on experiences in Universities throughout Europe. The educational material will be assembled by taking into account the research achievements of recent and current R&D Aeronautics and Air Transport related projects. The developed educational material will include films, serious games and e-brochures. In order to achieve the objective of raising the interest of young Europeans, a solid policy will be developed, including the dissemination of the prepared material through the internet (e.g. social networks and other websites) and through Universities, while at the same time informing the aeronautical stakeholders about the major outcomes of the project. By raising interest for aeronautics among students, the project will promote the scientific, technical studies and careers in aeronautics and air transport research and industry. With the help of Promo-Air activities including, the European Aviation Week, more students will realize how interesting careers in aeronautics and air transport are.

Keywords: promotion of careers in aeronautics,attractive educational material,secondary and engineering schools
Vortex Robot for Rapid Low Cost Scanning and Improved Non-Destructive Testing of Large Concrete Structures (VORTEXSCAN)

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,Greece,Bulgaria,Türkiye,Croatia
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-07-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1274172.0
EU funding (EUR): 988000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Large public infrastructure facilities around the world like dams, cooling towers and bridges use cement as the main building material. Although made from a durable material many of these large assets have begun to age and are in need of periodic inspection to ensure their integrity. Current inspection routine involves setting up scaffolds that have to be moved around for personnel to reach to the whole of the surface. The VORTEXSCAN proposal seeks to develop a vortex robot that will autonomously navigate the vertical surfaces of such structures while deploying a combination of non destructive inspection techniques. Air suction through a nozzle of a specific geometry will create a vortex and initiate a force that attaches the robot to a vertical surface while its wheels move it around. Novel phased array Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) will be one of the two NDT equipment carried by the robot. Low frequency ultrasonics will also be deployed and an innovative fusion of data from the two techniques will be performed. The fusion will diminish the drawbacks of each technique and create an accurate representation of the underlying material and its defects. VORTEXSCAN will create a system that can rapidly and economically inspect large vertical concrete structures saving huge amounts currently spent during the manual periodic inspections. The system will target EUs electrical power industry structures such nuclear reactor containment, dams and cooling towers as a large number of these infrastructure types are beginning to age; some of them having been built nearly a century ago.

Keywords: vortex robot,ground penetrating radar (gpr),ultrasonic testing (ut),inspection data fusion
Medium range Ultrasonic inspection technique for detecting micro-biologically induced corrosion in automatic fire sprinkler systems (SPRINKTEST)

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,Cyprus,Spain,Lithuania,United Kingdom,Belgium,Greece,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1363414.66
EU funding (EUR): 1049000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The installation of sprinklers can result in substantial reductions in insurance premiums and so insurance companies are becoming increasingly interested in their proper installation and function. For example, the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association has abundant evidence about the effectiveness of their members’ technology in reducing loss of life and property in office, residential, retail, storage, public venue buildings and in special sites such as ships, control rooms and hospitals. The proper functioning of fire sprinkler systems can be catastrophically undermined by corrosion. The water in the system pipes is stagnant and, if inhibitors are inactive, then this can give rise to microbiological induced corrosion (MIC), which leads to leaks. This corrosion is localised and is not evident in close visual inspection until the leak starts. Moreover the pipes are often enclosed and difficult to access for close viewing. MIC may occur in both dry and wet sprinkler systems. Long range ultrasonic testing (LRUT) has been developed for screening long lengths of pipe (up to 100m from one test location) for corrosion, especially in otherwise inaccessible areas. It has been used to a limited extent on the feeder pipes and risers in sprinkler systems. However, the pipe lengths are too short (typically <5m) and the defects too small in comparison with the ultrasound wavelengths for current LRUT systems. Moreover the numerous features such as pipe elbows and branches, makes interpretation of ultrasound echo-signals difficult. SprinkTest aims to inspect automatic fire sprinkler systems by developing a medium range ultrasonic test (MRUT) system, using higher frequency ultrasound (100KHz -500KHz), smaller flexible transducers to gain access to confined spaces, lower power electronics to allow hand-held portability and sophisticated software to process signals and extract information from the numerous guided ultrasonic waves present at the higher frequencies.

Keywords: medium range ultrasonic inspection,flexible transducers,corrosion