Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Automated mechanical property and fatigue life assessment of composite wind turbine blades in less than 4 hours (AUTOWINSPEC)

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: Cyprus,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Greece,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1306904.84
EU funding (EUR): 1018000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The wind turbine industry is one of the fastest growing markets. Current turbines are huge with turbine rotor diameters of over 100m becoming standard. EU energy policy calls for 20% of the EU's 3040Th/y electricity demand to come from renewable sources by 2020, which constitutes a market of some 140€ billion and wind energy is the clear front runner. Presently in situ blade inspection is carried out every 3-6 month visually or with manual operatives involved in dangerous abseiling. In certain cases, a blade is dismantled and transported onshore, making the turbine downtime very high. The AUTOWINSPEC project will provide a system to automatically estimate the condition and remaining lifespan of the blades, by eliminating dangerous rope access and reducing downtime whilst increasing productivity. The inspection involves the following steps: - An autonomous robotic system crawls along the blade. - Using novel Acousto-Ultrasonic NDE technique the condition of the blades is estimated. - The NDT equipment is applied through probes based on a gimbal structure to perform the inspection as a continuous spot measurement process to cover the blades. - The coordinates and respective measurements are stored and through novel signal analysis techniques a map of the mechanical properties of the blades is produced pinpointing defects and estimating the remaining life of the entire blade. The AUTOWINSPEC system aims for a target reduction of 84% in maintenance costs, since the inspection process will be completed in half time compared to current practice eliminating the need for trained operators. By including the reduction of revenue loss through increased downtime, overall savings can be greater. In addition, project SMEs will have enhanced access to the EU wind turbine maintenance market, set to reach 42€ billion, i.e., 30% of renewable sources revenue by 2020.

Keywords: ultrasonic ndt,robot vehicle,manipulator,automated inspection of blades,in-situ system,wireless
Premium Low weight Urban Sustainable e-MOBilitY (PLUS-MOBY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Romania,Spain,Poland,United Kingdom,Italy,Bulgaria,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SST-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3506686.0
EU funding (EUR): 2347648.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The Plus-Moby project is focused to the implementation of low cost and low energy intensity technologies to manufacture premium four wheel fully electrical micro vehicles (450-650kg and speeds up to 90+ km/h)) that can be upgraded to M1 configurations. •Technologies and methodologies developed in previous calls of the EU Green Car will be implemented in terms of low aero-drag and safe structural designs, system integration on powertrain, batteries, solar panels, energy management (Wide-Mob and P-MOB), design criteria to reduce electromagnetic emissions (EM-safety), customer demand (Capire,ICT4FEV). •Weight is optimised to satisfy maximum stability in all weather conditions including high lateral wind. •Materials and systems are selected to assure the highest EURONCAP standards applied in conventional cars for both front and lateral crashes. Safety cells concepts will be introduced with low cost structures based on the combination of pure retainable and self-adaptable mechanics. • Starting from a prototype having an energy consumption already demonstrated at 65Wh/km in the NEDC cycle, further reduction of energy consume is expected by enhancing the performance under pure electrical braking. •Altogether the average energy consume is expected to be lower than 40Wh/km in the NEDC cycle with most of the days fully run by solar radiation only in most southern EU countries. •The two motor electric powertrain addressed, which has been demonstrated to have the highest fail safe mode, within Plus-Moby it will be demonstrated to emulate, and for certain extent replace, both the ABS and ESP expensive systems. • The technology addressed will be implemented with low cost and easy to access manufacturing technologies. • A relevant role is given to SMEs and regional SMEs clusters to assure competing speed and commitment. • The partnership is organised in such a way that a new era of easy to produce low cost but high performance micro e-vehicles is opened across all EU countries.

Keywords: micro electric cars,light weight,tubular architecture,multipropulsion,photovoltaic,li-ion battery,multipurpose vehicle.
FORUM on Aviation and Emissions (FORUM-AE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,France,Germany,Switzerland,France,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Germany,Spain,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-07-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1545035.45
EU funding (EUR): 1199331.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The FORUM-AE coordination action will create a technical specialists european network with all relevant competencies, including academic and industrial partners, linked to key environmental technical issues on aviation emissions. It will address equitably three complementary aspects: environmental impacts (air quality and climate change), technical and technological mitigation solutions (aircraft, engine, operations, alternative fuels), regulation technical issues (CAEP issues, local regulations). In this scope, the activity will consist in the organization of focused and high quality workshops and in the monitoring of major european R&T programs, both activities being carried out closely. European experts outside the project consortium will be also invited to contribute to the workshops as well as focal points of other existing projects where useful assessments are made such as Clean-sky, Sesar... and these focal points will contribute in giving a status of their projects. The objectives will be: (a) to offer a European forum where fruitful exchanges will be possible between main air transport actors, (b) to achieve a better understanding on emissions linked environmental priorities, a better visibility on most promising solutions, and technical recommendations on regulation issues, (c) to give clear status on most relevant R&T european programs, and recommend future R&T directions. Results will be delivered and disseminated through the workshops, their proceedings, website and publications.

Keywords: aviation emissions,environmental impact priorities,air quality,climate change,aircraft technology,engine technogy,atm,alternative fuels,regulation technical issues,r&t monitoring
Autonomous wireless sensors driven by harvested vibration energy for leak detection in water mains (ADVOCATE)

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: Estonia,France,Norway,Sweden,United Kingdom,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1787439.8
EU funding (EUR): 1293000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The Advocate project consortium, led by ULEFOS ESCO AS from Norway, aims to develop smart gate valves which will be used in the detection and management of water leaks through employing autonomous wireless sensor nodes in an underground MESH network powered by a unique, vibration energy harvesting system. The amount of leaked water in Europe, per year, is estimated to cost society approximately €80 billion. To reduce this huge cost burden on society, the ADVOCATE consortium will develop innovative gate valves on water and waste water pipes. Valves will automatically monitor for leaks and overall water/wastewater pressure in the system. A vibration energy harvesting system will generate enough power that these same valves could be monitored in a network of wireless sensors. These new innovative valves, whose intellectual property rights will be owned by the SMEs of this project, will then be sold to water and sewage utilities and municipal authorities, providing consortium members additional € 46.5 million of additional sales during 5 years after the project. The technological challenges that will be overcome with the assistance of the RTOs are: 1) MESH network of smart water and waste water valves that can be remotely monitored and controlled; 2) Modified pressure sensors for detection of leaks; 3) The vibration energy harvesting and power management system that will power the smart gate vales. The individual SMEs, European society and water user worldwide will benefit by: -the increased detection and prevention of water leaks, using ADVOCATE system, leading to € 800 million savings per annum; - municipalities and water utilities will be able to monitor the status of and manage their underground water and waste water assets (i.e. for fire fighting, drinking water, wastewater disposal etc.); - reduced cost of water to society and how much consumer pays for water.

Keywords: continuous and automated monitoring of water leaks,vibration energy harvesting,low-power management,zigbee/gprs wireless sensor networks
Cargo handling by Automated Next generation Transportation Systems for ports and terminals (CARGO-ANTS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Sweden,Spain,Sweden,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SST-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3579810.4
EU funding (EUR): 2315261.2
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

"Cargo handling by Automated Next generation Transportation Systems for ports and terminals" aims to to create smart Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Highly Automated Trucks (HATs) that can co-operate in shared workspaces for efficient and safe freight transportation in main ports and freight terminals. The project builds on an active dialog with customers, workforce and authorities to maximize acceptance and exploitation of the project results. The specific objectives are: -Increase performance and throughput of freight transportation in main ports and freight terminals and maintain a high level of safety -Develop an automated shared work yard for intelligent AGVs and highly automated trucks -Develop and demonstrate planning, decision, control and safety strategies for automated vehicles -Develop and demonstrate an environmental perception system and a grid-independent positioning system Research questions -Which combination of positioning techniques and sensors allow for reliable and accurate positioning in view of the proposed applications? -How can reliable environmental perception be achieved, i.e. moving and stationary object detection, drivable path detection, docking point detection, absolute and relative object positioning ? -How to set-up and integrate a vehicle control system, including high-level site planning, path planning, interaction planning and feedback control? -How can functional safety of automated vehicles be achieved?

Keywords: automated guided vehicles highly automated trucks freight transportation main ports freight terminals
Development of an automated processing method, a “Green Box”, for production of bio heating oil from waste sources (BIOHEATINGOIL)

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: Czechia,Norway,Poland,Italy,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1489152.32
EU funding (EUR): 1160000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The BioHeatingOil project will develop a robust and cost-effective automated processing method, a “Green Box”, for production of bio heating oil - using waste sources in form of fat & grease from the food production industry and grease traps as raw material. In current State of the art (SoA) methods which use fat & grease as a raw material, the quality of the raw material put into the production determine the quality of the end product. This is most often inconvenient, as the user requirement for the bio oil often differs from what the production results are. In addition, current SoA methods cannot handle waste from grease traps as an input media in their process as waste from grease traps is so varied in quality and hence difficult to process. This waste is therefore disposed of, at a cost. The “Green Box” will improve SoA and have market advantages by providing a process which gives an end product with pre-determined quality in addition to enabling production of bio oil from fat & grease waste from grease traps, which currently are disposed of as waste at a cost. The Green Box concept has also additional advantage in the form of environmental conservation. Having identified a big market opportunity in BioHeatingOil, AS Green Cube Management has invited the SMEs Asio spol. s r.o., Malthe Winje Automasjon AS and Filtersystem Scandinavia AB to take part in the project. By pooling their supplementary expertise, these four SMEs will together develop the technology, the production and distribution channels and will exploit the results jointly. The SMEs have invited the RTDs TI, Labor S.r.l. and ICSO to perform the needed RTD work. The development will include identification and use of existing methods for analysis and parameter adjustment and combines these with a control system, creating an automated process in order to adjust the levels of FFA from 70% down to 5%, water content from 3000 ppm down to 150 ppm and ash residue from 0,5% down to 0,01%.

Keywords: bio heating oil,ffa,ash residue,water content,bio waste
An Integrated Membrane Process for Oily Wastewater Treatment, Water Reuse and Valuable By-Products Recovery (O-WAR)

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: Denmark,Portugal,Poland,Norway,Poland
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1448713.0
EU funding (EUR): 1136301.6
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

A large amount of wastewater in the form of oil-in-water is generated in different industries such as olive mills, metal processing and offshore oil and gas. The wastewater treatment equipment market was worth >€1 billion in 2010. All the industries face the same problems: to separate emulsified oil from water in a cost-effective way and to handle large volumes of oily waste in an economical way. Among available technologies membrane processes exhibit undisputable advantages over the conventional approaches, especially in treatment of highly emulsified oily wastewater. The O-WaR project aims to develop an integrated process able to efficiently remove emulsified oil from wastewater, to reuse treated water, to recover by-products in wastewater and to reduce volumes of oily waste for disposal. Our solution consists of a SiC membrane coated with an anti-fouling layer, an Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) unit for membrane concentrate treatment and a NF/RO unit for purification of SiC permeate and/or valuable by-products recovery from wastewater. The O-WaR technology will be able to remove >99% of oil, solids and chemical oxygen demand, making treated oily wastewaters to easily meet discharge or reuse requirements, and produce <2% oily waste for off-site disposal, greatly reducing waste disposal cost. In the case of olive mill wastewater (OMW) treatment the O-WaR technology can effectively recover valuable by-products in OMW and create high values (up to €700/kg of recovered small phenolics for functional food, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals) for the industry. With the O-WaR technology we expect an annual profit of €1.4 million generated in an OMW treatment plant (20,000 m3/year capacity) and a total annual OPEX savings of €0.17 million for a metal processing factory with 20,000 m3/year wastewater produced compared to using a conventional technology. Also, the SMEs in this project are predicted to have a market opportunity of €11.7 million in first 5 years post project.

Keywords: ceramic membrane,silicon carbide (sic),nano-particle coating,membrane filtration,membrane fouling,gas flotation,phenolic compounds in olive mill wastewater
Development and demonstration of energy efficient system for accelerated curing during repair and refurbishment of concrete structures (MCURE)

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: Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,Greece,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1676104.04
EU funding (EUR): 1274000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

This project has been initiated by the 4 SMEs from different European countries who are all committed to participating in the successful research, development and subsequent demonstration of the MCure project in order to improve the quality and curing time of concrete constructions. Over 50% of expenditure in the EU construction sector is on repair of existing structures rather than on new build. The primary material of construction requiring repair in EU is concrete. The annual cost of repair of reinforced concrete structures in Western Europe is in excess of €5 billion, a problem which is likely to be even greater in Eastern Europe. Wide scale research undertaken by EU FP5 project CONREPNET 2004 showed that 25% of structure owners are unhappy with the performance of the repair within five years after the rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures; 75% are dissatisfied within ten years. This has generated a requirement to deliver more durable and effective repairs to concrete structures. To meet this requirement, this MCure project will scientifically develop a novel accelerated curing approach which will improve the durability, accelerate the curing and consistency of concrete repairs, independent of climatic environment. It will be an energy and time efficient curing system. It will make more efficient use of resources, especially in harsh winter weather conditions due to the system robustness and the effectiveness of the technology in all kinds of weather. This approach will improve the productivity and competitiveness of SME repairs contractors. This technological approach will involve advancements in the fields of remote moisture sensing and concrete compressive strength. Background research has validated the technical concept and the market opportunity. Within five post project years, MCure will generate at least 215 new jobs in EU and additional revenues of over€28 million for the SMEPs.

Keywords: controlled microwave energy,antenna design,special concrete receipe,efficiency improve by process intensification,moisture sensor control
Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E.)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-COFUND, 2013)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2019-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12188927.52
EU funding (EUR): 4875571.01
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Looking back at many years of experience in managing individual stipend programmes, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is working on the implementation of the principles of the European Charter for Researchers by setting up a new programme: P.R.I.M.E. – Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience. The initiative is designed to support outgoing mobility of experienced researchers of all nationalities who plan to continue their career in Germany upon their return. Funding includes a return phase to ensure optimum reintegration. To enhance the career development of junior scientists, regular counselling is provided by mentors at the German university, the foreign host institution, and the DAAD. In addition, employment contracts integrate the fellows into the regular pay scale at German universities and guarantee adequate salaries and benefits. Selection for the programme is merit-based and independent of nationality, discipline, age, career breaks, and destination. The selection committee consists of national and international scientists of all relevant disciplines and is balanced in terms of gender, age, and background. A strict procedure in handling ethical issues and a specialized subcommittee prevent the violation of ethical principles. Programme quality is monitored continuously and the external view is added through an independent mid term review. The researchers’ experiences and results are presented to the public via brochures, the P.R.I.M.E. website, and an international conference. By spreading the information widely and by offering extensive assistance to applicants and fellows, the DAAD expects to attract new groups of promising scientists for internationally oriented research careers and for transnational cooperation. Active guidance during the return phase will ensure a full integration into the German research system and the best-possible use of the newly-gained knowledge for the advancement of the European Research Area.

Keywords: outgoing fellowships,return phase,all nationalities,employment contracts,all disciplines,merit-based selection,international committee,ethical committee,mentoring system,career development