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A HOLISTIC APPROACH OF ELECTRIC MOTOR COOLING (E-COOL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Sweden,Austria,Slovenia,United Kingdom
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2165477.5
EU funding (EUR): 2165477.5
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Electric motors (e-motors) consume more than 40% of electricity produced globally. The EU aims to save ~40Mt of CO2 emissions per year until 2030 by deploying more efficiency e-motors. E-motors are also the driving force behind EVs, currently leading the global efforts for decarbonisation of the transportation sector; their efficiency is crucial in extending EV mileage. Unfortunately, electrification plans for heavy-duty, earth-moving machines and aircrafts (accounting currently ~60% of fossil fuel consumption in transportation) have to overcome, among other limitations, the technological barrier of excess heat generated in the e-motor copper windings during power-demanding operations associated with these sectors. E-COOL promises to address this challenge via the development of a holistic e-motor cooling technology, maximising heat transfer through direct-contact, spray cooling. E-COOL aims to achieve this technological breakthrough at time-scales compatible to those required for industrial innovation to reach the market, by integrating two interdisciplinary activities: (a) development and manufacturing of novel oil-based, dilute polymer mixtures of non-Newtonian nature, which, when employed in spray-cooling thermal management systems, will be a game-changer; (b) implementation of a universal design methodology for spray cooling, optimised with the aid of new Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. Training datasets for the ML tool will be obtained by ‘ground-truth’ experimental and numerical investigations also to be conducted for the first time in E-COOL. The envisioned cooling system aims to provide unprecedented cooling rates at local temperature hot spots, which can contribute to an average 20% increase in e-motor’s efficiency compared to today’s state-of-the-art. This will allow next-generation e-motor utilisation over the whole range of transportation sectors, thus, facilitating significant additional energy and CO2 savings relative to the existing EU plans.

Keywords: spray cooling,viscoelastic fluid,cfd spray simulations,machine learning,electric motor,laser diagnostics
SUNlight-to-LIQUID - Efficient solar thermochemical synthesis of liquid hydrocarbon fuels using tailored porous-structured materials and heat recuperation (SUN-to-LIQUID II)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Netherlands,France,Switzerland
Call: Development of algal and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5288648.91
EU funding (EUR): 4880120.4
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

The European Green Deal aims at a 90% reduction in transport emissions to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The main leverage of road, rail, aviation, and waterborne transport is increasing the share of renewable fuels. SUN-to-LIQUID II addresses this challenge with an integrated solar-thermochemical pathway that has the potential to produce sustainable and cost-effective fuels at the scale of future demand directly from sunlight, water and CO2. The primary objective is to achieve a record-high energy conversion of 15% - a 3-fold increase of the state of the art - by bringing novel concepts (TRL 2) and lab-scale developments (TRL 3) to the field (TRL 4-5). To this end, the aims are the optimization of a high-flux solar concentrating heliostat & tower system, the development and integration of novel 3D structured reactants and implementation of high-temperature heat recovery within the solar-thermochemical system. Detailed scale-up and constraint analyses and a commercial exploitation of the solar-thermochemical fuel technology strategy complement the key objectives for the way forward. Through a 48-months 5.7-MEuros valued action, SUN-to-LIQUID II will demonstrate on-sun the viability of the integrated solar fuel pathway on a 50-kW scale, and will create a conceptual design of a next-generation commercial multi-megawatt-scale solar plant. Gathering three research organisations, two industry partners and one SME from five European countries, the highly complementary consortium builds on its unique expertise and unique state-of-the-art research facilities. As a result, five expected outcomes of HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-03-07 are achieved with research, development and demonstration of the SUN-to-LIQUID II technology, and with the system analyses providing the evidence for a pathway towards cost-effective and deep GHG emission reduction especially for aviation, with technical scalability to production potentials beyond projected future demand.

Keywords: transportation,aviation,emission reduction,hydrocarbons,saf,sustainable fuel,solar fuel,renewable fuel of non biological origin,sunlight to liquid,concentrated solar energy,heat recovery
Scalable Method for Synthesis of multifunctional colloidal INKs for Superconductors (SMS-INKS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2024-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Global warming is one of the main challenges that society is currently facing. It involves a major change of the energy paradigm to drastically reduce CO2 emissions. High Temperature Superconductivity presents a huge interest worldwide for its opportunities for cleantech energy as superconductors allow energy harvesting and transport electric power with minimal losses. Superconducting nanocomposites in the form of coated conductors (CC) are specially interesting as generators operating at high magnetic fields. However, the widespread use and commercialization of CC nanocomposites in large scale applications is limited by the high cost / performance ratio of existing manufacturing processes. We developed a novel method that when combining the low-cost benefits of chemical solution deposition (CSD) processing with the ultra-fast growth rates of crystallization from liquid phases (Transient Liquid Assisted Growth-TLAG), a four times cost reduction is expected in comparison with state of the art. The TLAG-CSD approach uses multifunctional colloidal inks (MFCI) that replaces the standard CSD inks, enabling the control of the nanoscale landscape required to improve performance. The key point is the stabilization of the nanoparticles in a highly ionic environment at high concentrations. The innovation product of SMS-INKS is the manufacturing of robust, stable and reproducible MFCI in large quantities (several litres) by industrial processes, which will fill the existing gap in the superconducting nanocomposites Coated Conductors industry. A new generation of MFCI will be validated by upscaling the manufacturing process, focusing on value capture and market fit, ensuring a strong IP position and preparing a development plan that can be further (co-)developed with industry. Additionally, this MFCI technology could be easily adapted to other CSD material areas (magnetic, ferroelectric, thermoelectric).
The neural basis of dynamic territorial aggression and fear (TERRITORY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing , nervous system  function and dysfunction , systems neuroscience  and modelling , biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders – In humans and all other organisms
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2496895.0
EU funding (EUR): 2496895.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The urge to defend one’s territory is an evolutionarily conserved instinct aimed at securing optimal access to food, mates, and shelter. Conflict arises when territories become unstable due to seasonal changes in resource availability, or when population density increases. Under such conditions, individuals must carefully balance social aggression and avoidance to maximize their control of territorial resources while avoiding subordination at the hands of their neighbors. What is the neural basis of such dynamic territorial behaviors? We have found that an evolutionarily conserved medial hypothalamic brain structure serves as a switch between social aggression and avoidance. In this proposal we ask where and how is territory encoded in the brain and how could it control this hypothalamic switch? A clue emerges from recent work in which we discovered that neural activity in this structure encodes a map of social space much like the mammalian hippocampus encodes a map of navigational space. However, unlike hippocampal place cells that arise spontaneously as animals explore, hypothalamic territory cells require social experience to form. We will develop a semi-natural laboratory testing environment where we can monitor the dynamic acquisition of territories in mice over time and apply in vivo neural recording, activity perturbation, and computational modelling to extract precise synaptic integration and plasticity mechanisms that underlie territory-based decision-making in the mammalian brain. Uncovering the neural basis of territorial behaviors is an essential step toward a biological understanding of human aggression and fear and could provide insight into interventions for maladaptive responses to threats to personal space, resources, and beliefs.
NanoElectroMechanical Infrared Light for Industrial and Environmental Sensing (NEMILIES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Transition
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Austria
Call: EIC Transition Open 2021 (HORIZON-EIC-2021-TRANSITIONOPEN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2024-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2223128.75
EU funding (EUR): 2223128.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The reliable and quantitative sensing of light is a fundamental task ubiquitous to modern technology. The infrared (IR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum hosts a wealth of intriguing interactions between radiation and matter, which are of particular interest for a wide range of applications including environmental, biological, chemical, pharmaceutical, and food & agriculture applications. Because of the low energy of IR photons, cryogenic cooling is required in order to reach the requisite high sensitivities in the mid- and far-IR. In our ERC PoC work (NIRD), we developed an uncooled IR sensor prototype based on a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS), called NEMILIE, which can reach unprecedented sensitivity at room temperature. This radically new IR detector technology disrupts the IR detectors market with an innovative high-sensitivity solution able to reduce costs and penetrate industrial markets where cryogenic cooling is uncommon and impractical, opening an array of new possibilities. Our overall goal is to go beyond the proof of concept, bring our NEMILIE technology to maturity and achieve market readiness, thereby successfully transitioning our ERC PoC technology to market.

Keywords: spectroscopy,infrared,chemical characterisation
Intelligent Device and Computational Software to Control Mechanical Stress and Deformation for Biological Testing (ISBIOMECH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2024-11-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In nature, all biological material from the cell to the tissue level is subjected to continuous mechanical stress and strain. These mechanical cues play an essential role on several biological processes and can determine the fate of a healing or a cancerous process, among many others. Therefore, research activities focusing on studying the deterministic nature of these processes need a robust test platform that allows for reproducing these mechanically-varying environments. Such a system would significantly contribute to improving in-vitro testing of therapies and drug discovery, incorporating the essential influence of mechanics in pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies. However, the current approaches are restricted to basic science methods with important limitations. This lack of a suitable system hinders the translation of basic science in mechanobiology to its application in the industrial-technological field. ISBIOMECH proposes a novel intelligent system to control the mechanical environment of cellular/tissue materials, to be commercially exploited as laboratory equipment for mechanobiology research and pathological treatment testing. The novel device and associated software will provide the first commercially available system to allow for robust and reproducible in-vitro testing of mechanically-influenced biological processes. More concretely, the system will use magneto-responsive substrates allowing for non-invasive, multidimensional and real-time control of complex deformation modes on cellular/tissue materials. This technology will be implemented and validated by demonstration activities at stakeholders’ labs to address timely mechanobiological studies in epithelial wound healing, neurological disorders and cardiac pathology. The proposed system has the potential to open the experimental path to improve current treatments in, e.g., cancer pathologies, pathological skin scarring or fibrotic heart remodelling during myocardial infarction.
Mobile Primary Care Device for Documentation and Analysis of Chronic Wounds - Market Transition (ChroWoDoc)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Women TechEU (HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 9.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107142.86
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

More than 12 million people worldwide suffer from chronic wounds. These open wounds need to be treated in the long term, resulting in annual costs of €27 billion. The treatment of chronic wounds is based on recurring medical examinations at intervals of 4 weeks, which include photographic documentation and a measurement of the wound. According to the current state of the art, this is simply done with a ruler, whereby the ruler is often inserted directly into the wound to assess the depth of the wound. This method not only leads to unreliable and non-reproducible results. It also takes up to 30 min. and is associated with massive pain for patients. To provide patients with relief and efficiently support wound healing, cureVision has developed a unique primary care device that enables fast and accurate documentation and analysis of chronic wounds. Our device contains multiple cameras and detectors that fully automatical analyse seven critical parameters without touching the wound itself. In addition to the wound dimensions, the integrated AI also automatically and reliably analyses the tissue components of the wound (%). Thus, for the first time, our mobile primary care device enables fast and accurate assessment for every wound to enable clinicians to adjust the therapy early. In addition to the significantly more comfortable, non-invasive examination for the patient, our device reduces the examination time by up to 60 %. The optimised therapy will reduce both treatment time and hospitalisation rates, resulting in annual cost savings of over € 40 million in Germany alone. After producing a first working MVP, we now want to produce 50 final MVPs to test and verify the functions under real conditions and make adjustments based on user feedback. Before we go to market, our device must be approved as a medical product. In addition, we will set up a reliable data protection management system. These final steps are to be achieved within the outline of the present project.

Keywords: mobile wound documentation,chronic wound management,primary care device
Integration of Underutilized Ashes into Material Cycles by Industry-Urban Symbiosis (AshCycle)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Finland,Netherlands,Croatia,Belgium,Slovenia,Denmark,South Africa,Switzerland
Call: Deploying industrial-urban symbiosis solutions for the utilization of energy, water, industrial waste and by-products at regional scale (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10312012.5
EU funding (EUR): 10311010.0
Participants: 30
Project status: SIGNED

The incineration of biomass, municipal solid waste and sewage sludge produces significant quantities of ashes in the EU: approximately 25 million tons annually. These residues have currently no use or they are utilized only in low-value applications. Major problems with the use of incineration residues in the construction, water treatment, and other industries are insufficient public awareness of the safety and environmental acceptability of the final products , the lack of uniform regulations, and readiness of the market to accept incineration residues as a supplementary material. The project AshCycle will demonstrate and implement industry-urban symbioses revolving around the underutilized ashes to reach circular and climate neutral economy in Europe. Pilots and replication demonstrations will be carried out in Denmark, Finland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and South Africa. The symbioses will include all major actors from the value chains, namely ash providers, ash beneficiation handlers, concrete and adsorbent product providers, as well as engagement of general public. AshCycle answers unmet socio-economic demands, facilitates emerging ash-based circular products for market entry and to unlocks benefits for society by acceptance of new circular concepts.

Keywords: ashes,construction materials,adsorbents,resource recovery
Taming Combustion Instabilities by Design Principles (TACOS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499993.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499993.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Both, the energy and aviation sector rely on gas turbines, a combustion system continuously optimized since its invention during World War II. They constitute a main pillar for tomorrows energy and aviation mix to tackle climate change. However, fuel flexibility is stretched to its limits for conventional combustor designs: combustion instabilities hinder a new generation of safe and low-emission gas turbines. This calls for disruptive design approaches to enforce crucially needed step-change technologies. The overarching aim of TACOS is to break the bottleneck of combustion instabilities by novel, physics-driven design principles based on latest theoretical findings: the combustion community -including myself- has discovered "exceptional points" (EPs), which are known from theoretical physics to feature intriguing, counter-intuitive physical properties. Our preliminary results confirm that EPs (i) rapidly switch the combustor stability from unstable to stable and (ii) are well-controllable by both the acoustics of the chamber and the flame characteristics. TACOS takes a leap forward and exploits the unique properties of EPs for the conception of novel combustors by 3 objectives: (A) tailor the characteristics of both gaseous (land-based gas turbines) and spray flames (aeroengines) by carbon-free fuels (hydrogen+ammonia) and sustainable aviation fuels; (B) optimize simultaneously the emission rates and the stability of the combustion chamber by designing the combustor close to the EP; and (C) quantify the design robustness by experiments at atmospheric and high-pressure conditions to learn design principles by explainable machine learning methods. As a result, TACOS will not only produce an unprecedented, computer-aided and optimization-centric design software for safe, robust and clean gas turbines, but will also open a new research field on design principles and amplify fundamental breakthroughs in CI research.

Keywords: combustion instabilities,gas turbines,high fidelity numerical simulations,experiments,machine learning