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Non-intrusive Optical Pressure and Loads Extraction for Aerodynamic Analysis (NIOPLEX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,Germany,France,Türkiye,Germany,Germany,Canada
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2262664.4
EU funding (EUR): 1683898.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

NIOPLEX will contribute to the development of non-intrusive experimental flow diagnostics to improve the aerodynamic analysis capabilities in wind tunnels. The particular objective of the project is to develop an unprecedented comprehensive diagnostic approach, achieved by a simultaneous measurement of the surface pressure distribution on a model and the velocity and pressure field around it. Currently, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is used as the major diagnostic technique to obtain the mean flow field and turbulent fluctuations. The surface pressure can be measured with Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP), but there is essentially no means to conveniently access the pressure inside the flow. The present project focuses in particular on the method of “pressure measurement by PIV” and pursues how it can be developed to a stage that makes it ready for application to industrial problems. Comparison with PSP will determine if the PIV-based approach may be regarded as complementary to PSP or as a possible or partial replacement. The project ultimately aims to support the design of improved aeronautical transport systems by a better and more flexible flow-pressure diagnostics, suitable for aerodynamic performance and aeroacoustic source analysis. These capabilities can impact the design process at an earlier stage with the use of additional experimental data during the development cycle. NIOPLEX brings nine leading research teams together in a consortium to achieve these objectives. The final results of the project will provide a clear scenario on viable technologies for pressure analysis in aerodynamic flows. The measurement procedures will be demonstrated on test cases relevant to industrial research. Specific measurement protocols will be formulated to ease their use. The results will be made of wide impact by extensive dissemination activities within the academy and among industry.

Keywords: aircraft aerodynamics,aeroacoustics,aeroeasticity,measurement techniques,pressure measurement,particle image velocimetry,pressure sensitive paint,unsteady wing aerodynamics
Depth enabled workflow for flexible 2D and multiview video production (3FLEX)

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: Spain,Germany,Germany,Spain,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1392594.66
EU funding (EUR): 1022000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The 3FLEX project aims to define and develop a new advanced workflow for flexible 2D, stereo and multiview video production capable to deal with and take advantage of the image+depth content approach and to develop the building blocks to implement it. This workflow enhances current 2D and 3D production workflows, and regarding the 2D to 3D conversion processes promises cost savings and improvements in terms of production efficiency and workflow automation. The implementation of the new 3FLEX workflow requires the development of tools and pieces that cover most of the process: adaptation to the supplementary data in the image ingest and the pre-processing architectures, development of new image+depth channel retouch and processing tools and adaptation of existing post-production tools in order to take advantage of the existing depth channel. These 3FLEX tools necessary to complete the new workflow will be delivered as plugins and upgrades, adding value and functionalities to established post-production platforms. The 3FLEX outcomes will be tested in an experimental production and showcased by academic and industrial partners in research and commercial forums. To this end, 3FLEX will not only offer new post-production tools, it will also take care that they are embedded seamlessly as plug-ins into the existing infrastructure of professional 2D and 3D production workflows. The three companies in the 3FLEX consortium address different phases and processes in the postproduction industry, yet they envision a shared workflow and could take advantage of related image processing technologies in their tools. For this reason they felt impelled to work together as a consortium to propel the postproduction technologies beyond the state of the art and integrating the resulting products into their own workflows and catalogues. This way, the SME participants in the 3FLEX project will improve their competitiveness in global markets in the near future.

Keywords: trifocal camera,image rectification,registration.calibration,scribbles,color correction,alpha-matting,tracking,clean-plate,segmentation,multiview video inpainting,depth-image based rendering
Ecopaint bio-based formulations (ECOBIOFOR)

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: Spain,Belgium,France,Spain,France,France,Spain,Portugal,Switzerland,Italy,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2201987.0
EU funding (EUR): 1441000.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The EU solvents market totalled 5.0 Million Tons in 2010. The bio-based solvent consumption was only 0.63 Million Tons (12.6%), mainly devoted to cleaning operations, however the consumption of biosolvents is estimated to grow annually 4.8% up to 1.1 million by 2020 (EU Innova-Biochem 2010). The Coatings/Inks/Adhesives Industry represents 58% of the global solvent consumption, since they use solvents as the main constituent in their formulations (50-70wt%), which will be released in fine to the atmosphere. The environmental/economic consequences are clear. EU Directives (IPPC, SE Solvents & Paints Directives) are pushing companies to develop greener solutions but up to now; despite this concern, only the 1.5% of biosolvents is used in paints. So, the Coatings sector emphasizes the need for new & specific biosolvents. ECOBIOFOR project aims to prepare solvents for coatings with 3 characteristics: bio-based (coming from renewable resources), synthesized according to the principles of Green Chemistry and new formulations with lower VOC emissions. Few large companies are devoted to the transformation of biomass into basic chemical products with established industrial uses. But the business model of a great number of chemical & biotechnological SMEs is based on the development of products ready to be used in specific markets. ECOBIOFOR supports this large group of EU SMEs, working in the goal to shift conventional productive processes into new ones based on renewable resources. Moreover, it profits from the impulse of coating SMEs, which are ready to introduce greener products in their own formulations. Succeeding in such a project requires a multidisciplinary & talented consortium. It consists of 11 organizations from 6 EU countries: - 5 SME-AGs 3 biotech & 2 paint associations with 1349 members (1009 SMEs), - 3 OTHERs: 1 Solvent Producer (LARGE) & 2 paint manufactures (SMEs), - 3 RTD performers with previous experience in green chemistry, organic & biotechnological synthesis and in coatings formulations.

Keywords: solvents,biosolvents,bio-based,renewable resources,paints,coatings,green chemistry,biotech synthesis,chemical and enzimatic procedures,bioproduction,green alternatives.
Superheated Steam-based process for low energy and high quality drying of food and food residues (STEAMDRY)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,Spain,United Kingdom,Italy,Spain,Switzerland,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1489300.6
EU funding (EUR): 1099998.2
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The EU market for processed foods is changing: there is now an increasing demand by consumers for foods that have undergone fewer changes during processing, foods that resemble more to the original raw materials with high nutritive values, flavour and a “natural” image. These pressures are especially significant for a SME dominated sector, the dried foods: although it represents more than €8 billion in Europe, the sales of dried foods are currently in stagnation or declining. Indeed, not only the food processing machinery SMEs must improve the drying process to achieve high quality dried food to meet the customer high requirements, but also they must tackle the energy consumption and pollution issues which are typical of such equipment. For the food machinery SMEs, today is the time to respond to these changes and enable the dried food industries to recover their competitiveness. To do so, they need to face 3 main challenges: Low quality of the final dried products, High energy consumption to dry the raw materials, Significant environmental pollution, via CO2/odor emissions. The STEAMDRY project gathers 4 SMEs and 1 association, which aims at developing a new drying plant to allow food producers and food processing SMEs to dry their foods with efficiency, high quality and sustainability, thanks to: -Innovative drying technology, using superheated steam at low pressure, ensuring efficiency through better heat transfer and a better quality of product due to lower temperature -2-step cleaning system to remove the dust/particles from the extra steam and allow its reuse in the upstream process, reducing the energy bill -New optical multi-sensor integrated in the process control, to monitor the food drying quality along with the energy balance of the system. The STEAMDRY process will enable the food processing machinery and food processing SMEs to recover their competitivity via the production of high quality dried products, with lower process impact on energy environment

Keywords: superheated steam drying,flash reactor,aromas/vocs detection,optical fibre sensor,co2 emission
Formaldehyde free Bio-Based thermosetting resin for wood pressed products (ECOPRESSWOOD)

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: Croatia,Greece,Spain,Germany,Spain,Ukraine,Austria,Germany,Spain,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1899751.96
EU funding (EUR): 1397787.6
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Pressed wood panels are composed of chopped or cut wood that are glued together using adhesives. Most of these resins are petroleum based products containing a hazardous chemical: formaldehyde. The acceptable levels of formaldehyde in wood pressed products have been reduced over the past decades due to increased public awareness on its effects on health and the consequent consumer demand for non-hazardous products. The current situation in Europe is that the Committee for Risk Assessment of the European Chemical Agency has recommended reclassifying formaldehyde from category 2, "probably carcinogenic to humans" to category 1B “substance which is presumed to have carcinogenic potential for humans". This reclassification is expected by 2015 and it will surely have an impact on EU standards with regards to formaldehyde emissions from wood panels. In turn, this will affect the competitiveness of European woodworkers who will be forced to reduce, or even eliminate, the use of formaldehyde resins in wood panels. The development of efficient renewable resins to substitute petroleum formaldehyde based adhesives is one of the biggest challenges for the Wood Industry. To do so, the ECO-PRESSWOOD project aims to develop “formaldehyde free” wood based panels that combine bio-based chemistry, nanotechnology and process engineering. To be cost competitive and environmentally friendly, this new resin will be produced from residues of biodiesel production. The performance of the bio-panels will be increased by ceramic nanoparticles that will provide extra reinforcement. Moreover manufacturing processes will be researched to integrate both developments.

Keywords: wood science resin/adhesives chemistry
Implementing sustainable E&T programmes in the field of Radioactive Wastes Disposal (PETRUS III)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Support the development of nuclear competences at Union level and socio-economic aspects
Destination: Human Resources and training
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Finland,France,France,United Kingdom,Sweden,Czechia,Slovenia,Spain,Finland,Romania,France,Netherlands,Belgium,Italy,Hungary,Sweden,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2116531.44
EU funding (EUR): 1425000.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

In line with the Lisbon strategy and 2020 perspective “Petrus” initiative coordinates since 2005 universities, WMOs, training organisations and research institutes efforts to develop cooperative approach to education and training (E&T) in the geological disposal with the purpose of expanding this cooperation under PETRUS3. PETRUS3 project aims at continuation of the European Cooperation in this area including: • Practical implementation of PETRUS training programme following ECVET principles: Starting from the outcomes of the previous project, we will experiment the elaboration and the implementation of training modules defined in term of learning outcomes in a “Competency-Based Curriculum”. The objective is to set up accredited and recognised qualification in geological disposal that can be achieved in parallel both through formal and PD training programmes. • Elaboration of multidisciplinary training and research framework for PhD student:The objectives are i) to fast-track the research activities in geological disposal by proposing customised training programmes, ii) to organize periodic PhD workshops and iii) to enhance the emergence of multidisciplinary research. • Development of strategies and frameworks for maintaining PETRUS initiative over the long-term: Following the recommendations of the PETRUS End-users Council, the PETRUS3 project will establish strategic plan for sustainability of the PETRUS initiative through i) establishing a steering board for coordination and follow-up of the PETRUS educational programme, ii) collaboration with the IGD-TP's CMET Working Group iii) creation of an integration framework to the ENEN structure for the overall management of the radioactive waste disposal E&T activities under the association umbrella and iv) linking with the radiation protection platform EUTERP and related EFTS. PETRUS3 strives to continue PETRUS II and ECNET international cooperation by strengthening the links already established with China and IAEA

Keywords: education,training,nuclear,radioactive wastes disposal,ecvet
High Temperature Pipe Structural Health Monitoring System utilising Phased Array probes on TOFD configuration (HOTPHASEDARRAY)

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: Spain,France,United Kingdom,Greece,Germany,Croatia,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1298688.55
EU funding (EUR): 997000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Uncertainties in the calculation of the lifetime of superheated steam pipes in power plants that contain a minor defect create situations with potentially catastrophic results, typically costing €120 million per event. Superheated steam pipes are periodically inspected and depending on their defects sizes they may be replaced after a lifetime assessment has been performed. Common errors in defect sizing create dangerous situations as size underestimation will result in a pipe prone to failure. Inetec and Enkon, often face this difficult issue when performing inspections for their customers, thus the need for a frequent in-service and accurate monitoring of defects on pipes was identified. The final goal of the HotPhasedArray project is the development of a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system for superheated steam pipes. The expected benefits of the project are: • Increased safety in electrical production power plants; • Elimination of catastrophic accidents from superheated steam pipe failures; • Decrease of the required shut-down time for inspection purposes; • Projected Return on Investment of 101:1 from system sales and operator savings; and Increase in confidence in the operational safety of thermal power and nuclear energy plants.

Keywords: phased array,time of flight diffraction,piezoelectric materials,probabilistic fracture mechanics software
BEst in class veHICLE: Safe urban mobility in a sustainable transport value-chain (BEHICLE) (BEHICLE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Denmark,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SST-2013-RTD-1, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3086741.6
EU funding (EUR): 2200000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The BEHICLE project will deliver a safe, lightweight, performance enhanced and updated version of an existing urban Electric Vehicle (EV), namely the IH QBEAK car. http://e-mobility.insero.com/ http://qbeak.com With the determination of obtaining a Best-in-Class rating, BEHICLE developments will be focused on fulfilling safety requirements as defined by EURONCAP assessment. It will pursue consumption and electric range targets established on the topic, by integrating off-the-shelf powertrain and battery systems, whilst maintaining a lightweight structure based on conventional manufacturing technologies. A preliminary crash test, performed at the beginning of the project on an IH car, will serve as a benchmark to establish an Improvement Action Plan, from which a safer version will be conceived. Computed Aided Engineering (CAE) and numerical modeling tools will be used throughout the entire process. The improvement strategy will place emphasis on safety cage renewal and on the integration of frontal, side and rear energy absorption modules, as well as on innovative safety systems, such as ‘Bag in Roof’ and side airbags for driver and passenger. The Body-in-White (BiW) material mix will feature metallic materials and thermoplastics with metallic reinforcements. 4 BEHICLE prototypes will be manufactured and tested according to EuroNCAP requirements. Crash compatibility cases will also be assessed by virtual means. BEHICLE results related to the complete car will be exploited according to innovative business models. The modular conception of BEHICLE will allow decentralized production and local assembly in the user cities. This will provide with local job creation around all the European municipalities in which sustainable mobility by means of BEHICLE concepts will be implemented.

Keywords: light,lightweight,electric,urban,safety,crash,efficiency,vehicle,multimaterial,structure,biw,composite,fold
Low cost, low maintenance and effective system to sterilise eggshells using hot air and Excimer UV lamps. (OVOSHINE)

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: Spain,Germany,Norway,Spain,Portugal,Hungary,Belgium,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2728522.65
EU funding (EUR): 2058999.89
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The presence of salmonella bacteria in eggs is one of the main sanitary challenges of the egg producing sector, since eggs are the first cause of Salmonella outbreaks in all Europe. This bacterium resides in the intestinal tracts ofinfected hosts and is transmitted from the faeces of people and animals. Salmonellosis is one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections and is the second most common food borne illness. There are several types of strains, but two of them, Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium, are responsible for half of all human infections. Once in the egg, Salmonella is very resistant. A person infected with the Salmonella enteritidis bacterium begins to show symptoms of infection 12 to 72 hours after consuming contaminated food - with infection lasting 4 to 7 days. While most persons recover with or without antibiotic treatment, diarrhoea can be sufficiently severe to require hospitalisation. The elderly, infants, pregnant women and those with impaired immune systems are more at risk with the potential of infections spreading from the intestines to the blood stream and to other body parts and ultimately threatening the life of the infected individual. The main objective of the OVOSHINE project is to develop a low cost, secure and fast UV system in combination with hot air to sterilise eggs. The proposed technology provides the following advantages: • Unlike other treatments, the OVOSHINE system does not increase the temperature of the egg. • The entire egg shell will be illuminated by highly energetic UV photons that will eliminate the bacteria. • No chemical products will be used, thus eliminating egg contamination. • A continuous sterilisation system will be used, to be inserted in the production or packing line, facilitating the installation in existing modern production lines. • The disinfection process is both fast and of low cost, amounting to a very small contribution to the total egg cost.

Keywords: ultraviolet,excimer lamps,hot air sterilisation,low cost,low maintenance.