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Technologies Enhancement for Clean Combustion in Aero-engines (TECC-AE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,France,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Italy,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-07-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11945705.68
EU funding (EUR): 7999303.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

Due to continuous efforts through past and ongoing European projects, lean combustion by means of internally staged injectors now appears to be the promising technology for obtaining the required emission reductions compatible with a sustainable growth of aviation transport. (cf ACARE 2020) Recognising that putting into service such a technology as soon as possible is the only way to effectively reduce the aviation environmental impact, TECC-AE addresses some unavoidable issues in order to: 1) Solve the main limitations identified during past and ongoing projects appearing when lean combustion is pushed toward its maximum potential about NOx emissions reduction. In particular, TECC-AE will a) Provide full combustor operability in terms of ignition, altitude relight and weak extinction performance b) Suppress the occurrence of thermo-acoustic instabilities by reducing the combustor sensitivity to unsteady features to a level such instabilities will not happen 2) Ensure injection system robustness with respect to coking that can appears during transient operations of the engine. 3) Optimise the combustion system’s operational and environmental performance through all the flight phases 4) Develop, demonstrate and validate design rules, CFD capabilities and scaling laws 5) Provide a global optimisation of the multiplicity of combustion parameters of lean combustion systems to achieve lower flame temperatures and thus lower thermal NOx formation To look even further ahead and to overcome the complexity issues inherent to staged lean combustors, TECC-AE will also focused on the design and assessment of an innovative, compact, lighter and simplified lean combustion combustor concept, and on the development of a compact Ultra Low NOx (ULN) injection system. A Global technology assessment taking into account results of LOPOCOTEP, TLC, INTELLECT DM, and TECC-AE will be established in order to define the combustion technology able to meet ACARE 2020 targets.

Keywords: lean combustion,staged injection system,injector,lean burn,innovative combustor
valiDation of Radical Engine Architecture systeMs (DREAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,Germany,France,Belgium,France,France,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,Poland,Russian Federation,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain,France,France,Germany,Italy,Italy,Switzerland,Belgium,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Austria,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Greece,Italy,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 39994957.4
EU funding (EUR): 25000000.0
Participants: 46
Project status: CLOSED

Since the publication of the ACARE goals, the commercial and political pressure to reduce CO2 has increased considerably. DREAM is the response of the aero-engine community to this pressure. The first major DREAM objective is to design, integrate and validate new engine concepts based on open rotor contra-rotating architectures to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions 7% beyond the ACARE 2020 objectives. Open rotors are noisier than equivalent high bypass ratio turbofan engines, therefore it is necessary to provide solutions that will meet noise ICAO certification standards. The second major DREAM objective is a 3dB noise emission reduction per operation point for the engine alone compared to the Year 2000 engine reference. These breakthroughs will be achieved by designing and rig testing: – Innovative engine concepts – a geared and a direct drive contra-rotating open rotor (unducted propulsion system) – Enabling architectures with novel active and passive engine systems to reduce vibrations These technologies will support the development of future open rotor engines but also more traditional ducted turbofan engines. DREAM will also develop specifications for alternative fuels for aero-engines and then characterise, assess and test several potential fuels. This will be followed by a demonstration that the selected fuels can be used in aero-engines. The DREAM technologies will then be integrated and the engine concepts together with alternative fuels usage assessed through an enhanced version of the TERA tool developed in VITAL and NEWAC. DREAM is led by Rolls-Royce and is made of 47 partners from 13 countries, providing the best expertise and capability from the EU aeronautics industry and Russia. DREAM will mature technologies that offer the potential to go beyond the ACARE objectives for SFC, achieving a TRL of 4-5. These technologies are candidates to be brought to a higher TRL level within the scope of the CLEAN SKY JTI.

Keywords: innovative engine architectures - open rotor - new engine systems - co2 emission reduction - noise emission reduction - alternative fuels
Novel tree breeding strategies (NOVELTREE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Sweden,Finland,United Kingdom,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6674815.2
EU funding (EUR): 4150000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The challenges facing forest geneticists and tree breeders include recognition of changing demands on forests for a wider range of high value forest products and sustainability of forest ecosystems under climate change. NOVELTREE is designed to enable significant genetic improvement of tree characteristics and forest products properties to satisfy the needs (quality, quantity, sustainability, vulnerability) of the forest-based sector and consumers. NOVELTREE will: i) Provide a list of morphological and physiological traits relevant as selection criteria for pest tolerance, sustainable biomass production, wood properties for present and future use and plastic response to climate change ii) Identify functional allelic polymorphisms for a suite of traits of interest in a post-genomics approach to improve selection efficiency and monitor genetic variation along the selection process iii) Develop high throughput phenotyping and genotyping tools. These new tools will allow earlier genetic evaluation, higher selection intensity, increased accuracy in genetic prediction and better monitoring of genetic diversity along generations iv) Develop novel/improved breeding strategies and demonstrate their efficiency in case studies. Demonstration will focus on model tree species of high economic importance in different European regions: Maritime Pine, Scots Pine, Spruce, and Poplar v) Assess the financial and environmental impacts of genetically improved trees at stand and landscape levels thanks to a multidisciplinary approach and simulation tools vi) Provide tree breeders and forest owners with support decision tools for optimal deployment of improved genetic stocks in both prevailing and future climate, and under risk of pest and disease attacks vii) Provide training in emerging technologies in connection with on-going European projects, disseminate the results to different publics and transfer technology to the forest-based sector

Keywords: forest,tree breeding,breeding strategy,genetics,genomics,molecular marker,genetic gain,genetic diversity,gene flow,adaptation,phenotypic plasticity,phenology,cold tolerance,wue
Business Models for User Centred Products (MADE4U)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Spain,France,Belgium,United Kingdom,Slovenia,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-SME-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8440075.51
EU funding (EUR): 5383889.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Recent research results by one of the partners have shown that human beings display unique behaviour (visual strategy), in the way they look at objects. Thus it has been (2006) possible to create spectacles with Progressive Addition lenses which were personalized to a subject’s visual strategy, finding that they dimensionally improved overall user experience, practically eliminating the spectacle-adaptation period and giving birth to new business models. The aim of our project is to research and define optimum Business Models by applying a systematic and generic analysis approach (Added Value Stack) to examine current and new business models by examining their margin buffers, sustainability, scalability and risks with the aid of available software modelling tools, and Software Simulators. The objectives of the project are: * To identify and evaluate systematically potential business models with focus on personalisation of spectacles (lenses and frames). * To render this business modelling approach applicable generically to other related visual systems markets and also applicable to other industries and products/services. * To assess the risks and provide remedy strategies associated with the impact of potential spreads of the fundamental parameters of the model in a projected product-lifecycle. * To further develop and/or improve corresponding technologies enabling the practical validation and future implementation of the recommended business model. * To validate in practice at least one recommended business model through a demonstrator prototype. Deliverables of the project will be various researched business model(s) and the tested prototype of at least one model. That prototype demonstrator will consist of networked SMEs implementing and testing in practice the roles and processes defined by the model. From a socio-economic viewpoint, it will impact around 1,3 million citizens in Europe with an annual market size of 2.000M€ and growth of 4%/year

Keywords: personalization,business modelling,networked production
Risk of Energy Availability: Common Corridors for Europe Supply Security (REACCESS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Knowledge for energy policy making
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Spain,Germany,France,Norway,Greece,Austria,Finland,Germany,Italy,Austria,Kazakhstan,Russian Federation
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4085261.0
EU funding (EUR): 3021898.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

The implementation of the present Project aims at: Analysing present policies concerning EU MS and Community targets for energy import. Evaluating technical, economical and environmental characteristics of present and future energy corridors within Europe and among Europe and the supplying regions of the World, taking into account the different typology of infrastructures and technologies (railways, pipelines, cables, terminals, ships and other carriers, ..), the flows and the distances involved for oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, uranium, biomass and hydrogen (reference to the work done within the ENCOURAGED Project and other research activities). Introducing suitable parameters and indicators (including technical and socio-economical reliability) and cost components (investment, O&amp;M, externalities) incorporating the above mentioned information, which may help a global evaluation of supply options (energy vectors, infrastructures, origins of the sources) and their impacts on economy, society, energy and environment toward sustainability. Identifying main corridors for primary and secondary energy carriers to EU27+ Implementing these energy corridors into an adapted version of the pan-EU TIMES model (PEM) built in the framework of the NEEDS IP or into other modelling tools. Analysing scenarios, in which for the fulfilment of the EU27+ energy needs, the import strategies of primary (and secondary) energy carriers compete with the evolution of energy efficiency policies (i.e. white certificates for the energy saving), the introduction of new energy schemes and the development of renewables, in the framework of the EU environmental targets for 2030-2050. Some hypotheses related to the energy supply and demand strategies of regions outside of Europe will be also assumed, given their potential impacts on the international energy prices (eg. China, India, OPEC, Russia etc.) Training target groups of EU DGs to familiarize with the modelling tool

Keywords: model energy supply security risk availability
NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE (NAD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,France,Slovakia,Sweden,Netherlands,Hungary,Finland,Greece,Belgium,Spain,United Kingdom,Portugal,France,France,Denmark,Spain,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 14365090.0
EU funding (EUR): 10921350.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

The search for effective therapies and early detection strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), the major cause of dementia in Europe, is imperative. It is known that β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide plays a central role in neurodegeneration. In AD brain, Aβ is released in a soluble form that progressively becomes insoluble forming aggregates; extracellular plaques mainly composed of Aβ are a hallmark of post-mortem brains. These premises strongly suggest brain Aβ as a possible target for therapy and diagnosis of AD. In addition, it is known that brain and blood Aβ pools are in equilibrium via the blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Accordingly, it has been reported that removal of blood Aβ may withdraw the excess of brain Aβ by a “sink” effect. Thus, blood Aβ is another potential target. The aim of this project is to utilize nanoparticles (NPs) specifically engineered for targeting brain Aβ, for the combined diagnosis and therapy (theranostics) of AD. NPs (liposomes, solid lipid NPs, polymeric-NPs) will be multiple-functionalized with: i) a large arsenal of molecules (specific lipids, antiamyloidogenic drugs, polyphenols, heteroaromatic compounds, unnatural peptides and peptidomimetics, antibodies) interacting with Aβ in all aggregation forms, ii) PET or MRI contrast agents detecting such interaction, iii) molecules stimulating BBB crossing via the transcytotic route. Several artificial and cellular models will be used to fine-tune such features and to improve NPs biocompatibility, non-immunogenicity, non-toxicity and physical stability. Eventually, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion will be studied using animal models of AD. Different routes (i.v., oral, nasal) and protocols (two-step, NPs cocktails, aerosols) of administration will be utilized to boost NPs brain delivery. The prediction is that NPs will detect, disaggregate and remove Aβ brain deposits. In any case, NPs will interact with blood Aβ, withdrawing the excess of brain peptide by a “sink” effect.

Keywords: alzheimer disease,nanoparticles,abeta,mri,pet,blood-brain-barrier,lipids,antiamyloidogenic
Enhancing resilience of communities and territories facing natural and na-tech hazards (ENSURE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Climate change, pollution, and risks
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Italy,Netherlands,Switzerland,Greece,Israel,United Kingdom,Italy,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2011-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1798414.66
EU funding (EUR): 1388634.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Since a long time vulnerability is a key concept in disaster literature. Nevertheless the majority of studies and grants have been allocated to hazards related research, neglecting the influence of vulnerability of exposed systems on the death toll and losses in case of natural or man made disasters. There is the need to better identify and measure also the ability of menaced and affected communities and territorial systems to respond. This is the starting point of the ENSURE project. The overall objective of ENSURE is to structure vulnerability assessment model(s) in a way that different aspects of physical, systemic, social and economic vulnerability will be integrated as much as possible in a coherent framework. The ENSURE approach starts from the recognition that for all considered hazards most of damages and most of vulnerabilities arise from the territory, including artefacts, infrastructures and facilities. They may well represent its material skeleton: physical vulnerability is therefore entirely “contained” at a territorial level. Other vulnerabilities, such as systemic, economic and social have interactions with the territory, but cannot be entirely determined at a territorial level. The project will start by assessing the state of the art in different fields related to various vulnerability aspects as they have been tackled until today in Europe and internationally. The core of the project consists in integrated models comprising already existing models to assess vulnerability and develop new ones for those aspects that have been neglected until now. The research objective is therefore to achieve progress with respect to each individual sector of vulnerability and to enhance the capability of assessing interconnections among them in a dynamic way, identifying driving forces of vulnerability, that make communities change for the good or for the worse as far as their ability to cope with extreme events is concerned.

Keywords: physical vulnerability,systemic vulnerability,social vulnerability,economic vulnerability,natural hazards,resilience,coping capacity,climate,change
Ground European Network for Earth Science Interoperations Digital Repositories (GENESI-DR)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: France,Italy,Germany,France,Norway,United Kingdom,European organisations area,United Kingdom,France
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-04-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5368838.0
EU funding (EUR): 4400000.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

GENESI-DR, (Ground European Network for Earth Science Interoperations – Digital Repositories), has the challenge of establishing open Earth Science Digital Repository access for European and world-wide science users to seamlessly access and share all data, information, products and knowledge originating from space, airborne and in-situ sensors. GENESI-DR shall operate, validate and optimise the integrated access and use available digital data repositories to demonstrate how Europe can best respond to the emerging global needs relating to the state of the Earth, a demand that is unsatisfied so far. GENESI-DR has identified the following objectives: -To provide a base for (establishing) a world-wide e-infrastructure for Earth Science with European leadership -To provide guaranteed, reliable, easy, effective, and operational access to a variety of data sources, and demonstrate how the same approach can be extended to provide access to all Earth Science data -To harmonise operations at key Earth Science data repositories limiting fragmentation of solutions -To demonstrate effective curation and prepare the frame for approaching long term preservation of Earth Science data -To validate the effective capabilities required to access distributed repositories for new communities, including education, and assess benefits and impacts -To integrate new scientific and technological derived paradigms in operational infrastructures in responds to the latest Earth Science requirements GENESI-DR builds upon the existing, operational and focused Earth Observation (EO) European infrastructure and involves key Earth Science centres responsible for operational data acquisition, processing, archiving and distribution. GENESI-DR involves key partners of the Ground Segment Coordination Body (GSCB), and it is aligned to the ESA EO Programme Board strategic vision for long term data access and preservation, thus efficient use of already existing and planned developments is guaranteed

Keywords: digital repositories,data access,research infrastructure,earth science,e-infrastructure
Euro-VO Astronomical Infrastructure for Data Access (EUROVO-AIDA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: France,France,Germany,Italy,Spain,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2010-07-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3511582.0
EU funding (EUR): 2700000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

EuroVO-AIDA aims at unifying the digital data collections of European astronomy, integrating their access mechanisms with evolving e-technologies, and enhancing the science extracted from these datasets. The concept of a Virtual Observatory (VObs) is that all the world’s astronomical data should feel like it sits on the astronomer’s desk top, analysable with a user selected workbench of tools and made available through standard interfaces across the whole range of astronomical research topics. VObs is embraced as a world-wide community-based initiative with the potential to transform and restructure the way astronomy research is done. Euro-VO is the European implementation of this idea, and the EuroVO-AIDA project is proposed to lead the transition of Euro-VO into an operational phase. EuroVO-AIDA integrates the technology, networking and service activities of Euro-VO into a fully functioning eInfrastructure. It will establish a Registry of VObs-compliant resources; support the network of data centres in deploying the VObs eInfrastructure; co-ordinate development of user tools for science extraction; and disseminate results to the astronomical community and identify their needs. The VObs interoperability standards will be updated taking into account feedback from implementation by data centre and from science usage. Specific emphasis will be placed on data access and data models, and on assessing innovative use of emerging technologies such as Web 2.0 by data centres for continuous improvement of the eInfrastructure. The result will be an operating knowledge infrastructure that enables and stimulates new scientific usage of astronomy digital repositories. Coordination of EuroVO-AIDA activities with the international VObs community is ensured, and discussions with other scientific communities will help to identify relevant generic tools and environments. Service activities are also identified for the support of outreach to higher education and the general public.

Keywords: astronomical data repositories,astronomical virtual observatory,interoperability