Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
AmylolEnzymes Captured by Targeted Metagenomics (AMYLOMICS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Iceland,United States,Netherlands,Germany,Sweden,France,United Kingdom,Croatia
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2010-4, 2010)
Start date: 2011-03-01
End date: 2014-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3550541.2
EU funding (EUR): 2448158.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the AMYLOMICS project is to develop novel, robust enzymes for the starch and carbohydrate industries. The novel enzymes should enable the formation of new primary products, such as oligosaccharides of defined sizes, composition and degree of branching, new types of linkages, cyclic or more complex polysaccharides and an increased digestive resistance, as well as secondary sugar derivatives such as substituted starches, rare sugars or novel isomers. Fundamental to the success of the project will be the development of an efficient metagenomic platform technology for enzyme screening based on massive parallel 454 sequencing and microarray sequence capture. This platform will enable “genome walking” of complex metagenomic DNA and greatly facilitate the access to the largely unexplored wealth of genes in the environment. The starch industry is the most developed sector of the polysaccharide industry and European companies play a leading role in the world market. The industry is in a constant need for a range of robust enzymes that can be used for the synthesis, fractionation and/or modification of carbohydrates. It actively searches for sustainable and more economical alternatives to existing techniques, both for the production of novel higher value products and for the improvement of older processes. The metagenomic mining platform developed in the project is expected to provide a large number of robust thermophilic starch and carbohydrate modifying enzymes and lead to new and improved biocatalytic process technologies. Lead users of the project’s results will be companies like the project partners Roquette Frères, a world leader in starch processing, Roche Molecular Systems, a leading providers of new tools, technologies and services in the genomic industry, and SME companies like Prokazyme who through the improvement of sequence based metagenomic bioprospecting platform can expand their product range of speciality products.

Keywords: starch industry,metagenome,sequence capture,bioprospecting,extreme biospheres,thermophilic starch modifying enzymes,carbohydrates
Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development (INSARD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Other activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Tanzania, United Republic of,Zambia,Senegal
Call:  (FP7-AFRICA-2010, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 603562.91
EU funding (EUR): 498330.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Much agricultural research is carried out in isolation from the realities of small-scale farmers in the South and has not recognised their local knowledge and creativity. INSARD partners regard agricultural research and development (ARD) as a process of innovation involving different participants making complementary inputs to produce research results that contribute to development. In this process, farmers do not merely receive new knowledge from research; they are involved in generating it. Smallholders and NGOs are already doing applied and adaptive research to answer questions to which formal research is not giving enough attention, e.g. how to improve local marketing systems. In bridging the gap and bringing smallholders and researchers into joint research on questions central to smallholders’ concerns, civil-society organisations (CSOs) in the South and the North can play a vital role. The main aim of INSARD is to ensure the informed participation of a broad range of European and African CSOs in formulating and implementing ARD. It will do so by: 1) Designing a structure for coordination and communication between European and African CSOs involved in ARD and in influencing ARD policy and practice 2) Identifying CSOs’ research priorities and a strategy to communicate these to other actors in ARD 3) Facilitating joint definition of specific research examples by CSOs and researchers, based on the smallholders’ priorities 4) Engaging in policy dialogue with key African and European research organisations and donors. The project will build up a more transparent system for CSOs to provide well-founded inputs and positions in the ARD agenda and its implementation, so that smallholders are central to publicly funded ARD. It will help make research more relevant for small-scale family farmers, including livestock-keepers. It will seek to achieve its aim by building on existing initiatives and networks in Europe and Africa that involve CSOs promoting smallholder-centred ARD.

Keywords: agricultural research for development,networking,csos,participation,innovation systems
Targeted Advanced Research for Global Efficiency of Transportation Shipping (TARGETS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Denmark,Türkiye,United Kingdom,Greece,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3562371.0
EU funding (EUR): 2668391.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The TARGETS proposal has been initiated in response to the COOPERATION work programme of the European Commission, Theme 7, Transport and Aeronautics. In particular, it addresses area SST.2010.1.1-2 / Energy Efficient Ships, in that it seeks to provide substantial improvements to ship energy consumption during the operation of cargo vessels. The prime goal of TARGETS - Targeted Advanced Research for Global Efficiency of Transportation Shipping – is a global analysis of the most important causes of energy consumption on board of cargo ships in a comprehensive and holistic approach. Having identified resistance and propulsion aspects as primary causes of energy consumption, work will be dedicated to the improvement of such characteristics. In addition, a global energy consumption simulation system will be developed to be applied during new vessel design as well as during operation. Assembling leading European fluid dynamics and energy specialists and major EU shipping operators covering a broad range of cargo transport operations, containers, bulk and tanker, the TARGETS project will contribute designs, tools and operational guidelines for an energy efficient operation of cargo ships, and hence make a significant contribution to the reduction of green house gas emissions.

Keywords: cargo ships,energy efficiency
Cost Effective Reinforcement of Fastener Areas in Composites (CERFAC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Czechia,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,France,Greece,Netherlands,Switzerland,Sweden,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6739059.8
EU funding (EUR): 4581215.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

CERFAC’s major challenge is the design and manufacturing of strong and cost-efficient joints for high performance CFRP aero-structures. In particular, transfer of distributed loading along rivets lines in the assembly of flat or curved thin-walled stiffened panels, and introduction of concentrated loads for connecting lugs with thicker laminates are special & frequent problems. Hence, CERFAC focuses on applications with significant volume and occurrence (butt straps & splices, orbital and longitudinal multi-functional joints, single and multiple bolts attachments), such that an increase of the strength to cost ratio of joints could lead to overall significant cost and weight savings. In this frame, CERFAC’s high level objectives are • To increase the strength to cost ratio and damage tolerance of fastener areas in CFRP structures without weight, thickness and stiffness penalty • To reduce the number or fasteners (10 to 100% reduction), the local thickening of fastener areas and minimize the manufacturing & assembly costs (20% reduction). This will be achieved thanks to advanced and rigorous research & development activities with the following major deliverables and outputs: • A catalogue of validated reinforcement solutions at the locus of fastener holes or edges leading to lighter, stronger and more damage tolerant designs. • Innovative and efficient joining concepts combining some of the investigated reinforcement solutions. This contribution would then help reducing further the number of fasteners, while increasing the load bearing capacity and damage tolerance of the assembly, with a significant step towards a reduced manufacturing cost. Repair and disassembly will be considered as mandatory requirements in this second contribution. • Upgraded design, analysis and testing methodologies as well as pragmatic guidelines for future exploitation of the new concepts in the next generation aircrafts.

Keywords: composites aero-structures fasteners joints design manufacturing cost-efficiency cfrp rivets bolts
Noise Impact of aircraft with Novel engine configurations in mid- to High Altitude operations (NINHA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,France,Romania,Sweden,United Kingdom,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,France
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2909922.0
EU funding (EUR): 1924780.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The introduction of aircraft with advanced counter-rotating open rotor (CROR) powerplants will improve specific fuel consumption by 10-15% relative to equivalent turbofans. The NINHA project will assess whether noise issues away from airports (i.e. during high altitude operations) will hazard the introduction of this new generation of powerplants designed to improve fuel burn and reduce CO2 emissions beyond the ACARE 2020 objectives. In the 1980’s prototypes of the first generation of open rotor engines were developed and tested. One of the findings was that the noise generated by these engines, even in the en-route flight phase, was significant, thus hazarding public acceptance. Since then significant effort was dedicated to improve their aeroacoustic design and the new generation of CROR engines currently envisaged are much quieter than their predecessors. The EU DREAM programme is addressing the noise of CRORs around airports; NINHA addresses en-route noise. Existing long-range noise prediction models and CROR noise source prediction models will be developed in NINHA for their application to the prediction of en-route noise levels, and validated with A400M flight data and CROR noise data obtained in projects like DREAM. Since aircraft might be audible en-route in areas with very low background noise levels, a review will be performed in NINHA of issues such as noise metrics, annoyance and perception. EASA have agreed that their recent study on en-route noise levels of current aircraft can serve as a reference for the NINHA project, allowing a comparison with the predicted en-route noise of advanced CRORs. Based on the findings in NINHA, recommendations will be given to ICAO/CAEP on possible future en-route noise evaluation processes.

Keywords: aircraft noise,open rotors
Libralato Engine Prototype (LIBRALATO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Romania,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Türkiye,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2490460.0
EU funding (EUR): 1765174.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The Libralato rotary engine is a potential breakthrough technology, an “eco-engine” for the 21st century, with a new thermodynamic cycle and very different mechanical dynamics than is the case with conventional internal combustion engines. The project will investigate the design potential of the Libralato engine through an iterative cycle of simulation and modeling, prototype construction and test bed evaluation. The main claims made about the Libralato engine are: 1) Only 4 principal moving parts: leading rotor , following rotor, sliding connecting vane, rotating exhaust port - dynamically balanced with exceptionally low vibration. 2) New Libralato thermodynamic cycle based on gas exchange between three chamber interfaces. 3) Predicted 9% absolute efficiency increase (30% CO2 reduction relative to 30% efficient gasoline engine and 22% reduction relative to 40% efficient diesel engine). 4) Predicted 4% thermal efficiency increase due to asymmetrical compression and expansion volumes. 5) Predicted 5% mechanical efficiency increase due to rotary design - torque transferred directly to output shaft. 6) Predicted to exceed Euro 6 emission standards due to longer and more complete combustion phase, homogeneous type fuel air mixing, complete scavenge of residual exhaust gas and lower demand on after treatment. 7) Predicted 50% size and weight reduction due to rotary design (similar to Wankel). 8) Predicted 30% reduction in cost due to: reduced mass, elination of con-rods, crankshafts, valvetrains, camshafts etc and reduced manufacturing tolerances. 9) Predicted 50% reduction in noise due to rotary design and low velocity exhaust gas. The consortium comprises 2 academic partners and 6 industrial partners plus an Industrial Advisory Group (Deutz AG, SMTC UK, JCB, Mahindra and BAE Systems) providing a balance of research expertise, SME business innovation skills and commercial exploitation capability.

Keywords: rotary engine,atkinson cycle,low cost,high efficiency,low emissions,plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
Smart and Safe Integration of Batteries in Electric Vehicles (SMARTBATT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Austria,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,Sweden,Austria,Germany,Poland
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-03-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3208079.4
EU funding (EUR): 2249085.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The European countries are committed to keep on reducing CO2 emissions and slowing down the climate change. For the individual transport system, the pure electric vehicle technology powered by “green” electricity offers a great chance for an important contribution to the protection of the environment. Resulting from low energy density of batteries and the need to offer a convenient range, the battery packs of the near future will be heavy and bulky (despite the latest advances in Li-Ion cells). The objective of SmartBatt is to develop and proof an innovative, multifunctional, light and safe concept of an energy storage system which is integrated in the pure electric car’s structure. The main challenges of this smart integration are the combination of lightweight design with a high safety level against all kinds of hazards, the optimization of functions and the intelligent design of interfaces to various on-board systems. In order to meet the various challenges, a consortium of different companies and institutes with good reputation was formed capable of viewing on the problem from all important sides and willing to contribute with their knowledge and capacities to the solutions for this specific topic. The expertise of all partners comprises complete vehicle competence, electrics, electronics, batteries, lightweight design, engineering, materials, testing and validation. All 9 partners from 5 European countries are well experienced in running EC projects. The consortium is well balanced: 4 industrial (incl. 2 SMEs) and 5 research partners. The exploitation is not limited to the partners but results will be distributed on different ways e.g. project website, papers or trainings as well as face-to-face workshops and meetings with OEMs. As the automotive sector is a traditionally “male” dominated area the SmartBatt project aims at initiating a next step towards change. A Gender Action Plan will raise awareness of the gender dissemination and encourage women to participate in research as scientists.

Keywords: smart integration,battery pack,energy storage system,multifunctional housing,pure electric vehicle,safety,hazard,lithium ion cells,lightweight design
Development of novel SOlid MAterials for high power Li polymer BATteries (SOMABAT). Recyclability of components. (SOMABAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Austria,Ukraine,Luxembourg,Spain,France,Spain,Belgium,Romania,Germany,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-2010-GC-ELECTROCHEMICAL-STORAGE, 2010)
Start date: 2011-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5040127.4
EU funding (EUR): 3700896.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

SOMABAT aims to develop more environmental friendly, safer and better performing high power Li polymer battery by the development of novel breakthrough recyclable solid materials to be used as anode, cathode and solid polymer electrolyte, new alternatives to recycle the different components of the battery and cycle life analysis. This challenge will be achieved by using new low-cost synthesis and processing methods in which it is possible to tailor the different properties of the materials. Development of different novel synthetic and recyclable materials based carbon based hybrid materials, novel LiFePO4 and LiFeMnPO4 based nanocomposite cathode with a conductive polymers or carbons, and highly conductive electrolyte membranes with porous architecture based on fluorinated matrices with nanosized particles and others based on a series of polyphosphates and polyphosphonates polymers will respond to the very ambitious challenge of adequate energy density, lifetime and safety. An assessment and test of the potential recyclability and revalorisation of the battery components developed and life cycle assessment of the cell will allow the development of a more environmental friendly Li polymer battery in which a 50 % weight of the battery will be recyclable and a reduction of the final cost of the battery up to 150 €/KWh. The consortium has made up with experts in the field and complementary in terms of R&D expertise and geographic distribution.

Keywords: lithium polymer battery,li-polymer battery,environmental friendly,lithium,recyclable,safe solid materials,anode,cathode,polyelectrolyte,low-cost,synthesis,carbon,hybrid nanocomposite
TEchnologies and scenarios For Low Emissions Shipping (TEFLES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Türkiye,France,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain,Germany,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3038611.11
EU funding (EUR): 2259405.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Reduction of emissions in shipping is currently driven by new regulations and impact on wealth and climate change, while traffic steadily grows at up to 6% rates yearly in spite of economic recession. Ships on port approach, maneuvering up to mooring and on loading and unloading, also affect the local population. TEFLES addresses both sea and at port emissions scenarios by developing after treatment technologies and combining a selection of innovative and promising technologies with potential high impact, integrating them and assessing their impact with models on sea and port operation scenarios. In addition to after treatment solutions, novel aplicable technologies reducing emissions in operations and reductions in the time of operations at port are also considered. Shore power connection, power generation, propulsion, and advanced use of residual heat applications are included as high potential impact emission reduction solutions. The assessed technology solutions and models are then integrated on the impact models of the sea and port scenarios, and then validated on a Atlantic MoS scenario including head ports. The simulation models will also be applicable to other shipping scenarios. Economic aspects, cost benefit, and regulatory and policy issues are further considered. IMO, EMSA, and national and regional administrations will be consulted, and an end users group will be set up to enlarge the partnership, which already includes ports, specialised industries, and a shipyard. A Short Sea Shipping Association and one of the most qualified MoS operators have adhered through letters of interest. Each scenario model will be completed with a final workshop after validation. Dissemination through Beta testing seminars on use of the models will be provided, as well as a web page.

Keywords: emission reductionvessel operation scenarios
Central European Aeronautical Research Network Events (CEARES-NET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Hungary,Austria,Poland
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2010-RTD-1, 2010)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2011-07-31
Duration (months): 14.0
Total project cost (EUR): 80590.0
EU funding (EUR): 63818.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The main aim of the project is to help to enable the Central European aeronautical research establishments, universities and companies to cooperate with each other and to integrate more to the European research arena. This objective will be achieved via two workshops held in Central Europe to enable many local experts to participate. The organisers will rely on the CEARES Network, set up during the CEARES Project (FP7 1st of April 2008 till 31st of March 2010). The timing of the two workshops foreseen for the project will be related to the upcoming aeronautical calls of the European Commission. The first one, planned to be organised in Vienna will precede the 4th AAT call, while the second one, which would take place in Warsaw will be related to the 5th AAT call. Both workshops will address more topics besides the FP AAT calls, for example Clean Sky, SESAR, Marie Curie actions, EUREKA, infrastructural funds and bilateral co-operations. The organisers will take the advantage of the contact data base of the former CEARES project and expect a wide interest for the workshops. The outcome of the project will be new co-operations within the region and also between Central Europe and other European regions. The events will facilitate research co-operations in general, common project proposals with increased Central and Eastern European participation for the upcoming calls and other research programmes.

Keywords: central europe,cooperation,workshop,research,aeronautics,awareness