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YE-Vannkraft før og nå, Norges største fornybare energikilde.

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

...learn the youths the connections of these by visiting various companies, excursions and experiments done by themselves. Companies we plan to visit are: Kistefoss pulp mill, Ringerike power station, Andritz Hydro witch is delivering turbines and sluices to power stations. After these visits the youths themselves will build a water weel which is connected to a dynamo to produce power. The last acti ...
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Sustainable Hydro Assessment and Groundwater Recharge Projects (SHARP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2009, End date: Dec 30, 2012,

...n/DE & the 4th seminar together with the 1st International conference took place in Kozani/GR. The meeting in Graz was completed by a study visit of the 2 artificial groundwater recharge sites in Andritz & Friesach that are being operated by the Graz Holding Services GmbH. Thus, one of the SHARP key contents was already covered by a firsthand experience. The 2nd study visit took place in Poland/Ge ...
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NeoCel – Novel processes for sustainable cellulose-based materials (NeoCel)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The main objective of NeoCel project is to develop innovative and techno-economically feasible alkaline processes enabling the sustainable production of higher quality eco-innovative textile fibres from reactive high-cellulose pulps and integration of these processes with pulp mills.Targets for the development of NeoCel processes are: - wet strength of fibres higher than the wet strength of standa ...
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Flexible FE/BE Sensor Pilot Line for the Internet of Everything (IoSense)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

The EU has set the stage to empower semiconductor manufacturing in Europe being one of the key drivers for innovation and employment and creator for answers to the challenges of the modern society. Aim of IoSense is to boost the European competitiveness of ECS industries by increasing the pilot production capacity and improving Time-to-Market for innovative microelectronics, accomplished by establ ...
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EUBET

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Bromangymnasiet in Hudiksvall is situated in a region of very high unemployment, among the young it is the highest percentage in the country (25 %). Our school has the task and mission to develop an intercultural teaching practice supported by inclusive, innovative methods and entrepreneurship to achieve a more entrepreneurial learning for the benefits of our students. For some years now, we have ...
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Smart Technologies for the Conversion of Industrial Lignins into Sustainable Materials (SmartLi)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

SmartLi aims at developing technologies for using technical lignins as raw materials for biomaterials and demonstrating their industrial feasibility. The technical lignins included in the study are kraft lignins, lignosulphonates and bleaching effluents, representing all types of abundant lignin sources. The raw materials are obtained from industrial partners. The technical lignins are not directl ...
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High Performance Capture - HiPerCap (HiPerCap)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

This proposal aims to develop high-potential novel and environmentally benign technologies and processes for post-combustion CO2 capture leading to real breakthroughs. The proposal includes all main separation technologies for post-combustion CO2 capture; absorption, adsorption and membranes. Enzyme based systems, bio-mimicking systems and other novel forms of CO2 binding will be explored. For eac ...
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A Multiscale Simulation-Based Design Platform for Cost-Effective CO2 Capture Processes using Nano-Structured Materials (NanoSim) (NanoSim)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The objective of the NanoSim project is to create an efficient and cost effective multi-scale simulation platform based on free and open-source codes. This platform will connect models spanning a wide range of scales from the atomic scale through the particle and cluster scales, the industrial equipment scale and the full system scale.To support the information flow and data sharing between differ ...
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Prediction of Erosion Damages in Hydraulic MAchines (PREDHYMA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Hydraulic turbines can undergo severe damaging during operation, because of low quality water or detrimental flow conditions. Damaging induces maintenance costs and power production losses, and can also endanger safety of installations. Hydropower plants operators and turbine manufacturers are interested in extending overhaul periods by reducing damaging intensity and protecting turbine component ...
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HYdropower plants PERformance and flexiBle Operation towards Lean integration of new renewable Energies (HYPERBOLE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

In the recent years due to tremendous development and integration of renewable energy resources in Europe, hydraulic turbines and pump-turbines are key technical components to contribute to renewable energy production and to compensate for the stochastic nature of the variable energy sources, preserving thus the electrical grid stability.As a result, the overarching objective of the project is the ...
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Simulation of Transients in Hydraulic Machines (SiTHyM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

Because of the evolution of the electricity market in Europe hydraulic machines are operated in non conventional conditions. This leads to the apparition of strong transient flow phenomena that are not well understood. Conventional numerical simulation tools are not well adapted to capture these transient phenomena. It is proposed to use a novel approach based on the mesh-free technique Smoothed P ...
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Advanced Magnetic nanoparticles deliver smart Processes and Products for Life (MagPro²Life)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Biotechnologically derived substances for large scale feed, food and pharma applications represent one of the most important sources of new products due to their precisely controlled structural and functional properties, potential for economic and responsible production and overall broad benefits to society through biocompatibility and sustainability. The costs of producing biomaterials are in man ...
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Boosting raw material and energy efficiency using advanced sheet structure design and fibre modifications (BoostEff)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

BoostEff aims at developing new innovative manufacturing concepts for wood-fibre based products giving a significant reduction in environmental footprint. The targeted products are important commodities for the European society: paper and construction board. In spite of the different end uses, the paper making and construction board sectors share wood fibres as a common raw material and convert th ...
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Next generation Multi-mechanics Simulation Environment (NextMuSE) (NextMuSE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The objective of NextMuSE is to initiate a paradigm shift in the technology of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Multi-Mechanics (CMM) simulation software which is used to model physical processes in research and technology development across a range of industries.NextMuSE relies on a mesh-free method, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), which is fundamentally different from ...
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Exact Geometry Simulation for Optimized Design of Vehicles and Vessels (EXCITING)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"This project focuses on computational tools for the optimized design of functional free-form surfaces. Specific applications are ship hulls and propellers in naval engineering and car components, frames, and turbochargers in the automotive and railway transportation industries. The functionality of these products depends on the shape of the surfaces, and even small variations may have significant ...
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Development and laboratory testing of improved action and Matrix hydro turbines designed by advanced analysis and optimization tools (HYDROACTION)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"The overall concept of the proposed project is to improve the hydraulic efficiency of small action type turbines, through the development and application of a numerical optimization methodology, that will be validated by the construction and laboratory testing of the prototype models of Pelton, Turgo and Matrix turbines representing both action and reaction types. The methodology to be developed ...
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