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Molecular Tools for Nucleic Acid Manipulation for Biological Intervention (MMBio)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...t no single research grouping could provide. The incorporation of early-stage and later stag ebiotechnology enterprises ensures that commercialisation of methodologies as well as the drug development process is covered in this ITN. We hope that MMBio will train scientists able to understand both the biological problem and the chemistry that holds the possible solution and develop original experime ...
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Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement (LEILAC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

...easing, international competitiveness. LEILAC will develop, build and operate a 240 tonne per day pilot plant demonstrating Direct Separation calcining technology which will capture over 95% of the process CO2 emissions (which is 60 % of total CO2 emissions) from both industries without significant energy or capital penalty.Direct Separation technology uses indirect heating in which the process CO ...
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High Temparature concentrated solar thermal power plan with particle receiver and direct thermal storage (NEXT-CSP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

According to the Integrated Roadmap of the Set-plan, and to reach the new EU target of 27% of renewable energies in 2030, there is the need to rapidly expand the use of all renewable energy sources in Europe to accelerate the fight against global climate change. This requires the acceleration of development of new options that are emerging today, particularly, technologies that solve the key issue ...
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Improved energy and resource efficiency by better coordination of production in the process industries (CoPro)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

The goal of CoPro is to develop and to demonstrate methods and tools for process monitoring and optimal dynamic planning, scheduling and control of plants, industrial sites and clusters under dynamic market conditions. CoPro will provide decision support to operators and managers and develop closed-loop solutions to achieve an optimally energy and resource efficient production. In most plants of t ...
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Sustainable Processes and Optimized Technologies for Industrially Efficient Water Usage (SPOTVIEW)

Start date: Oct 3, 2016, End date: Apr 2, 2020,

The objective of the SPOTVIEW project is to develop and demonstrate innovative, sustainable and efficient processes and technology components, in order to optimize the use of natural resources, especially water, in three industrial sectors (Dairy, Pulp and Paper and Steel) contributing to 44% of industrial water usage in EU. This resource optimization (including water, energy, raw materials and ad ...
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New process for efficient CO2 capture by innovative adsorbents based on modified graphene aerogels and MOF materials (GRAMOFON)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

...ing capture and regeneration of the material compared to liquid absorption. The key objectives of GRAMOFON projects are: (i) to develop and protoype a new energy and cost-competitive dry separation process for post-combustion CO2 capture based on innovative hybrid porous solids Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and Graphene Oxide nanostructures.(ii) to optimize the CO2 desorption process by means of ...
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European Gram Negative Antibacterial Engine (ENABLE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

The intensive use and misuse of antibiotics has resulted in some level of antibiotic resistance in essentially all human bacterial pathogens. There is a growing concern that the loss of therapeutic options will present us with a post-antibiotic era where present and future medical advances are negated. Resistant bacteria dramatically reduce the possibilities of treating infections effectively, a ...
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Next GenerAtion MateriAls and Solid State DevicEs for Ultra High Temperature Energy Storage and Conversion (AMADEUS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

This project will investigate the next generation of materials and devices for latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) at ultra-high temperatures of up to 2000ºC, which are well beyond today's maximum operation temperatures of ~1000ºC. We will synthetize new phase change materials (PCMs) with latent heat in the range of 2-4 MJ/kg (an order of magnitude greater than that of typical salt-based PC ...
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Nano-Enabled Conducting Materials Accelerating Device Applicability (NECOMADA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...s to address internet of things opportunities.The consortium will integrate materials development with end application requirements in terms of technical performance (thermal/electrical conductivity, processing conditions, materials integrity and adhesion) and unit cost of production to facilitate market adoption. The project will utilise and build on existing CPI pilot facilities (R2R print line ...
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INternational Smart Collaborative Open-access hybrid Printed Electronics pilot line (InSCOPE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...cts at TRL6-7. It positions itself in between R&D and industry and deploys a service for validating potential H-TOLAE products. Manufacturing progresses beyond R&D level (TRL5 towards 6) by improving processes, functionality and reliability allowing sampling at high quality and in relevant numbers needed for industrial qualification (TRL 6-7). The applications addressed cover automotive, healthcar ...
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High Temperature Solar-Heated Reactors for Industrial Production of Reactive Particulates (SOLPART)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The main objective of the SOLPART project is to develop, at pilot scale, a high temperature (950°C) 24h/day solar process suitable for particle treatment in energy intensive industries (e.g. cement or lime industries). The project aims at supplying totally or partially the thermal energy requirement for CaCO3 calcination by high temperature solar heat thus reducing the life cycle environmental imp ...
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Tools and TECHNOlogies for Breakthrough in hEArt Therapies (TECHNOBEAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

...EAT’s ultimate objectives are 1) to advance therapeutic scale cell production through innovative bioreactor technologies and novel cell monitoring tools, and 2) to develop regulatory compliant bioprocessing of innovative iPSC-based cardiac µ-tissue. The clinical translation of cardiac µ-tissue will require 3) the development and application of tools for improved cell delivery and longitudinal in ...
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Systematic Design and Testing of Advanced Rotating Packed Bed Processes and Phase-Change Solvents for Intensified Post-Combustion CO2 Capture (ROLINCAP)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

ROLINCAP will search, identify and test novel phase-change solvents, including aqueous and non-aqueous options, as well as phase-change packed bed and Rotating Packed Bed processes for post-combustion CO2 capture. These are high-potential technologies, still in their infancy, with initial evidence pointing to regeneration energy requirements below 2.0 GJ/ton CO2 and considerable reduction of the e ...
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Systematic Models for Biological Systems Engineering Training Network (SyMBioSys)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...l and biological systems engineering research, these include four universities and two research centres; (ii) four industrial beneficiaries including key players in developing simulation software for process systems engineering, metabolic engineering and industrial biotechnology; (iii) three partner organisations from pharmaceutical, biotechnological and entrepreneurial sectors. SyMBioSys is commi ...
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Secure Management Platform for Shared Process Resources (SHAREBOX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

To pave the way forward for IS as a solution for more efficient processing and energy systems for the process industry, we will develop a secure ICT platform (SHAREBOX) for the flexible management of shared process resources that will provide plant operations and production managers with the robust and reliable information that they need in real-time in order to effectively and confidently share r ...
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BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes (BIOFOREVER)

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

...cially viable and sustainable value chains. Using a fast-track (3-year) and open innovation approach, BIOFOREVER teams up 14 leading industrial partners in feedstock supply, pre-treatment, downstream processing and producers of chemicals, food and specialties in order to rapidly progress commercialization of these value chains. Assessment of feedstock sustainability, customer perception and stake ...
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Empowering Photonics through Regional Innovation Strategies in Europe (EPRISE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

EPRISE project aims to promote and support Photonics as a KET with focus on Life Science applications in 4 target markets where Europe holds a leading position – Medical Technologies, Pharmaceuticals, Agriculture and Food. Companies developing photonics-based products for these markets face highly specific Go-to-Market challenges such as long time to market adoption, complex regulatory frameworks ...
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The Development of Medium- and Large-Scale Sustainable Manufacturing Process Platforms for Clinically Compliant Solid Core Nanopharmaceuticals (NANOFACTURING)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

...logram quantities- providing large-scale and GMP production for clinical trials and nanomedicine translation. The NANOFACTURING project, through a consortium of 9 partners, will develop the synthetic processes, process control methods, analytical assays for QA/QC, functional specifications, and best practices, interfacing existing R&D centres of excellence, transfer organisations and private GMP m ...
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Bringing flexible organic electronics to pilot innovation scale (PI-SCALE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

...nd cost requirements of end users. Together with end-users for various markets, such as automotive and designer luminaires, PI-SCALE will demonstrate the capabilities of this pilot line doing process optimisation for product demonstrators to enable cost efficient production and facilitate an effective market introduction. In addition PI-SCALE will include a number of outreach activities to active ...
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Enabling CLoud Orchestration, Performance and Cost Efficiency Tools for QoE Enhancement and Provider Ranking (CloudPerfect)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

...cisive step for migration and owners of SaaS to be unable to present performance vs cost tradeoffs to their customers when acting as IaaS customers. CLOUDPERFECT aims at delivering a set of tools and processes that will enable a) Cloud providers to enhance the stability and performance effectiveness of their infrastructures, through modelling/understanding of the overheads, optimal groupings of co ...
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Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling 2 (Fortissimo 2)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Fortissimo 2 will drive the uptake of advanced modelling, simulation and data analytics by European engineering and manufacturing SMEs and mid-caps. Such an uptake will deliver improved design processes, better products and services, and improved competitiveness. For the European Union as a whole this means improved employment opportunities and economic growth.The importance of advanced ICT to the ...
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Activating Value Chains for EU leadership in FORMulation Manufacturing 4.0 (AceForm4.0)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

... barriers and opportunities offered by Industry 4.0 and the drive towards a Circular Economy. Whilst a number of the challenges faced by manufacturers of formulated products are shared with the wider process industry, their nature is very different. Being often micro-heterogeneous, formulated products tend to be unstable and rely on a judicious selection of ingredients and fine-tuned production me ...
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ECO-FRIENDLY CERAMIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) BASED ON RECYCLED AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES FOR WASTE WATER REUSE (REMEB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

... start the commercialization of the technology, once the project will be finished. The low cost recycled ceramic membranes of the project are based on residues obtained in agricultural and industrial processes (sub-products), such as olive oil solid wastes, marble working wastes and chamotte from fired scrap, in addition to the typical raw materials used in the ceramic tile industry. The project a ...
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Predictable Flexible Molten Salts Solar Power Plant (PreFlexMS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

...allow optimal management of the energy storage to maximize revenues while respecting constraints/commitments (e.g. to the grid). Towards 1), an innovative design approach is proposed, integrating process and equipment design with dynamic simulation of the system. Proven technologies in separate fields (molten salt ; once-through steam generator ; optimum control) will be for the first time integra ...
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Seven Nanometer Technology (SeNaTe)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...admap on real devices in the Advanced Patterning Center at imec using innovative device architecture and comprising demonstration of a lithographic platform for EUV and immersion technology, advanced process and holistic metrology platforms, new materials and mask infrastructure.A lithography scanner will be developed based on EUV technology to achieve the 7nm module patterning specification. Metr ...
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FAST industrialisation by CAtalysts Research and Development (FASTCARD)

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

...valuation of the impact of diverse and variable bio-feedstocks on catalyst performance;-Addressing major challenges impacting on the efficiency and implementation of 4 key catalytic steps in biobased processes:• Hydrotreating (HT) and co-Fluid Catalytic Cracking forming the pyrolysis liquid value chain for near term implementation in existing refining units as a timely achievement of the 20-20-20 ...
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Innovative Nanoformulation of Antimicrobial Peptides to Treat Bacterial Infectious Diseases (FORMAMP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Resistance to traditional antibiotics is a rapidly increasing problem that in a few years could make infections impossible to treat and bring the state of medical care back to the pre-antibiotic era from the beginning of the last century. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a huge potential as new therapeutics against infectious diseases as they are less prone to induce resistance due to their fast ...
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Up-Scaled Production of Graphene Reinforced Thermosetting Polymers for Composite, Coating and Adhesive Applications (PolyGraph)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

... in the strength, stiffness, toughness, electrical conductivity and thermal properties; such as fibre-reinforced composite resins, coatings and adhesives.The ultimate aim of PolyGraph is to develop a process in which graphene can be produced and dispersed “in-situ” within thermosetting polymer resins, using relatively inexpensive expanded graphite as a starting material.We propose a staged approac ...
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Pilot manufacturing line for production of highly innovative materials (PILOTMANU)

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

The vision of PilotManu is the upscale of the current mechanical alloying technological facility into a powder manufacturing pilot line by further developing existing IPR-covered results owned by the SMEs in the consortium related to mechanical alloying technology and to innovative powder materials for different applications.The baseline technology that will be upscaled from a technological facili ...
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re-conceptualize shopping malls from consumerism to energy conservation (COMMONENERGY)

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

...approach. The main concept to advance the state-of-the-art is the shift from single-action refurbishment to deep retrofitting, with a systemic performance-driven approach including: integrated design process guidelines, integrative modelling environment, energy-economic evaluation tools, lean construction and management procedures, continuous commissioning approach, environmental and socio-cultura ...
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Smart Tanks for Space (SMARTTS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

... for end-of-life disposal compliance. Further, fluid slosh presents a challenging control problem - reducing pointing accuracy and introducing potential resonances that threaten platform safety.Atout Process Ltd. (‘Atout’) is a European SME founded in 2010 to develop innovative products based on non-intrusive electromagnetic imaging and measurement techniques. Atout has commercialised a novel moni ...
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OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: FROM CONCEPTS TO REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS (OPENNESS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

Despite improved understanding of the links between ecosystem health, provision of ecosystem services and human well-being, further conceptual and empirical work is needed to make the ideas of ecosystem services (ESS) and natural capital (NC) operational. OpenNESS will therefore develop innovative and practical ways of applying them in land, water and urban management: it will identify how, where ...
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High value-added chemicals and BIoreSIns from alGae biorefineries produced from CO2 provided by industrial emissions (BISIGODOS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

...plications, starting from algae biomass fed directly with CO2 from industrial emissions (cement, steel factory, thermal power plants, etc.) as a raw material that is cost-effective and renewable. The process is assisted by solar radiation, nutrients and sea water microalgae. This approach is based on the technology developed by the Partner Biofuel Systems (BFS) to produce bio-oil. In order to deve ...
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Sustainable Technologies for Calcined Industrial Minerals in Europe (STOICISM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

...and manufacturing industries.The main objective of STOCISM is to enhance the competitiveness of the European industrial minerals industry by developing cleaner, more energy efficient extraction and processing technologies. STOICISM is an industry-led project with a specific focus on calcined industrial minerals which are presently energy intensive to produce. Most calcining uses the direct combu ...
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Innovative hybrid MBR-(PAC-NF) systems to promote water reuse (aWARE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...hnical feasibility and economic and environmental advantages of two different technologies as advanced treatments for wastewater and reclamation facilities. The project proposes an innovative hybrid process using membrane bioreactors (MBR), powdered activated carbon (PAC) and nanofiltration (NF) to enable re-use of wastewater. It will experiment with MBR-PAC-NF configurations - including PAC dosa ...
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Innovative plasma based transformation of food waste into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen (PLASCARB)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...into the EU from regions which are often politically unstable or competitive. PlasCarb will integrate an established technology (anaerobic digestion) with innovative, low temperature microwave plasma processing and leading edge control of carbon morphology and purification. This project will extend beyond current Best Available Techniques (BAT) in the valorisation of food waste of anaerobic digest ...
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Enabling the drying process to save energy and water, realising process efficiency in the dairy chain (ENTHALPY)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Saving energy and water in the Dairy industry, by introducing innovations in the processing plant. Namely RF heating, solar thermal energy, mono-disperse atomising, dryer modelling, inline monitoring, cleaning with enzymes and membrane technology. With these technologies energy and water loops are closed instead of lost in the plant. These technologies will be demonstrated in pilot facilities.The ...
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Preclinical development of drugs and drug delivery technology for the treatment of inherited photoreceptor degeneration (DRUGSFORD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Dysregulation of cGMP is a pathological hallmark of inherited retinal degenerations (RD) affecting photoreceptors, the sensory cells of the retina. These RDs, including Retinitis Pigmentosa, Lebers Congenital Amaurosis, and Achromatopsia, are major causes of blindness, affecting approximately one in every 2000 individuals worldwide, and remain without effective treatment. In photoreceptors, cGMP i ...
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Advanced Materials and Electric Swing Adsorption Process for CO2 Capture (MATESA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...utilization of commercially available materials was employed in the former evaluations. New materials with targeted properties to capture CO2 from flue gases can improve the performance of adsorption processes significantly.The vision of MATESA is to develop an innovative post-combustion capture termed as Electric Swing Adsorption (ESA). The utilization of hybrid CO2 honeycomb monoliths with high- ...
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Factories of the Future Resources, Technology, Infrastructure and Services for Simulation and Modelling (FORTISSIMO)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

The importance of advanced simulation to the competitiveness of both large and small companies is well established. The principal objective of Fortissimo is to enable European manufacturing, particularly small to medium enterprises (SMEs), to benefit from the efficiency and competitive advantage inherent in the use of simulation. However, the simulation of, for example, high-pressure gas cylinders ...
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