CARBO4POWER

PROJECT TITLE:

New generation of offshore turbine blades with intelligent architectures of hybrid, nano-enabled multi-materials via advanced manufacturing

GENERAL DATA:

Program: H2020-EU.2.1.3. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP. Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies. Advanced materials.
Ref. No.: 953192
Contract signing date: 01/12/2020
Execution date: 01/11/2020-31/10/2024

PRESENTATION AND OBJECTIVES:

The Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón ITAINNOVA participates in the European project Carbo4Power, whose main objective is to develop a new generation of blades for off-shore and tidal wind generators by combining multiple materials and seeking multifunctionality, modularity, lightness, the integration of structural monitoring techniques and greater durability. Carbo4Power will develop new materials and solutions for this type of turbine to reduce energy production and maintenance costs, as well as their environmental impact. Specifically, the technologies proposed in the project include:

• Nano-composites based on dynamic thermosetting resins with inherent reprocessability, recyclability and reparability and nano-reinforcements to improve mechanical properties.
• Multifunctional coatings to improve turbine blade protection (e.g. against lightning or bio-fouling).
• Design and development of innovative solutions for modularity, in which the blade segments will be obtained by means of advanced, automated manufacturing techniques, and which will reduce waste generation.
• New technologies for structural health monitoring.
  Improved recyclability and reusability of blades through the development of 3R resins and adhesives with on-demand disassembly properties.

PARTICIPATING ENTITIES:

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (NTUA),
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE TECHNOLOGIQUE JULES VERNE (JVERNE),
NORTHWEST METALLURGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AIMEN),
CIDETEC FOUNDATION (CID),
INNOVATION IN RESEARCH & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS (IRES),
SABELLA SA (SAB),
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON – ITAINNOVA (ITA),
SENSE in (SENS),
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (IFAM),
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (UoB),
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (UoS),
CAMBRIDGE NANOMATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LTD (CNAT),
Haydale Composite Solutions Limited (HAY),
AIDEAS OU (AID),
BIONIC SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (BST),
INEGI – INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL (INEGI),
BIOG3D MONOPROSOPI IKE (BIOG3D),
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT (ORE).

BUDGET:

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET: 7,898,457.50 €.
TOTAL BUDGET ITAINNOVA: 450.000 €.

FINANCING:

TOTAL PROJECT FINANCING: 6,996,860.75 €.
TOTAL FINANCING ITANNOVA: 450,000 €.

This action is co-financed by the CARBO4POWER project whose reference number is 953192 and is marked in the H2020 program, 100% financed by the European Union.

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