Testing the mechanical properties of racing car rims
Nov 18, 2025
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HORIZON 2020
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. More about Horizon 2020:
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Project ID: |
814517 |
Coordinator: |
FUNDACIO CTM CENTRE TECNOLOGIC |
Partners |
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET UNIVERSITA DI PISA COMTES FHT AS FUNDACIO EURECAT LETOMEC SRL GRANTA DESIGN LTD ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE NORMALIZACION LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER SA ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH SA ARANIA SA ESTAMP, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA |
Start Date: |
01/2019 |
End Date: |
12/2021 |
Budget: |
7 713 022,50 EUR |
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TURBO-REFLEX
TURBOmachinery REtrofits enabling FLEXible back-up capacity for the transition of the European energy system
Project ID: |
764545 |
Coordinator: |
GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH |
Partners: |
ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA COMTES FHT AS ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG DOOSAN SKODA POWER SRO GENERAL ELECTRIC (SWITZERLAND) GMBH MAN DIESEL & TURBO SE MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS EUROPE GMBH MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS EUROPE LTD SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT GAS NATURAL SDG SA ARTTIC ASINCO GMBH KAPELANCZYK PAWEL MICHAL T - ELEKTRONIK SRO CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET INSTYTUT MASZYN PRZEPLYWOWYCH IM ROBERTA SZEWALSKIEGO POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK - IMP PAN TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI |
Start Date: |
1. 10. 2017 |
End date: |
30. 9. 2020 |
Budget: |
8 150 416,25 EUR |
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FLEXTURBINE
Flexible Fossil Power Plants for the Future Energy Market through new and advanced Turbine Technologies
Project ID: |
653941 |
Coordinator: |
DOOSAN SKODA POWER S.R.O. |
Partners: |
ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG COMTES FHT AS ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA GENERAL ELECTRIC DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH MAN DIESEL & TURBO SE SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT NUOVO PIGNONE SRL ARTTIC UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN UNIVERSITA DI PISA University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET POLITECNICO DI MILANO TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM |
Start date: |
January 1st 2016 |
End date: |
December 31st 2018 |
Budget: |
9 634 573,75 EUR |
Project summary: |
The share of renewable energy is growing rapidly driven by the objective to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of electric power which can be supplied to the grid depends on the time of the day and weather conditions. A conventional fleet of thermal power plants is required to compensate for these fluctuations before large scale energy storage technologies will be mature and economically viable. All power market projections expect this to be the case for the next 50 years at least. For a strong expansion of renewables, this fleet has to operate flexibly at competitive cost. Current power plants cannot fill this role immediately without impeding their efficiency and engine lifetime through increased wear and damage induced by the higher number of (shorter) operating/loading cycles. New technologies need to be introduced to balance demand peaks with renewable output fluctuations at minimal fuel consumption and emissions without negative effects on cycling operation. The FLEXTURBINE partners have developed a medium to long term technology roadmap addressing future and existing power plants. The FLEXTURBINE project presented hereafter is the first step in such technology roadmap and consists of: (1) new solutions for extended operating ranges to predict and control flutter, (2) improved sealing and bearing designs to increase turbine lifetime and efficiency by reducing degradation/damages, and (3) an improved lifecycle management through better control and prediction of critical parts to improve competitive costs by more flexible service intervals and planned downtime, and by reducing unplanned outages. In all areas, individual technologies will be developed from TRL 3 to TRL 4-6. FLEXTURBINE brings together the main European turbine manufacturers, renowned research institutes and universities. It involves plant and transmission system operators to include user feedback and to prepare the take-up of the FLEXTURBINE technologies in power plants world-wide. |
Website: |
www.flexturbine.eu |
