| CAFV - carbon armoured fighting vehicles |
| Assessment of lightweight low cost carbon fibre composites materials and structures for armoured fighting vehicles platforms. |
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| Demonstration of competitiveness of Ni-reinforced HTS tapes based on bismuth cuprate compounds |
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The standard manufacturing processes for Bi2223 superconducting tapes (“powder-in-tube” or PIT), in which the superconducting ceramic is surrounded by a silver (Ag) sheath make this type of HTS wires rather expensive and hinder a widespread implementation of the technology. The present project aims at replacing a part of the Ag with nickel (Ni). This could be a breakthrough that has the potential of lowering the manufacturing costs of HTS wires to a level enabling their rapid penetration into the market. Additionally, the higher mechanical strength of Ni would be an important advantage for handling during manufacturing of cables.
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| Development of long superconducting tapes with improved engineering properties, produced by a green processing route |
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A new, scalable production technology is developed in view of the continuous manufacture of second-generation high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires with competitive production costs and improved performance. The key point resides in the simultaneous coating of both sides of the substrate, a development that will result in a near doubling of the engineering critical density. A demonstration pre-pilot plant will be built and tested with the goal of producing a 100m long wire.
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| Electrochemical flue gas purification |
| Electrochemical flue gas purification is a method to clean different flue gasses for e.g. nitrogen oxides (NOX), soot and hydrocarbons. Electrochemical cells of the solid oxide type can be used to purify flue gasses (in particular diesel exhaust gasses) at a higher efficiency. |
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| Flue gas cleaning |
| The flue gas of power plants can be cleaned by injecting plasma generated chemically active species into the flue gas. |
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| Magnetic refrigeration |
| Magnetic refrigeration is a new and exciting technology that can be used to create low noise energyefficient cooling with environmentally friendly materials. |
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| Nanometals |
The Danish-Chinese Center for Nanometal investigates metals, including alloys, with internal length scales ranging from a few nanometers to a few micrometers. These are termed nanometals, and have new and interesting properties, such as exceptional mechanical strength, which are related to their internal structure. The scientific focus is to understand and control the mechanisms and parameters determining the mechanical and physical properties of such nanometals as well as their thermal stability.
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| Superconductivity and magnetism research group |
| Superconductors have attracted major scientific interest for decades and significant contributions to technology have been foreseen, not least since the discovery of the high-temperature superconductors (HTS) in 1986, which opened for operation in high magnetic fields at temperatures above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77 K). |
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| Superior HTS coated-conductors via green processing |
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HTS wires based on different kinds of materials are presently being developed. However, the only class of HTS compounds suited for operation under magnetic fields are the members of the REBa2Cu3O7 family (RE = rare earth) due to their superior flux pinning ability. The so-called “coated conductors”, presently developed in view of such applications using the REBa2Cu3O7 compound, suffer mainly from a slow production rate and high manufacturing costs. Furthermore, the hazard risks inherent to some preparation steps should be avoided.
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| VIRTUAL NANOTITANIUM (ViNat) |
EU Project THEORETICAL ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND VIRTUAL TESTING OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TITANIUM-BASED NANOMATERIALS (FP7 Collaborative Project in Nanosciences on Theme NMP.2011.1.4-5 "Multiscale Modelling as a Tool for Virtual Nanotechnology Experimentation"-Coordinated call with Russia)
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