Dati Progetto
Num. Contratto
228882
Coordinatore
THERMACORE EUROPE LTD (Regno Unito)
Responsabile ENEA
BORSELLA ELISABETTA - TERIN-DEC-H2V (CASACCIA)
Sito WEB
Sito WEB non disponibile
Descrizione
Henix will translate promising laboratory based nanotechnology results into pilot lines for the production of nanofluid coolants. This project, conceived and led by its European industrial partners, is designed to improve the competitiveness of European industry by developing new and more efficient cooling technologies and processes; specifically a new, state of the art, nanofluid coolant with a significantly enhanced technological capabilities that will transform the design and performance of thermal management systems.
Nanofluid coolants represent a new exploitation of nanotechnology that has only become possible as a result of recent advances in nanoparticle production and dispersion technology. The beneficial adoption of nanofluid coolants usually requires re-design of the whole system including heat exchangers, pumps, pipe work and operating points. The gains come from a subtle re-balancing of the pump power, heat losses, plant cost and thermal efficiency. Flow regimes and the geometry of cooling channels play a key role.
Understanding how to design systems to realise these benefits is a bottleneck to industrial adoption of nanofluids coolants. The mechanism of how heat transfer is facilitated by nanoparticles in carrier fluids is not clearly understood by the global research community. Analytical Models as yet do not fully explain and predict the thermal performance of nanofluid coolants. The advancement of this knowledge will enable engineers to readily design heat systems using nanofluid coolants.
The most promising application opportunities for nanofluid coolants reside in large information data centres containing computer servers and racks, power electronics and power electronics for electric drives. The project will stimulate and accelerate the industrial take-up of nanofluid coolants used to innovate next generation heat exchangers to more effectively cool equipment and machinery, significantly reducing energy consumption and costs by up to 50%.
Attività svolta da ENEA
L’ENEA, partner del Progetto HENIX, avrà un ruolo significativo in varie fasi del Progetto,
contribuendo sia all’ottimizzazione della formulazione dei nano fluidi da implementare a livello industriale che allo sviluppo dei dimostratori e coordinando l’attività di Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) e del Risk Assessment (RA).
Programma Quadro
Settimo Programma Quadro R&ST (2007-2013)
Programma UE
NANOTECNOLOGIE (2007-2013)
Tipo Progetto
CP - Progetto di collaborazione
Riferimenti ENEA
Posizione:
1087
Atto di Approvazione ENEA:
51/2009/COMM, 110/2012/COMM
Codice Atto:
0CG62
Unità alla stipula:
TER-ENETERM
Dati Finanziari (in euro)
Costo eleggibile del progetto:
8.330.000,00
Costo eleggibile per ENEA:
752.372,00
Contributo al progetto:
6.100.000,00
Contributo a ENEA:
566.988,00
Durata
Anno di stipula:
2009
Durata (in mesi):
42
Data di inizio:
01-09-2009
Data di scadenza:
28-02-2013
Partner (12)
Ruolo |
Tipologia |
Nome |
Nazione |
|
Industrie |
ITN NANOVATION AG |
Germania |
|
Industrie |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT |
Germania |
|
Università |
WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE |
Israele |
PARTNER |
Istituti di ricerca |
ENEA |
Italia |
|
Istituti di ricerca |
ISIS R&D SRL |
Italia |
|
Università |
UNIV. TECHN. EINDHOVEN |
Paesi Bassi |
|
Università |
UNIV. TWENTE |
Paesi Bassi |
|
Altro |
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED |
Regno Unito |
|
Industrie |
DISPERSIA LIMITED |
Regno Unito |
COORD |
Industrie |
THERMACORE EUROPE LTD |
Regno Unito |
|
Università |
UNIV. BIRMINGHAM |
Regno Unito |
|
Università |
KTH - ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
Svezia |
Keyword associate al progetto dal database di CORDIS (3)
Keyword |
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECH |
INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURE |
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOSCIENCES |
Altre Keyword non presenti nel database di CORDIS (0)
Altri indici |
Nessun altro indice specificato per il Progetto selezionato
|