Project description
High-efficiency energy harvesting
Energy harvesting entails a process wherein ambient energy sources are harvested and converted to obtain relatively small levels of power. The EU-funded InComEss project seeks to develop efficient smart materials with energy harvesting and storage capabilities. It will do this by combining advanced polymer-based composite materials into a novel concept of harvesting electrical energy from mechanical energy, thermal wasted energy or both. The electric energy harvested will be used to power sensors which will be implemented in different IoT scenarios. The project will generate more than 70 jobs and significantly boost the EU economy. Moreover, it will provide direct support to the realisation of a digital single market in the EU and the wider implementation of the Internet of Things landscape.
Objective
InComEss seeks at developing efficient smart materials with energy harvesting and storage capabilities combining advanced polymer based-composite materials into a novel single/multi-source concept to harvest electrical energy from mechanical energy and/or waste heat ambient sources. Three Energy Harvesting Systems (EHSs) configurations will be realized through the combination of high performance piezoelectric (PE), thermoelectric (TE) and Thermo-Piezoelectric (TPE) generators and monolithic supercapacitors (SCs) to power selected wireless sensors nodes to be implemented in different IoT scenarios for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in buildings and aircrafts (using a new miniature wireless Fiber Optics Sensing (FOS) interrogator) and accurate location and monitoring of vehicles through GPS and MEMS sensing. Advanced concepts for efficient energy transfer will be implemented for increased energy conversion efficiency of the overall EHSs.
InComEss EHSs will involve the following smart materials developments: 1) advanced lead-free PE composite-based mono-/bi-component fibres with enhanced PE characteristics up to 100ºC/250ºC for their application into single/hybrid PE/TPE generators; 2) innovative high-performance thermoplastic-based p-and n-type TE composites with enhanced Seebeck coefficients in the range from –25ºC up to 250ºC for their application in single/hybrid PE/TPE generators; and 3) printable high energy density PANI/carbon-based composite electrode materials with enhanced specific capacitance and stability for their incorporation into the monolithic supercapacitor (SC) to store the energy harvested.
InComEss technologies, applications and services will impact the partners turnover by €100M after market up-take, generating more than 70 jobs and leveraging the EU economy to more than €4 billion and 12,000 employments and providing direct support to the realization of EU Digital Single Market and the wider implementation of IoT landscape.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion
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01069 Dresden
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4760 034 VILA NOVA DE FAMALICAO
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5060 SAMBREVILLE
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01159 Dresden
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
33100 Tampere
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70013 Irakleio
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11415 Tallinn
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35122 Padova
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35122 Padova
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UB8 3PH Uxbridge
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1812 SC Alkmaar
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
341 00 Chalkis
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
47824 Poggio Torriana
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20011 Corbetta
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6041 Gosselies
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106 82 ATHINA
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50018 Zaragoza
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28004 Madrid
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