Quality monitoring of superconductors for the production of efficient, compact and reliable energy transmission systems (Q-SECRETS)

Project Information

Q-SECRETS

Grant agreement ID: G6RD-CT-2000-00239

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2000

End date 30 September 2003

Funded under

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Total cost € 2 546 033,00

EU contribution € 1 501 421,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
Netherlands

Objective

The main objective is to facilitate the increase of the market for superconductivity in the energy transmission market. For the employment situation in Europe it is crucial that the opportunities present in this growth area are used to increase market volume to 20 B€ in 2020. This new super conducting technology will lead to 6% lower energy consumption in the EU. To achieve this, superconductivity has to be developed to a product that can be marketed in a broad area. A key issue to be resolved by this project is the development of measuring techniques and standards necessary for quality control. New methods will be developed to determine the current capacity and the energy efficiency in the newest generation of transmission cables, transformer coils and the tape conductors inside. An important milestone is the presentation of the pre-normative results to the relevant standard body (CENELEC) and other partners in the EU.

Fields of science

• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › employment
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › superconductivity

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-6. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : Measurements and Testing

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Drienerlolaan 5 ; 7500 AE ENSCHEDE ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data

Participants (6)

CESI CENTRO ELETTROTECNICO SPERIMENTALE ITALIANO GIACINTO MOTTA SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Rubattino 54 ; MILANO
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING - SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Slovakia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 9,Dubravska Cesta 9 ; 842 39 BRATISLAVA
• Total cost: No data

NKT RESEARCH CENTER A/S

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 11,Priorparken 878 ; 2605 BRONDBY
• Total cost: No data

PIRELLI LABS S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIALE SARCA 222 ; 20126 MILANO
• Total cost: No data

SKODA VYZKUM s.r.o.,

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Tylova 57 ; 316 00 Plzen
• Total cost: No data

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Building 325 ; 2800 LYNGBY
• Total cost: No data