Project description DEENESFRITPL Advanced method for efficiently converting waste heat and vibrations into electricity Scavenging waste heat and vibrations from the environment could provide a new generation of power sources. However, the low efficiency of current conversion methods acts as a barrier to implementing such solutions. The EU-funded Electro-Intrusion project will work on a highly efficient method for simultaneously transforming mechanical and thermal energies into electricity via zero-emission nanotriboelectrification during the intrusion/extrusion of a non-wetting liquid into/from nanoporous solids. The project will bring together a multidisciplinary consortium that specialises in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering to address project objectives. Project activities will include molecular dynamics simulations, high-pressure calorimetry and tribocharging, material synthesis and characterisation, and prototype development. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and rational energy use are civilization-scale challenges which need to be resolved urgently, in particular by the conversion of abundant waste heat and undesired vibrations into useful electricity. However, the low efficiency of existing conversion methods does not provide an attractive solution. Here we propose a new and highly efficient method and apparatuses for the simultaneous transformation of mechanical and thermal energies into electricity by using zero-emission nanotriboelectrification during non-wetting liquid intrusion-extrusion into-from nanoporous solids. To tackle these phenomena, we bring together a consortium of multidisciplinary teams specializing in physics, chemistry, material science and engineering to address the project by the state-of-the-art methods of MD simulations, high-pressure calorimetry and dielectric spectroscopy, materials synthesis and characterization, and prototype development. The FET-PROACTIVE call is a key solution to bring this early stage multidisciplinary concept to higher TRLs, fill in the large knowledge gaps in the solid-liquid contact electrification and heat generation during intrusion-extrusion as well as enable its full impact on EU innovation leadership, competitive market and energy sector security. The proposed method can be used for energy scavenging within a wide range of technologies, where vibrations and heat are available in excess (train, aviation, domestic devices, drilling, etc.). In particular, using European Environment Agency data we estimate that the use of the proposed approach only within the automobile sector can reduce the overall EU electricity consumption by 1-4% in 2050. With this regard, the final stage of the project implies regenerative shock-absorber development and field-testing for a drastic maximization of the maximum range of hybrid / electric vehicles. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehiclesnatural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrycalorimetrynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Keywords Triboelectrification contact electrification energy conversion solid-liquid interface wetting porous materials regenerative shock-absorber heat pump energy scavenging energy dissipation Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Main Programme H2020-EU.1.2.2. - FET Proactive Topic(s) FETPROACT-EIC-07-2020 - FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities Call for proposal H2020-FETPROACT-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-FETPROACT-2020-2 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION COOPERATIVA DE ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS FUNDACION, CIC ENERGIGUNE FUNDAZIOA Net EU contribution € 871 665,00 Address Calle albert einstein 48 parque tecnologico de alava 01510 Minano alava Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Araba/Álava Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA Italy Net EU contribution € 558 000,00 Address Via ariosto 35 44121 Ferrara See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE IGOR SIKORSKY KYIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Ukraine Net EU contribution € 359 925,00 Address 37 beresteiskyi avenue 03056 Kyiv See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIWERSYTET SLASKI W KATOWICACH Poland Net EU contribution € 435 602,50 Address Ul. bankowa 12 40 007 Katowice See on map Region Makroregion południowy Śląskie Katowicki Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 746 001,25 Address Edgbaston B15 2TT Birmingham See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Birmingham Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE BVBA Belgium Net EU contribution € 680 187,50 Address Industriezone schurhovenveld 1037 3800 Sint truiden See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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