Composite material technology for next-generation Marine Vessel Propellers.

Project Information

CoPropel

Grant agreement ID: 101056911

DOI 10.3030/101056911

EC signature date 10 May 2022

Start date 1 June 2022

End date 31 May 2025

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost € 3 309 617,26

EU contribution € 3 309 616,00

Coordinated by

PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON
Greece

Objective

CoPropel puts forth a holistic approach towards the realisation of marine propellers made of advanced composite materials. Compared to their traditional counterparts, marine composite propellers offer efficiency gains in propulsion efficiency, noise reduction and weight savings.

The CoPropel project will see an interdisciplinary team of experts drawn both from research and industry, from theoretical considerations and numerical modelling to precision manufacturing - assembly and experimental verification testing. The CoPropel action brings together 9 organisations from 5 countries: 4 Research Institutes – TWI, University of Ioannina, Brunel University London and The Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre; 4 Industrial partners – Loiretech, MECA, Danaos and Glafcos Marine with one certification body Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. Together, we will develop and bring to market a marine composite propeller with an embedded structural health monitoring system. The proposed activities will mature our Technology Readiness Level to 5-6 and drastically de-risk the integration of the investigated solutions on future products, effectively resulting in reducing the direct operating costs for the operators while minimising the environmental impact.

Existing work by the partners has shown an approximate 12% reduction in energy consumption and subsequent fuel consumption, with the potential savings exceeding 15% at full-scale marine vessel propellers, which will be investigated and confirmed during our real-time sea trials as part of the CoPropel project.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › civil engineering › structural engineering › structural health monitoring
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › composites
• social sciences › political sciences › public administration › bureaucracy
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › naval engineering › sea vessels

Keywords

• Shipping
• propellers
• composites
• efficiency
• performance
• design
• manufacture
• testing

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
• HORIZON.2.5.7 - Clean, Safe and Accessible Transport and Mobility
• HORIZON.2.5.6 - Industrial Competitiveness in Transport

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10 - Innovative on-board energy saving solutions (ZEWT Partnership)

Call for proposal

HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Coordinator

PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON

• Net EU contribution: € 589 226,00
• Address: PANEPISTEMIOYPOLE PANEPISTEMIO IOANNINON ; 45110 Ioannina ; Greece
• Region: Βόρεια Ελλάδα › Ήπειρος › Ιωάννινα
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: € 589 226,00

Participants (8)

DANAOS SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED

Cyprus

• Net EU contribution: € 338 750,00
• Address: CHRISTAKI KOMPOU 3 ; 3011 Limassol
• Region: Κύπρος › Κύπρος › Κύπρος
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 338 750,00

BUREAU VERITAS MARINE & OFFSHORE REGISTRE INTERNATIONAL DE CLASSIFICATION DE NAVIRES ET DE PLATEFORMES OFFSHORE

France

• Net EU contribution: € 198 668,50
• Address: TOUR ALTO, 4 PLACE DES SAISONS ; 92400 COURBEVOIE
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Hauts-de-Seine
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 276 587,50

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

BUREAU VERITAS SOLUTIONS MARINE & OFFSHORE

France

• Net EU contribution: € 77 918,50
• Address: 4 RUE DUGUAY-TROUIN ; 44800 SAINT HERBLAIN
• Region: Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

MECA

France

• Net EU contribution: € 576 171,00
• Address: 18 RUE PAUL BELLAMY ; 44000 Nantes
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Region: Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 576 171,26

LOIRETECH INGENIERIE

France

• Net EU contribution: € 922 421,00
• Address: 9 RUE DU MOULIN CASSE POLE INDUSTRIEL JULES VERNE ; 44340 Bouguenais
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Region: Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 922 421,25

INSTITUTE OF METAL SCIENCE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES WITH HYDROAERODYNAMICS CENTRE ACAD A BALEVSKI

Bulgaria

• Net EU contribution: € 192 710,00
• Address: SHIPCHENSKI PROHOD STREET 67 ; 1574 Sofia
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Югозападен › София (столица)
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: € 192 710,00

GLAFCOS MARINE EPE

Greece

• Net EU contribution: € 235 000,00
• Address: FRAGIADON STR 45 ; 18537 Piraeus
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Αττική › Aττική › Πειραιάς
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Πειραιάς
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 235 000,00

ERFLOW-ENGINEERING

France

• Net EU contribution: € 178 751,00
• Address: 18 RUE PAUL BELLAMY ; 44000 Nantes
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Region: Pays de la Loire › Pays de la Loire › Loire-Atlantique
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 178 751,25

Partners (2)

TWI LIMITED

United Kingdom

• Net EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: GRANTA PARK GREAT ABINGTON ; CB21 6AL Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON

United Kingdom

• Net EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: KINGSTON LANE ; UB8 3PH Uxbridge
• Region: London › Outer London — West and North West › Harrow and Hillingdon
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data