Objective The principle of concentrated solar power (CSP) is to reflect and focus solar energy collected from a wide area on to one point, using the thermal energy to produce steam or a hot liquid in order to transfer or store the energy.For this proposal, the solar collector will be made of carbon fibre composite material. This can be designed to be stiff (maintaining its position) whilst being light weight. For a similar sized currently used heliostat CSP, the structure would be self supporting (Sandwich structure) the weight would be 627kg, giving a weight saving of 80% of the backed structure and 23% of the unreinforced glass collector.This weight saving has benefits in terms of installation and transportation, but the main advantage of the weight saving is, the energy required to adjust the collector would be greatly reduced thus a reduced energy control system could move the collectors during service. With the metal components removed, corrosion resistance is greatly reduced.An advantage of a carbon fibre structure is the low coefficient of thermal expansion. In the areas that will benefit most from a CSP, the arid conditions produce high temperature variations daily.The technical goal of this project is to produce lightweight yet robust components for CSPcollector components. Materials and processes will be identified and exploited to optimise the product and issues preventing optimisation will be investigated and solved. This proposal will have several aspects of work. Design and production of a novel composite collector, producing an adequate reflective surface on the composite, ensuring composite supports for the reflective surface, protecting that surface, and evaluating the effectiveness of the product. Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) will be considered to deposit a highly reflective coating onto a composite that will need to be manufactured to a high accuracy (surface finish) and durability. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyconcentrated solar power Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator EPM TECHNOLOGY LTD Address Victoria road 20 DE72 3PS Draycott United Kingdom See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Graham Mulholland (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOLARLITE GMBH Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 101 212,88 Address Schloss duckwitz 10 17179 Duckwitz See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Catrin Gäde (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data AMBER COMPOSITES LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 219 543,00 Address Station road 94 langley mill NG16 4BP Nottingham See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Jones (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data SURCOTEC SA Switzerland EU contribution € 233 583,00 Address Chemin du pont du centenaire 109a 1228 Plan les ouates See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dominique Pellaton (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TWI LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 63 097,00 Address Granta park great abington CB21 6AL Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lucy Parker (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany EU contribution € 62 500,00 Address Linder hohe 51147 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Georg Böhm (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTAR ZA PLAZMA TEHNOLOGII PLAZMA DOO North Macedonia EU contribution € 28 500,00 Address Veljko vlahovic 18 mezanin 1000 Skopje See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mence Nasova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BOLUDA DIVISION INDUSTRIAL SL Spain EU contribution € 186 294,12 Address Calle joiers, vial a, nave 9 17-19 08184 Palau solita i plegamans See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marta Mur (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
