Objective The main objective of HYDROBOND is the development of a highly innovative process for application of superhydrophobic coatings onto large off-shore turbine blades, that will contribute to minimize the power losses and mechanical failures. Novel thermal spray technologies will be the way to achieve the nanostructured coatings with tailored anti-icing properties and enhanced bond strengh, in a cost effective manner for very large, composite material surface.The pursued scientific-technological objectives and impacts derived from HYDROBOND project are- Based on the properties of the new coatings, that will act as a passive anti-icing method, allow the design and construction of lighter larger wind turbines, avoiding the needs of heavier active anti-icing methods.- Due to the anti-icing properties, new coatings will allow the minimization of the ice accretion and will increase the reliability and operational life of components by reducing the mechanical failures. As already stated in this proposal, ice accretion will increase the load on the blades and on the tower structure, causing high amplitude vibrations and/or resonance as well as mass imbalance between blades, affecting specially the gearboxes whose lifetime is considerably reduced.- New anti-icing coatings will improve the cost/efficiency ratio of the blades, because ice accretion changes the shape and roughness of the blade airfoil significantly reducing aerodynamic properties of the blade resulting in power losses.- Due to the enhanced bond strengh and the ability to keep the anti-icing properties even when wear phenomena happens, will contribute on reducing the maintenance needs. The new developed process, being a portable one, will also contribute to reduce the maintenance cost of off-shore wind turbines allowing in situ repair. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind powerengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2012.2.2-4 - Cost-effective materials for larger blades for off-shore wind energy applications Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA EU contribution € 652 473,50 Address GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 08007 Barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Xavier Gutierrez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Winwind Oy Participation ended Finland EU contribution € 22 089,07 Address Keilaranta 13 02150 Espoo See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Koskela Ville (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MILLIDYNE OY Finland EU contribution € 451 424,00 Address NIITTYHAANKATU 11 33720 Tampere See on map Region Manner-Suomi Länsi-Suomi Pirkanmaa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Knuuttila Jari (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PUTZIER OBERFLACHENTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 390 000,00 Address JULIUS KRONENBERG STRASSE 3 42799 LEICHLINGEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Putzier Jens (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TTY-SAATIO Finland EU contribution € 437 600,00 Address Korkeakoulunkatu 10 33720 Tampere See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jörg Langwaldt (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GUTMAR SA Spain EU contribution € 191 200,00 Address METALURGIA 53-55 08908 BARCELONA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joan Mascaró (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA Italy EU contribution € 241 952,00 Address VIA UNIVERSITA 4 41121 Modena See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Modena Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Capra Alessandro (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MUEHLHAN A/S Denmark EU contribution € 542 737,43 Address NYVANG 16 2ND FLOOR 5500 MIDDELFART See on map Region Danmark Syddanmark Fyn Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kenneth Holmbech (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data