Objective
The BYEFOULING project will address high volume production of low toxic and environmentally friendly antifouling coatings for mobile and stationary maritime applications. The technology will fulfil the coating requirements as a result of the incorporation of novel antifouling agents and a new set of binders into coating formulations for maritime transportation and fishing vessels, floating devices and aquaculture.
The main vision of BYEFOULING is to provide the means for industrial, cost-effective and robust manufacturing of antifouling coatings in Europe, where SMEs are both coating components developers and production technology providers. A set of procedures, guidelines and fabrication tools will be developed, enabling short time to market for new coating concepts.
The main goal of BYEFOULING is to design, develop and upscale antifouling coatings with enhanced performance compared to current available products. The approach in BYEFOULING is to tackle the different stages of the biofouling process using innovative antifouling agents, covering surface-structured materials, protein adsorption inhibitors, quorum sensing inhibitors, natural biocides and microorganisms with antifouling properties. Encapsulation of the innovative compounds in smart nanostructured materials will be implemented to optimize coating performance and cost all along their life cycle. A proof-of-concept for the most promising candidates will be developed and demonstrators will be produced and tested on fields.
BYEFOULING will combine a multidisciplinary leading research team from 11 European countries, which are already acting worldwide in the scientific community, with highly relevant and skilled technological partners, to build a consortium able to develop a full production line for antifouling coatings in Europe. Readily available low toxic and cost-effective antifouling coatings will increase the efficiency of maritime industry and be the enabling technology to realize new products.
Fields of science
Call for proposal
FP7-OCEAN-2013
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Funding Scheme
CP - Collaborative project (generic)Coordinator
7034 Trondheim
Norway
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Participants (18)
20014 San Sebastian
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80686 Munchen
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7000 Mons
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7052 Trondheim
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157 80 Athina
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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412 96 Goteborg
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69978 Tel Aviv
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L69 7ZX Liverpool
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7000 Mons
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3810 075 Aveiro
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4002 Basel
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28108 Alcobendas Madrid
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9060 Zelzate
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3202 Sandefjord
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MST 1761 Mosta
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48160 Derio
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12489 Berlin
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