Periodic Reporting for period 2 - GreenTRIBOS (GreenTRIBOS)
Période du rapport: 2022-01-01 au 2023-12-31
All ESRs attended the 1st NWE (in Leeds) and kick-off meeting in month 10, where they were given various tasks and responsibilities to fulfil in the 2nd NWE (in Ljubljana), which took place in month 14. Both events were organised via online communication tools to comply with Covid-19 restrictions and rules. The 3rd NWE was split into 2 parts. The first was held in month 21 via the Zoom application and included the ESRs PhD thesis proposals and a detailed SOTA review, finalising their study commitments at the end of the first year of study. The second part of the NWE took place in month 22 in Coimbra, Portugal, where the ESRs and the project participants had the opportunity to meet face-to-face for the first time and had a significant impact on the training of the ESRs. The 4th NWE took place in Kiruna and Lulea in month 28 and was dedicated to monitoring the ESRs' scientific progress and training (academic and transferable skills). 5th and 6th NWE were organised in collaboration with industrial partners, namely TOTAL Energies (in Lyon and Solaize, month 34) and SANDVIK (in Stockholm, month 39). The last 7th NWE took place in month 45 in Leeds and was dedicated to dissemination and outreach by organizing 1st International Open-call GreenTribology conference and Panel and Round-table Media discussion.
The ESRs participated in various training activities, such as joint academic trainings and joint transferable skills courses offered at the NWEs, as well as personalised activities in scientific trainings according to each ESR`s CDP. They also prepared several mini-projects within WP2, WP3 and WP4 about SOTA, reference and potential, tribological performance, surface characterisation, mechanisms and LCA analysis.
The consortium replanned the secondments and reported formally including justifications to the project officer. Most ESRs will continue their research work in 2024, remaining employed by the current beneficiaries and having a well-defined plan for the defence of their PhD thesis in 2024.
Main results of the project are shown in the attached images and can be summarized as follows:
7 NWEs were organized (2 virtual - in Leeds and Ljubljana due to Covid-19 epidemy and 5 in-person in Coimbra, in Lulea, in Lyon, in Stockholm and in Leeds).
2 Industrial days were organized in collaboration with companies TOTAL Energies and Sandvik to promote achivements of GreenTRIBOS project to industry.
1st Open-call Green Tribology conference & Round table discussion was organized to promote ESRs research achievements and GreenTRIBOS project to scientific community.
Scientific, Hands-on tranings & Transferable skills were given to ESRs.
ESRs' scientific progress was regularly monitored & discussed.
Green and sustainable tribology was promoted to the wider public throug outreach activities like European Researchers Night.
Results of the project were disseminated on the major scientific conferences.
The GreenTRIBOS reference book with fully generic green design concepts to minimise energy consumption, resource use and environmental emissions and pollution was created.
(1) By considering the full impact of the engineering lifecycle. It is vital for any green solution to also consider the manufacturing costs and resources used, the maintenance, the pollution and the total energy that is consumed. A component is only truly green if it is green from the cradle to the grave.
(2) By providing real green-tribology solutions with synergistic designs and new functionality.
(3) By introducing the idea of green tribology to a wider sector of European industry.
(4) By taking a quantitative-assessment approach to real green impact.
(5) By introducing generic green-tribology mechanisms to European sustainable engineering.