Economical and safe design of pressure vessels applying new modern steels (ECOPRESS)

Project Information

ECOPRESS

Grant agreement ID: G5RD-CT-1999-00128

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2000

End date 31 May 2003

Funded under

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Total cost € 3 881 112,00

EU contribution € 2 448 283,00

Coordinated by

AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Germany

Objective

Pressure vessels (PV) business is a world wide market. This challenge to the European PV-industry may be encountered by a research strategy focusing on the utilization of new advanced steels and improved and safe design. High strength and high toughness steels with, in case of DUPLEX, even excellent corrosion resistance and good weldability are available from the developments of European steel industry during the past 3 decades. Only today the European design rules for PV-design practically exclude these steels from application because of missing design technologies. The research project will therefore work out conditions to remove obstacles and unnecessary conservatism by applying modern design by analysis methods for the full exploitation of properties of the new steels. The works will cover the full range from design to fabrication, testing and operation of PV. Recommendations will be derived that will allow more economical design.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Intzestrasse 1/2 ; 52074 AACHEN ; Germany
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Participants (15)

AG DER DILLINGER HÜTTE

Germany

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• Address: 66748 DILLINGEN
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AIR LIQUIDE S.A

France

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• Address: 13-17,Rue d'Epluches 13-17 ; 95310 SAINT OUEN L'AUMONE
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CMP DUNKERQUE

France

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• Address: Avenue de la Gironde ; 59640 DUNKERQUE
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FELGUERA CALDERERIA S.A.

Spain

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• Address: Travesia del Mar S/N ; 33212 GIJON
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INDUSTEEL FRANCE SA

France

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• Address: Immeuble Pacific 11/13, Cours Valmy ; 92800 PUTEAUX
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INGENIEURBUERO FUER WERKSTOFFTECHNIK

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Technologiezentrum am Europaplatz, Dennewart Str. ; 52068 AACHEN
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ITMA

Spain

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• Address: Parque Tecnologico de Asturias ; 33428 LLANERA
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LULEAA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Skeria 3 ; 971 87 LULEA
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OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS AB

Sweden

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• Address: Vasagatan 38, 2tr ; 10327 STOCKHOLM
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PROFESSOR SEDLACEK & PARTNER TECHNOLOGIEN IM BAUWESEN GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Lagerhausstr. 27 ; 52064 AACHEN
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RAUTARUUKKI OYJ

Finland

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• Address: Rautaruukintie 155 ; 92101 RAAHE
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ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Sweden

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• Address: Brinellvägen 23 ; 10044 STOCKHOLM
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STAATLICHE MATERIALPRUEFUNGSANSTALT

Germany

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• Address: Pfaffenwaldring 32 Universität Stuttgart ; 70569 STUTTGART
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TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

Finland

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• Address: Metallimiehenkuja 4 ; 02044 ESPOO
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University of Patras

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Panepistimioupolis ; 26500 PATRAS
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