Objective The incineration of waste and combustion of biomass is growing rapidly both due to the environmental aspects (minimisation of landfills, utilisation of waste, reduction of greenhouse gases), and ambition to self-sufficiency of energy sources in European countries (vs. imported oil, coal and gas). However, co-combustion, burning different fuels together (including fuels such as waste, biomass, oil, coal), produces more complex and hard to control combustion process than traditional fuel combustion. The new, harsh condition affects detrimentally onthe boiler construction, i.e. boiler tubing, shortening the lifetime by erosion and corrosion. Hence the control of the burning process, control of emissions, and the safe and long-life use of boilers is becoming more important. To gain efficient control and reliability of boilers, new methods and protections have to be applied. In the proposed work a novel approach to both monitor the temperature of boiler and protect the susceptible boiler construction is introduced. The main innovation is to combine a protective coating and temperature monitoringoptical fibre by developing a novel temperature monitoring protective coating. Hence less polluting and long-lasting boilers, which are able to burn reliably fuels like waste and biomass, are achieved. A novel combination of a protective coating and temperature monitoring will be achieved with co-operation of different European SME's. The project gives an opportunity to combine two different technologies. Both the best know-how concerning novel monitoring technology and latest knowledge of the protective coatings is in SME's and located in different countries. The technological and economical chain is formed by coating manufacturer PikoBlade (FI); ART Photonics (G), industrial manufacturer of optical fibres; coating manufacturer Flame Spray (IT); Hitele Systems (UK), DTS (distribute temperature sensing) company (UK); and coating raw material distributor DURUM (G). Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme COOPERATIVE - Coordinator VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND EU contribution No data Address Vuorimiehentie 3, Espoo, Finland 1000 ESPOO Finland See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all A.R.T. PHOTONICS GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address SCHWARTZSCHILDSTRASSE A 6 BERLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FLAME SPRAY SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Pola, 2 MILANO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HITELE SYSTEMS LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 32 Portland Tce. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DURUM VERSCHLEISS-SCHUTZ GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Linsellesstr. 125 WILLICH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PIKOBLADE OY Finland EU contribution No data Address OLLINMÄENTIE 33 PARHALAHTI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution No data Address SHOEMAKERSTRAAT 97 6060 DELFT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NOVITER OY Finland EU contribution No data Address Ratapihankatu 53 A TURKU See on map Total cost No data
