Objective
The cool industry should conform to the highest quality standards and to the best energy efficiency to be competitive. Energy effficiency for customers is an absolute obligation in most important markets (Japanese, European and USA) and should be guaranteed as a first quality step. Ice has inconvenient properties for the regular working of most cool equipment. If thick layers of ice deposit on the serpentine cooler of the refrigerators the equipment performance decreases. Nowadays the defrosting control is made according to climate and other environment constraints (temperature, humidity, etc) and by human experience on the matter. The main objective of this research project is to develop a innovative sensor to detect ice on the refrigerator circuit and correlate it with environmental variables in order to control the cooler function. The system will be auto parameterised, as it won't need any adjustments depending on the cool equipment destination. The new system will permit to control automatically the defrosting process, thus achieving great energy savings and costs reducing with the process automatization. The new system will also be developed in a way to be economically feasible and adjustable to all kind equipment thus ensuring its market potential. The system development will be based on two important approaches: - A Peltier based process for detecting thin ice slices. The process is based on a precision resistance and a properly matched electronic block for signal processing and output the measuring time needed to heat and cool a body. - An ultrasonic approach based on the measurement of the propagation features of those waves over ice and water. This process is more elaborate than the above one and seems more complex but it should compared with it from the technical and economical points of view. The consortium is composed by SMEs from different EU member states (Portugal, Spain and Germany) sharing the same problems and interests in reaching a technical solution for the defrosting process and control resolution. The variety of countries involved will ensure a faster exploitation of results by the transfer of the new system to other countries in side and out side the European Union.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering signal processing
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Data not available
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
4820 Fafe
Portugal
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.