Real-time, adaptative and innovative energy management solutions to optimise fuel consumption and lower emissions pollutants in waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)
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Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
Energy management systems (EMS) have the potential, through adaptive control, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to optimise energy demand and minimise harmful emissions.
This paradigm shift will also lead toincreased ship efficiency through innovative evaluations and optimized integration of innovative power conversion and energy storage systems, waste heat recovery (WHR)systems, predictive machinery and system simulations, variable speed electric motors, as well as central and articulated.
At the same time, such developments allow real-time monitoring of exhaust gases, including particulate matter, SOx, NOx and GHG emissions, which could beintegrated into overall monitoring and adaptive control.
Detailed Call Description
- Development, adaptation, and integration of real-time monitoring solutions for continuous mapping of ship operating profiles, energy flows, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, as well as SOx, NOx and other polluting emissions (e.g., emissions from methane slip), including the assessment of potential ammonia environmental footprint;
- Development of advanced monitoring, supervision and forecasting models, by capitalizing on AI and ML capacities for real-time data analysis and feedback, considering both internal and external data sources; comprehensive machine learning and machine reasoning models should enable intelligent vessel performance monitoring and supervision, vessel operation optimisation and planning;
- Design of centralised or modular ship energy architecture, including micro-grid architectures, applicable to a variety of commercial ship types, and adaptive energy management systems to improve the overall vessel energy efficiency, through energy demand reduction and energy supply efficiency;
- Showcase the flexibility of the adaptive energy management system using simulation methods for different vessels having various propulsion system types, operating in a wide range of environmental conditions;
- Assessment of design, including retrofitting, and operational measures and controls by focusing on three (3) complementary case studies, on, Inland Waterways Transportation (IWT), coastal shipping and Deep-Sea Shipping (DSS), aiming at maximising vessel efficiency, in the context of designing for efficiency.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €4.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Shipping - Marine Transports
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
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Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Persons to Contact:
Mr. Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy
Mr. George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy