1 23 February 2004 COST ENERGY European CO operation in the Field of S cientific and T echnical Research Piotr Swiatek [email protected]

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23 February 2004

COSTENERGY

European COoperation in the

Field of Scientific and Technical Research

Piotr Swiatek

[email protected]

European COoperation in the field of Scientific and Technical researchCOST

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Conference on the Future of Energy in Enlarged Europe , Warsaw 10,2004

• Intergovernmental co-operation– 1971– 17 Scientific & Technical domains

• Participation– 34 COST Member States + 1 Co-operating Country (Israel) – International organisations

and research establishments from non-COST countries – The European Commission

• COST Actions– Concerted Actions (Networks) of nationally funded R&D

What is COST ?


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COST Characteristics

• Networking & Co-ordination

• Pan-European• “Non-competitive” (pre-

normative; environmental and cross-border problems; public utility)

• National Financing of Researchers – national responsibility

• Bottom-up / Flexibility• “A la carte” participation• “Integration”• Complementarity• Exploratory • Commission involvement


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May participate on an Action by Action basis given:

there is mutual S&T benefit

the CSO approves (following MC and TC approval)

participation is confirmed by an exchange of letters between the organisation and the CSO

Non-COST institutions may not vote in the MC

Organizations from non-COST countries


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CSO approves draft MOU

Preparation(6 months-1 year)

Dissemination(years)

time

5 countries sign MOU

1st Draft(2 months)

Implementation(4 years)

MonitoringTC adopts draft MoU

TC assesses proposals

Assessment

Evaluation

1st MC Meeting

Action Life Cycle


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List of Energy related Actions • 501 Advanced Materials for Power Engineering Components:

High Efficiency, Low Emission Systems • 510 Advanced materials for power generation • 522 Power generation in the 21st. Cent. (ultra efficient, low

emission plants)• 525 Advanced electronic ceramics: Grain boundary engineering• 529 Efficient lighting for the 21st century• 536 Alloy development for Critical Components of

Environmentally friendly Power planT (ACCEPT)• 538 High Temperature Plant Lifetime Extension• P10 Physics of Risk


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522: Power Generation in the 21st Century:Ultra-Efficient, Low Emission Systems(1998-2003)

• Signed 20 (A, BE, CH, CZ, D, DK, E, F, FIN, GR, H, I, IRL, N, NL, P, PL, S, SK, UK)

• Targets high temp. structural materials for fossil power plants.• Has large number of actions: Steam Power Plant (70), Gas

Turbine (80), Plant Integration (30) Projects.• Has had several topical meetings: Gamma Ti-Aluminides,

Protective Systems, Metallography & Turbine, Oxidation: Boiler & Welding, Gas Turbine Blades / Vanes, Plant Integration

• Is closely followed by industry: 7th Liège conf. attended by 270+ participants from 27 countries.


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COST 522: New 600°C Cast Steel Type 10CrMoWV Inner Casing, double flow IP Turbine, 60 t


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COST 522: Thermal efficiency of power plant

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year of commissioning

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low alloy steels

9-10% Cr

steelsdeveloped in

COST 501/III

new 9-12% Cr steels

to be developed in COST 522

COST 501, I and II

COST 501, III

COST 522


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COST 525: Advanced Electronics: Grain Boundary Engineering (1999-2005)

• Signed 18 (A, BE, CH, CZ, D, DK, E, F, I, IRL, N, LT, LV, P, S, SI, TR, UK)

• WG1: Ionic and mixed conducting electroceramics

• WG2: Dielectric, sensors & semiconducting ceramics


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COST 525: Example of a application for Fuel Cells


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COST 529: Efficient Lighting for the 21st Century


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COST 529: Efficient Lighting for the 21st Century

• more than 30 billion electrical lamps operate worldwide every day consuming more than 2,300 billion kWh/year

• It is 10-15% of the global energy production worldwide

• annual greenhouse gas (CO2) due to this energy is estimated

to be over 1,000 million metric tons.

• estimation shows lighting will increase by a factor of 3

http://www.efficient-lighting.org


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COST 529: Plant Life Extension (PLE)

• The intermittent availability of electricity from the new, renewable technologies such as wind, wave, tidal and photovoltaic systems will displace fossil plants from base-load electricity supply forcing the plants to cycle more often, hence reducing their lives and reliability, availability, maintainability and operability (RAMO).

• The key plant components which will be affected are boilers, gas/steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), etc. and it is these which is primarily addressed in the Action


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COST 529: Plant Life Extension (PLE)

• The key challenges to the research community and industry which have to be addressed are:

• Condition / health monitoring

• Degradation of materials properties

• Developing materials / microstructural models for life time assessment (including repair)

• Improved predictive life assessment tools and validation


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Expressions of Interest for the 6th FP (1)

• 522: Advanced Materials for Electricity Generation and Emissions Reduction (AMEGER) NoE (DE)

• 523: Performance Improvement of Nanostructured Coatings (PINCO) NoE (BG)

• 529: European Lighting Training and Engineering Network (EliTE) NoE (FR)


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COST Information

• http://www.cordis.lu/cost/– Information on COST

– COST Action data-base

• Scientific Officer: Piotr Swiatek, [email protected]

• TC Materials Chair: Dr. F. Tavassoli,

• TC Physics Chair: Dr. Z. Kajcsos

Documents

1 23 February 2004 COST ENERGY European CO operation in the Field of S cientific and T echnical Research Piotr Swiatek [email protected]