MEMLAB

Melt Spun and Sintered Metal Fibre Networks for Lead-Acid Battery Advancement

Coordinatore	FIBRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED    more  Organization address address: BROOKHILL ROAD BROOKHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE city: PINXTON postcode: NG16 6NT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lee William Cognome: Marston Email: send email Telefono: +44 1773 864204 Fax: +44 1773 580287
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙480˙527 €
EC contributo	1˙131˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-11-01   -   2015-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FIBRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED  Organization address address: BROOKHILL ROAD BROOKHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE city: PINXTON postcode: NG16 6NT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lee William Cognome: Marston Email: send email Telefono: +44 1773 864204 Fax: +44 1773 580287	UK (PINXTON)	coordinator	337˙569.00
2	ARVIS PERIVALLONTIKES EPICHEIRISEIS ELLADOS ANONYMI ETAIRIA EMPORIO AE  Organization address address: MARNI 4 city: ATHENS postcode: 10433 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Eugenia Cognome: Aravossis Email: send email Telefono: +30 210 8232703 Fax: +30 210 8232045	EL (ATHENS)	participant	328˙294.00
3	SystematIC design bv  Organization address address: motorenweg 5G city: Delft postcode: 2623CR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Richard Cognome: Visee Email: send email Telefono: +311 52511100	NL (Delft)	participant	292˙764.00
4	MIRA LTD  Organization address address: Watling Street city: NUNEATON postcode: CV10 0TU contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gabrielle Cognome: Cross Email: send email Telefono: +44 247 635 5127	UK (NUNEATON)	participant	63˙846.00
5	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Debbie Cognome: Mcconnell Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 899410 Fax: +44 1223890952	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	56˙143.00
6	INSTITUTE OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ENERGY SYSTEMS  Organization address address: ACAD G BONCHEV STREET BL 10 city: SOFIA postcode: 1113 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Veselin Cognome: Naydenov Email: send email Telefono: +359 2 9792796 Fax: +359 2 8731552	BG (SOFIA)	participant	29˙392.00
7	INCI AKU SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI  Organization address address: ORGANISE SANAYI BOLGESI 2 KISIM GAZILER CAD 2 city: MANISA postcode: 45030 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ozge Cognome: Erdogan Email: send email Telefono: +90 236 233 25 10 233 Fax: +90 236 233 25 13	TR (MANISA)	participant	22˙992.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Climate change is one of the largest threats facing the world today. At the forefront of combating this issue are low carbon technologies. Recently, HEV (Hybrid Electric Vehicles) have come forward as the most achievable solution of the moment. At present, HEV use expensive Lithium ion and NiM batteries due to their high power to weight ratio. Lead-acid batteries are a cheaper option, but due to their lower power to weight ratio they are not used.

The MEMLAB project aims to solve this through the development of lightweight electrodes for use in lead-acid batteries. The project will use state-of-the-art fibre production technology to create titanium and aluminium fibre networks. These will be coated in lead and lead oxide. The objective is to achieve a greater than 50% reduction in the overall weight of a lead-acid battery thereby significantly increasing their power to weight ratio making them a realistic alternative for application in hybrid electric vehicles.

In addition to application in the hybrid electric vehicle market, the replacement of standard lead-acid batteries, containing large and heavy quantities of lead, by lightweight lead-acid batteries will also lead to a significant reduction in the polluting effect of road-going vehicles due to the large quantity of vehicles in use. The number of lead-acid batteries currently manufactured in Europe is approximately 70 million per year.

The project consortium has been specifically constructed so that the research partners deliver the technical research required by the SME consortium partners. Successful completion of project MEMLAB will significantly strengthen the competitive position of the participating SMEs by both opening new markets, hybrid electric vehicles, and expanding opportunities in existing markets, lead-acid batteries. Furthermore, the project consortium will also seek to identify and evaluate further market applications, for example industrial filtration as well as fuel cells.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

New lightweight electrodes for lead-acid batteries will reduce vehicle emissions and power the next generation of environment-friendly vehicles.