DRREAM

Drastically reduced use of rare earths in applications of magnetocalorics

Coordinatore	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE    more  Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Brooke Cognome: Alasya Email: send email Telefono: +44 207 594 1181 Fax: +44 207 594 1418
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Sito del progetto	http://www.drream.eu/
Totale costo	5˙158˙862 €
EC contributo	3˙707˙143 €
Programma	FP7-NMP Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies
Code Call	FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2015-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE  Organization address address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD city: LONDON postcode: SW7 2AZ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Brooke Cognome: Alasya Email: send email Telefono: +44 207 594 1181 Fax: +44 207 594 1418	UK (LONDON)	coordinator	813˙500.00
2	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Brice Cognome: Kerber Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 56707648 Fax: +33 1 45607881	FR (PARIS)	participant	785˙486.00
3	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT  Organization address address: Karolinenplatz 5 city: DARMSTADT postcode: 64289 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Oliver Cognome: Gutfleisch Email: send email Telefono: +49 6151 1675559 Fax: +49 6151 1672559	DE (DARMSTADT)	participant	670˙380.00
4	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Nome: Christoph Cognome: Schulte Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 1205 2728 Fax: +49 89 1205 7534	DE (MUENCHEN)	participant	459˙399.00
5	CAMFRIDGE LTD  Organization address address: St. John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB4 0WS contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Neil Cognome: Wilson Email: send email Telefono: 447904000000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	456˙566.00
6	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA  Organization address address: STRADA DELLE CACCE 91 city: TORINO postcode: 10135 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Vittorio Cognome: Basso Email: send email Telefono: +39 011 391 9842 Fax: +39 011 3919 834	IT (TORINO)	participant	285˙000.00
7	VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO KG  Organization address address: GRUNER WEG 37 city: HANAU postcode: 63450 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Thomas Cognome: Both Email: send email Telefono: +49 6181 38 2253	DE (HANAU)	participant	155˙012.00
8	INDESIT COMPANY S.P.A.  Organization address address: VIALE A. MERLONI 47 city: FABRIANO postcode: 60044 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alessandro Cognome: Pizzutti Email: send email Telefono: 390733000000	IT (FABRIANO)	participant	81˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'We will examine the life cycle of rare earth metals used in magnetic phase change technologies. Our primary focus is on room temperature magnetic cooling, a near-market solid state alternative to gas compression in which a phase change “magnetocaloric” material is magnetised by a permanent magnet. We will address the fabrication, manufacture and use of the magnetocaloric material, aiming: (1) to reduce consumption and eliminate wastage of rare earths during the scalable manufacture of magnetocaloric parts; and (2) to drastically reduce the volume of rare earth permament magnet through a step-change improvement in the performance of low-rare earth or rare earth-free magnetocaloric materials.

Such developments will reduce both raw material use and future technology cost, providing the necessary bridge between state-of-the art prototyping activity and industrially scalable production of magnetic cooling engines. The project consortium includes materials physicists, researchers active in the industrial scale-up of parts manufacture, a magnet and magnetocaloric material supplier and an SME. This combination will provide feedback between fundamental magnetocaloric material properties, material performance under test, and potential impact on product design. A large-scale end-user partner will provide analyses of the life cycle, environmental and cost benefits of our research to the domestic refrigeration sector. The knowledge gained from our activities will be used in parallel for the development of magnetocaloric materials for a longer-term application: thermomagnetic power generation.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

As rare earths are expensive and in limited supply, EU-funded researchers are refining existing magnetic cooling technologies to use these minerals with unique magnetic properties more efficiently.