DRREAM
Drastically reduced use of rare earths in applications of magnetocalorics
| Coordinatore | IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
| 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
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| 1 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: SOUTH KENSINGTON CAMPUS EXHIBITION ROAD contact info |
UK (LONDON) | coordinator | 813˙500.00 |
| 2 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 785˙486.00 |
| 3 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT
Organization address
address: Karolinenplatz 5 contact info |
DE (DARMSTADT) | participant | 670˙380.00 |
| 4 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 459˙399.00 |
| 5 |
CAMFRIDGE LTD
Organization address
address: St. John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 456˙566.00 |
| 6 |
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA
Organization address
address: STRADA DELLE CACCE 91 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 285˙000.00 |
| 7 |
VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO KG
Organization address
address: GRUNER WEG 37 contact info |
DE (HANAU) | participant | 155˙012.00 |
| 8 |
INDESIT COMPANY S.P.A.
Organization address
address: VIALE A. MERLONI 47 contact info |
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.