ADVOCATE
Autonomous wireless sensors driven by harvested vibration energy for leak detection in water mains
| Coordinatore | ULEFOS ESCO AS
Organization address
address: GAMLE GOMSRUDV 40 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Norway [NO] |
| Totale costo | 1˙787˙439 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙293˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2013 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-09-01 - 2015-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ULEFOS ESCO AS
Organization address
address: GAMLE GOMSRUDV 40 contact info |
NO (KONGSBERG) | coordinator | 466˙106.00 |
| 2 | Xepto AS | NO | participant | 268˙212.00 |
| 3 |
HELNOR AS
Organization address
address: STRANDVEIEN 10 A contact info |
NO (BRUMUNDDAL) | participant | 203˙885.00 |
| 4 |
HASWELL MOULDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Organization address
address: Rice Bridge Industrial Estate Unit 3 Thorpe Le Soken contact info |
UK (ESSEX) | participant | 176˙510.00 |
| 5 |
HERBERTEK AB
Organization address
address: BORJEGATAN 56 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 144˙559.00 |
| 6 |
MITTSVERIGE VATTEN AB
Organization address
address: PO BOX 189 contact info |
SE (SUNDSVALL) | participant | 22˙812.00 |
| 7 |
ADENEO AS
Organization address
address: CHEMIN DU RUISSEAU 2 contact info |
FR (ECULLY) | participant | 5˙856.00 |
| 8 |
OSAUHING EESTI INNOVATSIOONI INSTITUUT
Organization address
address: SEPAPAJA 6 contact info |
EE (TALLINN) | participant | 5˙060.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The Advocate project consortium, led by ULEFOS ESCO AS from Norway, aims to develop smart gate valves which will be used in the detection and management of water leaks through employing autonomous wireless sensor nodes in an underground MESH network powered by a unique, vibration energy harvesting system.
The amount of leaked water in Europe, per year, is estimated to cost society approximately €80 billion. To reduce this huge cost burden on society, the ADVOCATE consortium will develop innovative gate valves on water and waste water pipes. Valves will automatically monitor for leaks and overall water/wastewater pressure in the system. A vibration energy harvesting system will generate enough power that these same valves could be monitored in a network of wireless sensors. These new innovative valves, whose intellectual property rights will be owned by the SMEs of this project, will then be sold to water and sewage utilities and municipal authorities, providing consortium members additional € 46.5 million of additional sales during 5 years after the project.
The technological challenges that will be overcome with the assistance of the RTOs are: 1) MESH network of smart water and waste water valves that can be remotely monitored and controlled; 2) Modified pressure sensors for detection of leaks; 3) The vibration energy harvesting and power management system that will power the smart gate vales.
The individual SMEs, European society and water user worldwide will benefit by: -the increased detection and prevention of water leaks, using ADVOCATE system, leading to € 800 million savings per annum; - municipalities and water utilities will be able to monitor the status of and manage their underground water and waste water assets (i.e. for fire fighting, drinking water, wastewater disposal etc.); - reduced cost of water to society and how much consumer pays for water.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
European engineers are developing 'smart' valves that can be monitored using wireless technology to prevent the loss of water from underground pipe networks.