VULCAN

"An innovative, fully automated, intelligent vehicle fire and smoke detection and extinguishing system for buses/coaches."

Coordinatore	DAFO BRAND AKTIEBOLAG    more  Organization address address: BOX 683 city: TYRESO postcode: 135 26 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Johan Cognome: Balstad Email: send email Telefono: +46 706830550 Fax: +46 850640599
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Totale costo	1˙529˙435 €
EC contributo	1˙156˙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   -   2015-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	DAFO BRAND AKTIEBOLAG  Organization address address: BOX 683 city: TYRESO postcode: 135 26 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Johan Cognome: Balstad Email: send email Telefono: +46 706830550 Fax: +46 850640599	SE (TYRESO)	coordinator	519˙910.00
2	CLEANCARB SARL  Organization address address: Rue Schmitz city: Kopstal postcode: 8190 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Dooley Email: send email Telefono: +352 661304746	LU (Kopstal)	participant	260˙444.00
3	INRAY SOLUTIONS LTD  Organization address address: MLADOST 3 COMPLEX BL 302 ENT 4 FL 1 AP 47 city: SOFIA postcode: 1712 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Petar Cognome: Gugutkov Email: send email Telefono: +359 29714711	BG (SOFIA)	participant	155˙426.00
4	PNR ITALIA S.R.L.  Organization address address: VIA L. GANDINI 2 city: VOGHERA PV postcode: 27058 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Federico Cognome: Tonini Email: send email Telefono: +39 383344611 Fax: +39 0383212489	IT (VOGHERA PV)	participant	132˙445.00
5	Volvo Construction Equipment AB  Organization address address: Brunnsta city: Eskilstuna postcode: 63510 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Per Cognome: Björnberg Email: send email Telefono: +46 165416316	SE (Eskilstuna)	participant	39˙442.00
6	OSAUHING EESTI INNOVATSIOONI INSTITUUT  Organization address address: SEPAPAJA 6 city: TALLINN postcode: 11415 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Lauri Cognome: Nirgi Email: send email Telefono: +372 6101014	EE (TALLINN)	participant	25˙299.00
7	SP SVERIGES TEKNISKA FORSKNINGSINSTITUT AB  Organization address address: BRINELLGATAN 4 city: BORAS postcode: 501 15 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jonas Cognome: Brandt Email: send email Telefono: +46 105165650	SE (BORAS)	participant	15˙474.00
8	NOVAMINA CENTAR INOVATIVNIH TEHNOLOGIJA DOO  Organization address address: JACKOVINSLI KLANEC 17 city: Zagreb postcode: 10000 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Jasmina Cognome: Petrinovi? Email: send email Telefono: +385 1 3499 836	HR (Zagreb)	participant	7˙560.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Between 1999 and 2004, there was an average of 122 bus fires reported in Sweden alone, and that this equated to buses being 5 to 10 times more likely to catch fire than trucks. In addition, estimated unreported bus fires are 2/3 of reported incidents (~ 81 incidents). In the EU27 alone, there are an estimated 700,000 buses and coaches in use and about 35,000 buses sold annually – of these only 25% have some sort of fire protection systems.

The major drawback of existing systems is that they only react to a fire incident and cannot prevent its occurrence. Current vehicle fire detection and suppression systems also have following problems: -They cannot determine the extent of the problem and locate the actual position of the problem and therefore a graduated response is not possible; -They are incapable of giving early warning of potential problems such as electrical faults; and -They are stand-alone systems, and are not integrated into the vehicle (Can-Bus) control system, with the result that fuel flow cannot be stopped in the event of a fire.

VULCAN will develop a fully automated, intelligent, fixed installation, vehicle fire and smoke detection and extinguishing system for buses and coaches. The system will comprise of heat and aspirating smoke detectors and a fire extinguishing system controlled by an intelligent response system embedded in the vehicle CAN-bus control system. The VULCAN project will help the European bus and coach operators to increase passenger safety and reduce bus fires by up to 25% through predictive detection.

The VULCAN project will focus on developing three important subsystems and components: a) Vehicle smoke detection system b) Optimal agent tank, nozzles and piping system design, and c) Control system integrated with vehicle Can-Bus control system Our calculations, based on 2,8% of EU and 0.7% of global market penetration, 5 years post project, show €48m additional sales and €13.5m profit for SMEPs involved with the project.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Only a quarter of all buses and coaches sold yearly or in use in the EU are equipped with fire protection systems. An EU initiative is creating intelligent detection technology to achieve a high level of protection for passengers.