ACORN

Advanced Coatings for Offshore Renewable ENergy

Coordinatore	TWI LIMITED    more  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Heather Cognome: Claxton Email: send email Telefono: 441224000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙342˙124 €
EC contributo	1˙036˙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)	2013-11-01   -   2016-02-29

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TWI LIMITED  Organization address address: Granta Park, Great Abington city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB21 6AL contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Heather Cognome: Claxton Email: send email Telefono: 441224000000	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	coordinator	74˙676.00
2	DESARROLLO Y GESTION INDUSTRIAL Y DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE SA	ES	participant	289˙576.90
3	ALPHATEK HYPERFORMANCE COATINGS LTD  Organization address address: BOLTON ROAD NORTH UNIT A5 city: RAMSBOTTOM BURY postcode: BL0 0NE contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Steven Cognome: Greenwood Email: send email Telefono: +441706 821 021 Fax: +441706 821 021	UK (RAMSBOTTOM BURY)	participant	286˙808.40
4	WAVE DRAGON APS  Organization address address: Blegdamsvej 4 city: COPENHAGEN N postcode: 2200 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lise Cognome: Hermansen Email: send email Telefono: +45 35360219 Fax: +45 35374537	DK (COPENHAGEN N)	participant	152˙426.15
5	TOCARDO INTERNATIONAL BV  Organization address address: SLUISKOLKKADE 2 city: DEN OEVER postcode: 1779 GP contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Radboud Cognome: Van Kleef Email: send email Telefono: +31 227 726200	NL (DEN OEVER)	participant	149˙531.75
6	FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE COMPONENTES  Organization address address: CALLE ISABEL TORRES PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE CANTABRIA PTCCAN 1 city: SANTANDER postcode: 39011 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Beatriz Cognome: Sancristóbal Marcano Email: send email Telefono: +34 942766976 Fax: +34 942100837	ES (SANTANDER)	participant	43˙680.00
7	GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: VASAPARKEN city: GOETEBORG postcode: 405 30 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Maria Cognome: Enge Email: send email Telefono: +46 703 260320	SE (GOETEBORG)	participant	39˙300.80

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In spite of the considerable development in the field of marine protective coatings, there is still significant room for improvement. Very long lasting (20 yrs) coating systems that offer reliable protection against corrosion/biofouling or corrosion/cavitation, and which also avoid the need for supplementary cathodic protection are not available. The need for such coatings is acute in the case of static offshore structures, where dry docking is not an option. The growth part of this market relates to new build structures ranging from offshore wind turbine foundations to ocean energy devices.

The SMEs proposing the ACORN project are interested in an alternative, highly differentiated and patentable technical solution to the above problem. The project will develop a new, patentable and long-lasting solution to the problem of marine biofouling, offering specific advantages for static offshore structures such as wind turbine towers and ocean energy generators. The new technology could also be extended to shipping in the longer term.

ACORN will take advantage of the proven long-term corrosion resistance of thermally sprayed aluminium (TSA) to provide a matrix coating with a proven life of 20 years in the sea. Into this porous TSA matrix, the ACORN research team proposes to introduce islands of environmentally friendly antifouling substances which can then be gradually exposed at the active surface of the coating as the TSA corrodes away at 10µm per year.

This will result in an entirely new, non-paint, approach to the long term protection of offshore structures. In addition to this, the project will also develop and prove a corrosion and cavitation-resistant coating with a 10 year design life, suitable for tidal energy generators.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

When it comes to structures that cannot be dry-docked like ships can, there is a pressing need to extend the durability of reliable protective coating systems. Offshore wind turbines and ocean (wave and tidal) energy devices will benefit from improved eco-friendly formulations.