RECENT

Research Center for Energy and New Technologies

Coordinatore	POLITECHNIKA SLASKA    more  Organization address address: Ul. Akademicka 2A city: GLIWICE postcode: 44-100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Katarzyna Cognome: Markiewicz-Sliwa Email: send email Telefono: -2371982 Fax: -2372434
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Poland [PL]
Totale costo	1˙835˙240 €
EC contributo	1˙637˙289 €
Programma	FP7-REGPOT Specific Programme "Capacities": Research potential of Convergence Regions
Code Call	FP7-REGPOT-2009-1
Funding Scheme	CSA-SA
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-02-01   -   2013-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	POLITECHNIKA SLASKA  Organization address address: Ul. Akademicka 2A city: GLIWICE postcode: 44-100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Katarzyna Cognome: Markiewicz-Sliwa Email: send email Telefono: -2371982 Fax: -2372434	PL (GLIWICE)	coordinator	1˙637˙289.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Institute of Thermal Technology (ITT) affiliated with the Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland www.itc.polsl.pl, employs nearly 80 researchers among them 15 Professors. ITT enjoys national and international recognition in the field of energy research and education.

The University is located in Upper Silesia, a highly industrialized part of Poland, undergoing rapid transformation from heavy industry to high tech region of significant economic growth.

The three years project Research Center For Energy and New Technologies (RECENT) of 1.7 million € budget is executed in collaboration with four partner institutions • School of Process Environmental and Material Engineering at the University of Leeds • Centre of Energy Resources and Consumptions, University of Zaragoza • Department of Energy Engineering at the University of Florence • VTT – Finland National Research Centre

From the wide spectrum of research areas the staff or the Institute is engaged, three fields of cooperation with partner institutions have been selected: • economic, first and second law analysis of large energy systems • technologies for low carbon energy generation with special stress on oxycombustion and biomass utilization, CO2 separation and sequestration • advanced computer simulation techniques in energy sector

Through commissioning of equipment, intensive bi-directional know-how exchange and networking, longer secondments of ITT staff at partner institutions, workshops, joint projects and twinning agreements the project aims at better integration of ITT in the European Research Area.

The outcome of the project will also be the reinforcement of the already existing and creating new cooperation links with the industry with an aim of enhancing their competitiveness and promoting high tech solutions. The collaboration with local and national administration will result in increased influence ITT on shaping of the local and national eco-energy policy. Increase the visibility of ITT at international level by successful networking with research entities not directly involved in this project are another outcome of the project.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU-funded project contributed to unlocking the research potential of less developed regions in the EU by improving the research capacities of a top Polish research centre.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The 'Research center for energy and new technologies' (RECENT) project specifically sought better integration of the Institute of Thermal Technology (ITT) into the European Research Area (ERA). ITT is based in Upper Silesia, a highly industrialised part of Poland.

RECENT members focused on three energy-related topics: energy systems, clean combustion and numerical simulations. Within this research framework, the project employed additional and secondary Polish staff as well as foreign scientists. Visits from external experts also ensured generous knowledge exchanges, and junior staff were hired on one-year contracts.

Scientific equipment was purchased as well in order to strengthen ITT facilities. This included a rapid and high-resolution infrared camera and a particle image velocimetry system, which is used to obtain instantaneous velocity measurements in fluids.

Furthermore, the project organised three international conferences where 220 papers were presented, as well as three workshops for PhD students primarily from ITT. More than 50 projects financed by the industry, as well as 14 major projects financed by various national funding agencies have been executed as a result of RECENT.

These successes imply that ITT has been better integrated into the ERA through the development of its human potential. The training and upgraded equipment provided through the RECENT project also opened up new areas of cutting-edge research in energy at ITT.