INTERSOLAR

Development and demonstration of intelligent non-contact inspection technology for concentrated solar power plants

Coordinatore	COMPUTERISED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD    more  Organization address address: CENTURION COURT 4- 5 BRICK CLOSE KILN FARM city: MILTON KEYNES postcode: MK11 3JB contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Jayshree Cognome: Sood Email: send email Telefono: +44 1908260082
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙377˙116 €
EC contributo	1˙063˙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	COMPUTERISED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD  Organization address address: CENTURION COURT 4- 5 BRICK CLOSE KILN FARM city: MILTON KEYNES postcode: MK11 3JB contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Jayshree Cognome: Sood Email: send email Telefono: +44 1908260082	UK (MILTON KEYNES)	coordinator	358˙423.27
2	P.S.P.-PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PARTNERS SA  Organization address address: LAMBROU KATSONI STREET 65 AVEROF city: AGIOI ANARGYROI postcode: 13561 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Fragiskos Cognome: Kritikos Email: send email Telefono: 302112000000 Fax: 302103000000	EL (AGIOI ANARGYROI)	participant	219˙514.15
3	APPLIED INSPECTION LTD  Organization address address: Old Colliery Lane Heath road, Holmewood city: Chesterfield postcode: S42 5rb contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: James Cognome: Bailey Email: send email Telefono: +44 1283515163 Fax: +44 1283 539729	UK (Chesterfield)	participant	206˙087.47
4	VISKAM GORUNTU ANALIZ VE OTOMASYON SISTEMLERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI  Organization address address: ESENTEPE MAH. OKUL CAD. AKSEL YILMAZ SIT A BLOCK K 5 D 9 city: NILUFER BURSA postcode: 16110 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: ?emsett?n Tu?rul Cognome: Karasarlio?lu Email: send email Telefono: +90 224 240 2011 Fax: +90 224 204 2012	TR (NILUFER BURSA)	participant	169˙977.31
5	ENGITEC LIMITED  Organization address address: ARCH MAKARIOS III AVENUE 155 city: LEMESOS postcode: 3026 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Louis Cognome: Constantinou Email: send email Telefono: +35 725731800 Fax: +35 725738289	CY (LEMESOS)	participant	33˙217.79
6	BRUNEL UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: Kingston Lane city: UXBRIDGE postcode: UB83PH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Teresa Cognome: Waller Email: send email Telefono: +44 1895266206	UK (UXBRIDGE)	participant	31˙860.00
7	INGETEAM SERVICE SA  Organization address address: PG PG. INDUST. CAMPOLLANO 1 city: ALBACETE postcode: 2007 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jose Enrique Cognome: Camacho Cuesta Email: send email Telefono: 34967245504 Fax: 34967193441	ES (ALBACETE)	participant	23˙645.00
8	UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA  Organization address address: CALLE ALTAGRACIA 50 city: CIUDAD REAL postcode: 13071 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Llanos Cognome: Carrion Varela Email: send email Telefono: +34 967 599354 Fax: +34 967 599305	ES (CIUDAD REAL)	participant	20˙275.01
9	TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE BCNA 2010 SL  Organization address address: CALLE RIERA DE TENA 9 PLANTA LOCAL city: BARCELONA postcode: 8014 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ramon Cognome: Borras Email: send email Telefono: +34 680282682	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is the renewable energy source with the highest potential for growth. From a strict techno-economic aspect, the two CSP technologies which are currently commercially viable are those based on parabolic trough and Linear Fresnel Reflector designs. Parabolic trough concentrators are the most widely deployed type of solar thermal power plant. Most of the existing parabolic trough plants operate up to 400°C, but with recent technological advances the maximum operating temperature of newly commissioned plants can reach 550°C. Solar thermal power plants still face several technical problems related to the structural integrity and inspection of critical components such as the absorber tube and piping of the coolant system. It is currently impossible to inspect the absorber tube as it is located inside a glass envelope under vacuum. Moreover a significant proportion of the coolant system is insulated to minimise heat losses and therefore it cannot be inspected unless the insulation has been removed beforehand. One of the highest priorities for the European solar thermal energy industry is the significant improvement of the structural reliability of critical components of CSP plants. This should involve a solid reduction in inspection and maintenance costs mainly associated with unpredicted failures and leaks. INTERSOLAR seeks to decrease by a noticeable margin the number of failures associated with the coolant system and absorber tubes of CSP plants resulting in the minimisation of corrective maintenance costs. The consortium members of the project will achieve this through the development and successful implementation of an intelligent guided waves inspection platform based on the use of preferably non-contact Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer Sensors (EMATs).