KITVES
Airfoil-based solution for Vessel on-board energy production destined to traction and auxiliary services
| Coordinatore | SEQUOIA AUTOMATION SRL
Organization address
address: Via XXV Aprile 8 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 4˙254˙058 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙955˙738 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-10-01 - 2013-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SEQUOIA AUTOMATION SRL
Organization address
address: Via XXV Aprile 8 contact info |
IT (CHIERI) | coordinator | 505˙388.60 |
| 2 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address
address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 370˙435.00 |
| 3 |
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Organization address
address: PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON PASEO MIKELETEGI 2 contact info |
ES (DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN) | participant | 332˙188.00 |
| 4 |
CE.S.I. CENTRO STUDI INDUSTRIALI SRL
Organization address
address: Via Tintoretto 10 contact info |
IT (COLOGNO MONZESE) | participant | 314˙600.00 |
| 5 |
SVMtec GmbH
Organization address
address: BERGNELKENSTRASSE 7 contact info |
DE (STUTTGART) | participant | 279˙800.00 |
| 6 | Nome Ente NON disponibile | CH | participant | 270˙708.00 |
| 7 |
BERGISCHE UNIVERSITAET WUPPERTAL
Organization address
address: GAUSS-STRASSE 20 contact info |
DE (WUPPERTAL) | participant | 244˙539.00 |
| 8 |
TEKS SARL
Organization address
address: "RUE DU PRAYA, LES TOITS BLANCS 23" contact info |
FR (MONTGENEVRE) | participant | 242˙100.40 |
| 9 |
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Organization address
address: Oude Markt 13 contact info |
BE (LEUVEN) | participant | 214˙139.00 |
| 10 |
Modelway S.R.L.
Organization address
address: Via Livorno 60 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 181˙840.00 |
Mappa
Word cloud
Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.
Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The problem that will be the object of the project is the generation of electric energy on vessels. In the troposphere, the wind increases its velocity with the altitude and this velocity is also more constant. KiteVes solution is based on the on-board realisation of a wind-powered generator, capable to harvest the altitude wind and to efficiently convert wind power into electrical power. The kites will be equipped with sensors. The sensors will identify position, orientation and acceleration of each kite. The data will be transmitted to a control unit (placed on the vessel) which pilot motors (also placed on the vessel). Trough a cinematic chain and the two cables, connected to the kites, the motors control the fly of the kites. The motors are equipped with double effect drives, this way the same motors act as power generators. The main concept that lies behind this project is the application of emerging technologies in the field of energy production to the field of surface transport, with the main objective of performing the greening of surface transport itself by the implementation of technologies for an optimal use of energy. The main objective of the KiteVes Project is to provide an innovative solution to the electric energy supplying aboard vessels, available for the following purposes: 1. supplying energy to on board services and auxiliaries; 2. supplying energy for traction purposes on electric motors-powered vessels.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Kites are associated with fun and leisure. But an EU-funded project swapped heavy and fixed turbines for high-altitude kites to power ships and boats.