LEAKDETECT
Mobile Refrigeration System Refrigerant Leakage Monitoring
| Coordinatore | R.J. Doran and Company Ltd.
Organization address
address: "Green Farm, Maidstone Road, Nettlestead Green" contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.leakdetect.org |
| Totale costo | 1˙293˙208 € |
| EC contributo | 970˙872 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2008-1 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-09-01 - 2011-08-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
R.J. Doran and Company Ltd.
Organization address
address: "Green Farm, Maidstone Road, Nettlestead Green" contact info |
UK (Maidstone) | coordinator | 467˙781.00 |
| 2 |
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Organization address
address: "BALSCOTT MILL, BALSCOTE" contact info |
UK (BANBURY) | participant | 248˙287.00 |
| 3 |
Data Optics Balkans Ltd
Organization address
address: "Tzarigradsko Shosse Blvd., ATM Centre, office 623 131" contact info |
BG (Sofia) | participant | 106˙757.00 |
| 4 |
Aarts Plastics BV
Organization address
address: Vijzelweg 8 contact info |
NL (Waalwijk) | participant | 92˙932.00 |
| 5 |
HUBBARD PRODUCTS LTD.
Organization address
address: "Hillview, Otley - Church Road" contact info |
UK (Ipswich) | participant | 26˙511.00 |
| 6 |
Brain Bee S. P. A.
Organization address
address: VIA QUASIMODO 4/A contact info |
IT (PARMA) | participant | 16˙357.00 |
| 7 |
THE UK INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED
Organization address
address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE contact info |
UK (OXFORDSHIRE) | participant | 7˙913.00 |
| 8 |
DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Organization address
address: DUBLIN ROAD contact info |
IE (DUNDALK) | participant | 4˙334.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The European SME haulage industry is under unprecedented pressure due to fuel price increases and environmental pollution. If crude oil prices average $80 a barrel in 2008 as predicted, prices will have risen 154% since 2003. In real terms, fuel prices have risen 42% in the last 4 years. Fuel constitutes 30% of the operating costs, therefore costs are increasing at nearly twice the rate of inflation. The haulage industry in Europe emits over 922.6 M tons of pollutants every year which is not sustainable. The industry faces increased taxation and legislation, impacting on profitability. The average profit margin for a haulage firm is between 0% and 2%, down from over 3.5% in 2003. The problems above are worse for the refrigerated transport industry because refrigerated vehicles consume extra fuel to run the refrigeration plant. The industry is in desperate need of any technologies that can help reduce operating costs and restore profitability. This is important because 72.5% of freight in Europe is moved by road. Low-resistance tyres and aerodynamic packages are helping but technologies specifically directed at refrigerated vehicles are required. This project is motivated by the fact that even correctly operating refrigeration systems leak refrigerant which causes a reduction in coefficient of performance. This in turn raises the compressor duty cycle and further increases fuel consumption. Refrigerants are hydroflorourocarbons which have a high global warming potential and so contribute further pollutants. We will develop a refrigerant leakage monitoring system based on a network of low-cost surface acoustic wave sensors. This will enable the refrigerant charge of a system to be maintained at the optimum level so that it operates at the design maximum COP. The benefit of this system will be a decrease in operating costs equivalent to approximately a 5% reduction in fuel consumption equating to a saving of €2250 per annum for a refrigerated trailer.'