Sustainable surface transport

Haldor Tops A/S is a commercial supplier of SCR catalysts for heavy duty trucks and for stationary applications, as power plants and gas turbines. The company has a significant effort on development of catalysts for diesel emmision control.

Furthermore, the company develops and supply a wide range of environmental catalysts and processes, e.g. for oxidation of flue gas components. Haldor Topsoe A/S has had research and development projects regarding catalytic flue gas cleaning from gas engines and gasification units. Also, there is experience in reforming is strong both for large plants but also for smaller units in transient operation. The company has succesful experience in collaboration in EU projects with many partners.
Haldor Tops A/S team will involve:

Dr. Soren Dahl is M.Sc. Ph.D. in physics and is an experienced principal research scientist with a broad background in heterogeneous catalysis.

Mr. Keld Johansen is a Chemical Engineer and Senior Research Scientist and has a long experience in environmental catalysis for stationary and automotive applications. Mr. Johansen has experience with cleaning flue gases from gas engines.
The Project will create job opportunities for a researcher chemist or chemical engineer with a solid foundation in fundamental catalysis.
NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry19RWTHRheinisch Westf舁ische Technische Hochschule AachenDE

The University of Aachen was founded in 1870 with considerable support from local industry. Today the University is organised in 9 Faculties, 260 Institutes and about 170 laboratories for special research areas. RWTH Aachen has 11,000 employees and about 30,000 students.

The Faculty of mechanical engineering consists of 29 Institutes with different adjustments. The technical areas reach from basic research of mechanics and material science to aeronautics, lightweight construction, turbo machinery, internal combustion engines, textile technology and Bio processing technology.

In the faculty for mechanical engineering the Institute of Combustion Engines (Lehrstuhl fr Verbrennungskraftmaschinen Aachen, VKA) headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Pischinger is located.

The Institute of Combustion Engines VKA employs about 30 engineers who intend to complete their thesis in regard of reaching a 'Dr.-Ing.' degree. Furthermore many non-scientific employees work in laboratory, computer, mechanical shop, administration and organisation areas. Student workers are employed, too. The total number of employees at the institute is about 145.

VKA has 23 fully equipped engine test benches, one chassis dynamometer and a highly dynamic transient test cell which is qualified for acoustic investigations. Beyond that test cells for engine components are available. In addition VKA is provided with high-class exhaust gas analysers, particle size analysers, acoustic measurement and evaluation systems and computer tools. One cylinder transparent engines for diesel and gasoline combustion research are available as well as full size engines equipped with future technologies.

Basic research and application-oriented research projects are conducted at VKA in regard of combustion engines. The main goals are the reduction of fuel consumption and environment pollution. Research activities concentrate on investigations of mixture formation and combustion processes, reduction of toxic agents and exhaust gas aftertreatment by catalysts and particulate traps. Furthermore alternative fuels as methanol and hydrogen are investigated for a potential application in vehicles. In addition, investigations on friction and acoustic behaviour of engines are done.

With a view to international cooperation VKA is involved in collaborative projects, which are financed by the European Community and European automotive companies. In this connection several universities and research institutes from all over Europe collaborate intensively.

VKA will perform the following activities within SPA3:

WP A3.1: basic specifications of the combustion system; development of engine control strategy

WP A3.2: Simulation of the boosting device and simulation of lean burn high turbulence.

WP A3.3: Single cylinder testing

WP A3.4: Emission testing on chassis dynamometer of the vehicle
Simulation of lean burn combustion processes with high turbulence for gas engines belongs to the core competences of VKA. Several national and EU funded projects to similar oriented projects are succesful completed. VKA is equipped with the necessary single cylinder test benches for basic research operations and with a chassis dynamometer for research of the vehicle as a whole.

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry20MEMSMEMS AGCH

MEMS AG is a start-up company operating in the metering business field since 2003. MEMS core competencies are metering systems (gas, water, hot water energy and electricity) including AMR (Automatic Meter Reading). Among them, natural gas metering has widely been investigated encompassing now more than 50 man-years of experience in the field by seven highly qualified engineers of MEMS. The allusion to "Micro Electro Mechanical Systems" signifies MEMS belief in highly integrated systems for the need of a reliable, cost effective next sensor generation.
MEMS will be responsible for the development (within SPB0) of an on-line gas sensor for improved efficiency of natural gas motors, including detection of gas quality (e.g. calorific value, Wobbe index, discrimination of L- / H-Gases) and full integration into the motor management electronics.
Relevant theoretical investigations have successfully been executed during a pre-study of a gas sensor for E.ON Ruhrgas AG during 2006 and will be followed by a proof-of-principle study in 2007 resulting in a first lab prototype of such a new sensor device.
MEMS team will involve:
Dr. Philippe Pr黎re, 44: Physicist ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Technical Director at MEMS, with a 10 year experience of sensor development (level, flow, proximity, optical pattern recognition) at the Swiss ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Research Center, 31 first filings and several patents in the field of industrial sensors.

Dr. Andreas Kempe, 30: Mechanical Engineer TU (Technical University) Dresden, Dissertation at ETH Zurich at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics. Member of MEMS since 04/2007 with experience in sensors, interferometry, fiber optics, turbo machinery and fluid dynamics.

Dr. Daniel Matter, 48: Electrical Engineer HTL (Institute of Higher Technical Education), Physicist ETH, Director and owner of MEMS, with a 12 year experience of sensor development (level, flow, proximity, optical pattern recognition) at the Swiss ABB Research Center, 58 first filings and several patents in the field of industrial sensors.
NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry21CVUT-JBRCﾈVUT v PrazeCZ

CVUT-JBRC (Josef Bo枡k Research Center of Engine and Automotive Technology) was established as a part of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT) in 2000, being subsidised by the national projects of the Czech Ministry of Education. At the university, it links relevant research workers and postgraduate students of Faculties of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of CVUT. It provides research and development of spark ignition engines (gasoline, gas, alternative fuels) and diesel engines (including heavy fuels) in the field of thermodynamics, aerodynamics, turbocharging, emissions, motor management, engine dynamics and design.

Main Eligible Research Fields:

Simulation and experiment investigations of in-cylinder phenomena: aerodynamics, turbulence, combustion with detailed chemistry. Tank-to-payload efficiency assessments of advanced prime-mover vehicles.

Beside commercial codes, the in-house AMEM 2.5-D CFD code was developed for special tasks not covered by commercial software concerning chemical kinetics. 1-D model GT Suite - GT Power (CVUT-JBRC is an official partner of Gamma Technologies Inc.) and the in-house CYCLE and RADIAL-TURB codes are used for the 1st approximation optimizations. MATLAB/Simulink applications have been developed for car drive/engine transient response simulations.

Engine laboratories at Prague - 4 test benches (15 ｨC 300 kW) with standard equipment for gaseous or liquid fuels, exhaust emission analyzers, thermodynamics and combustion evaluation systems, aerodynamic testbed for ports and valves, PIV flow field measurement Dantec facility (3-D with 2 CCD cameras and a pulse laser) for internal and external flows.

CVUT-JBRC is involved in the NICE, GREEN and Roads2HyCOM IPs. It collaborates with VW, John Deere, Renault, Daimler, MB Tech Bohemia, Ricardo Prague, Porsche Engineering Services and many Czech Companies (殻oda Auto, ﾈKD MOTORY ｨC large bore diesel and NG engine manufacturer, TEDOM ｨC NG co-generation units, turbocharger manufacturers, etc.).
CVUT-JBRC will be mainly involved within SP B0, WP 4 performing engine tests on gas quality impacts (in order to assess and exploit the competencies acquired within IP GREEN in terms of gas quality testing and modeling for knocking prevention)
CVUT-JBRC, in fact, acquired strong experiences in the field being involved in several cooperative projects:

EU FP 6 projects GREEN (SP A1, gas LD engines for urban deliveries) 2005-2008, NICE (SP A2 - combustion, EGR and turbocharging) 2004-2007, Roads2hyCOM (hydrogen ICE use sceanarios) 2005-2008.

CZ national foundation grant "Reduction of CO2 emissions of vehicle engines" 2003-2006.

CZ ministry of Education Projects Josef Bozek Research Centre (2000-2004) and JBRC II (2005-2009) - combustion, gaseous and other alternative fuels, turbocharging, engine and vehicle predictive control.

CVUT-JBRC team will involve:

Jan Macek, Prof. Ing. DrSc. - engine combustion and turbocharging, simulation and theory.

MiloPol癩ek, Doc. Ing. Ph.D. - 3-D engine simulation, combustion, chemistry and aerodynamics.

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry22XPERIONALPHA Composites GmbHDE

The xperion Group is European Market Leader and a globally oriented corporate group in tubular High End Composite products. Five German and one Danish production units are directed by a common holding. The strategy of technology leadership is implemented consistently in the segment of high-end composite. The core competency lies in the development, manufacturing and marketing of semifinished products, compoments and structures made of fibre composite materials.
Xperion will be responsible for the development of new low cost fibres concepts for CNG vessels: Carbon fibre (CF) industrial grade/heavy tows, high performance glass fibre, basalt, etc. Validation with adapted design of type IV vessels. Validation of advanced production and assembly processes with new composite materials. Adaptation of safety factors within ECE R 110
The xperion group is merger of the composite activities of different major companies like Freudenberg, Dornier, Daimler-Chrysler and AEG. The group combines therefore decades of experience in composite engineering. Different pressure products have been developed in the past like pressure pipes for desalination, marine drilling and productions risers, compressed air tanks, deepwater buoy, diving cylinders, and mobile accumulator cylinder. The group incorporates the capacity for the developement, prototyping and serial production of composite structures.
The xperion team will involve:

Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Mller, Executive Vicepresident Technology: Responsible for general Development, design harmonisation and technology transfer within the xperion group. He is a mechanical engineer and did a PhD on design of composite flexible wing chambers with Airbus. He has joined xperion in 2001.

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Kleschinski, Projects/Development: Responsible for new projects and developments in the area of composites for Energy, Marine and Industrial applications. He is mechanical engineer and did a PhD on the failure mechanism and optimisation of composite drive shafts. He has joined the xperion group in 2006.

Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Limke that, since January 2008, is responsible for the Automotive CNG Cylinders at xperion. In the last 5 years he was responsible for the development of CNG Cylinders Type I, II and IV.

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry23VENTREXVENTREX Automotive GmbHAT

VENTREX Automotive was founded in the year 1949. In 1992 the company was bought by Mr. Christian Planegger, who is still the sole owner of the company. VENTREX Automotive develops and manufactures valve technology and compressors for automotive applications. The company supplies to the Original Equipment Manufacturer as a tier 1 and tier 2 supplier. The product portfolio can be divided into three main divisions, which are the compressor-, the air conditioning valves- and the special valves division. In the year 2006 the company made a turnover of approx. \ 32 Mio. with 88 employees. 96% of the turnover was generated through the direct OEM business and 4 % came from the resale market. The main market of the company is Germany followed by the US and different countries in the east of Europe. Finally VENTREX Automotive is certificated by the ISO 14001 and the TS 16949.

VENTREX, within SPB1, will be responsible for:

Development and validation of an electronic, proportionally controlled pressure regulator

Development and validation of an advanced in-tank shut-off valve
During the last three years, VENTREX Automotive is working intensive on the CNG sector in different projects, among an Austrian Research Project with the title CNG600mono. In all these investigations special attention is paid on the development of a new CNG valve technology. Additional, the Development Department can revert to a valve development experience of more than 50 years.
The VENTREX team will involve:

Mr. Bernt is working in the company since more than 15 years, he started in the production, was six years the head of the Development Department and is now responsible for the new Business Areas and the Sales Department.

Mr. Holzer is working since six years in the Development Department where he is responsible for the development of the air conditioning valves and the CNG valves.

Mr. Pfaffenwimmer is working since nine years in the Development Department and is a specialist for the development of different automotive valves.

Mr. Kiener is working since one year in the department of new Business Areas where he has to handle the Project Management of the development projects.
NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry24BAMBundesanstalt fr Materialforschung und -prfungDE

BAM (Bundesanstalt fr Materialforschung und - prfung, Germany) is a technical and scientific institute under the authority of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour working under the guidelinesafety and reliability in chemical and materials technologies Therefore BAM, among other things, ensures and improves the level of safety of containment systems for the transport and storage of hazardous materials, including safe transport and storage practices. BAM, as an element of the federal administration and is the competent authority in this field.

The BAM Department III 鼎ontainment Systems for Dangerous Goodsadvises the German Ministry of Transport and is the competent authority in Germany for the Sea-Mode-Transports of dangerous goods. As Notified Body of the directives 1999/36/EC and 97/23/EC, they test and certify most types of movable pressure equipment.

In addition to its long experience regarding the assessment of valves, safety valves and other safety equipment, the working group " Pressure Equipment - Pressure Receptacles and Fuel Gas Storage Systems" deals with the assessment, optimisation and safety design of cylinders and pipes ｨC especially when using composite materials.

This technical competence is used for type approval assessment, EC-Type Testing Certificates, QS-Certificates, material evaluation and expert opinions in case of accidents as well

as approvals of receptacles for maritime transport.

The working group acts as a safety authority for the European and international standardization and regulations, advises federal ministries and informs the industry about

new developments of regulation requirements.

BAM has at one's disposal unique facilities for testing of cylinders, including measurement and analysis techniques, e.g.

Hydraulic cycling facility for testing the fatigue behaviour of cylinders (test pressure up to 1200 bar at -60ｰ C to +97ｰ C, length 4000 mm, diameter 800 mm)

Hydraulic burst facility for testing the long-term behaviour of cylinders under sustained pressure (test pressure up to 3500 bar up to +90ｰ C)
BAM will be involved in WP B1.2 for the development & the validation of light weight, low cost composite vessels
BAM has been involved in several national and international research projects with regard to the assessment, optimisation and safety design of high pressure cylinders made of composite materials. BAM works on a general strategy for assessing the fatigue strength, long-term behaviour, fire-resistance, crash behaviour and failure probability of cylinders and does research on safety components. Additionally BAM is working on alternative concept (Probabilistic Approach) in order to design light-weight cylinders with higher level of safety.
The BAM team will involve:

- scientific staff for regulatory aspects and assessment of cylinder's structural behaviour

- scientific staff for regulatory aspects and assessment of cylinder's structural behaviour

- mechanical engineer for testing, analysis and measurement

- technical staff for operation of test facilities

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry25WRUTWroclaw University of TechnologyPL

Methods of experimental mechanics, modelling of processes in mechanics, fracture mechanics and the fatigue of materials, rheology, strength of materials, dimensional analysis and theory of similarity, structural studies, biomechanics, dynamics of mechanical systems, strength hypotheses, elasticity and plasticity theory, materials technology (nano-materials, new plastics and their technology, reinforced composite structures, changes in microstructure and material properties, sol-gel technology), technology and testing of high-pressure composite vessels (CNG and H2), recycling of plastics.

The Institute employs 48 persons (8 professors, 20 doctors) and 20 Ph.D. students.

The Institute is completely equipped for studies of materials and constructions under static and dynamic loads. There are facilities for measuring displacement, deformation, speed and acceleration. It disposes of facilities for investigating acoustic emission and precise temperature measurements. It has original (constructed in the Institute) appliances for measuring the magnetic field around mechanically deformed samples and constructions. It has means to carry out complete studies of microscopic structures (optical and electronic microscopes) and X-ray examination.
The Insitute will be involved within B1 for experimental mechanics:

- cycling tests of high-pressure composite vessels at ambient and extreme temperatures

- burst test

- other static tests

The instate has acquired strong competencies in the fields also co-operating in StorHy project within the 6-th Framework Programme performing the following main activities:

-cycling tests of high-pressure composite vessels at ambient and extreme temperatures

-development of a sensor technology for on-board monitoring of high pressure vessels based on fibre optics or magneto-mechanical systems

-creep test of composites

-numerical modelling of strain state of pressure vessels
Key-persons at WRUT will be:
Jerzy KALETA D.Sc., Ph.D., Eng.

Fields of Interest: Energy Hypothesis of Fatigue, Measurement of Energy and Damping, Application of Cross Effects in Fatigue (Villari Effect, Thompson Effect), Magnetovision, new NDT in Fatigue, MR Fluids, GMM Materials, Plasticity Induced Martensitic Transformation (PIMT). Projects: Coordinator of 12 national grants (Polish Government Scientific Committee) and Polish coordinator of 5 international grants (for example: Polish-German Research Project, PHARE, 6th. FP). Competence in Pressure Vessels: Head of Research Project 鼎onstruction of Types of Movable High Pressure Composite Vessels for Methane Research Grant of Polish Government Scientific Committee, 1999-2002. StorHy Project - WRUT coordinator.

Wojciech BｨｩAｯEJEWSKI Ph.D., Eng.

Fields of Interest: Technology of composites, winding technology, high-pressure vessels (CNG and H2), experimental mechanics, measurements technics. Projects: main contractor of 5 national grants (Polish Government Scientific Committee) and contractor of international grants (for example: Polish-German Research Project, 6th. FP). Competence in Pressure Vessels: main contractor of Research Project 鼎onstruction of Types of Movable High Pressure Composite Vessels for Methane Research Grant of Polish Government Scientific Committee, 1999-2002. StorHy Project - WRUT contractor.

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry26DELPHIDelphi Automotive Systems Luxembourg S.A.LX

DELPHI is a global automotive components and systems supplier with over 100,000 people worldwide and about 30 Technical Centers. DELPHI Luxembourg is the lead European Technical Centre for development of Engine Management Systems, Fuel Systems, Exhaust Systems and Thermal Management Systems. About 700 people, of which over 500 are technical, are working on advanced engineering and development of related components, modules and systems. This includes electronic control modules and controls software, simulation, prototyping, testing and validation, as well as production process development.

DELPHI will be involved within SPB2 performing the following activities:

WP B2.1 not applicable

WP B2.2 Provide mechanical integration (canning) support for catalyst prototypes.

WP B2.3 Define and build prototype integrating a heater and the catalyst from WP B2.2. Support definition of heat exchanger concept.

WP B2.4 Support system and engine set-up and initial investigations.

WP B2.5 Support system integration and calibration.

DELPHI has development and high volume production experience in converter canning and hot end exhaust systems and heat exchangers (only for air conditioning systems). Relevant equipment and technical background to perform the tasks are available.
Key-persons at DELPHI will be:

Mr Guillaume Darding has a master degree in automotive engineering and international experience (OEM, a Tier 1 supplier and a service supplier) in engine and exhaust system design.

Mr Herve Damotte is a product design expert for heat exchangers in air conditioning systems using the same principle as targeted in this development project.

NumberShort NameLegal NameCountry27ICVTUniversit舩 StuttgartDE

Universit舩 Stuttgart is one of the leading German universities in the field of Engineering Sciences. Main engineering research focal points are in the area of material sciences, automotive and aerospace engineering, production technologies, energy sytems, chemical and environmental engineering, communication technologies and informatics.

ICVT - Institut fr Chemische Verfahrenstechnik (Chemical Process Engineering) is a research lab within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, focussing on research in Chemical Reaction Engineering (heat integrated reactors and reformers, fuel cell systems, automotive exhaust aftertreatment) and Physico/chemical Separations (adsorption an membrane processes).

Main Activities within WPB2.3

Task B2.3.1: Concepts/Design: - Consideration of different exhaust aftertreatment (EAT) systems for =1 (three-way catalyst, TWC) and >1 with integrated or separate heat exchange: - Set-up of a lab-test infrastructure with appropriate exhaust analysis and automation.