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Innovayt helped a consortium of 3 SMEs (PAJ Systemteknik, CMS Elektronic, Castle Group) and 3 research partners (Danish Fundamental Metrology, Dutch Metrology Institute, University of Minho) to obtain funding for the DOCA project through an application to the EU’s 7^th Framework Programme.

The DOCA (Detection of Oil in Compressed Air) project aims to develop an online sensor that will detect oil contaminants in all its forms (liquid, aerosol and vapor) with an extremely high sensitivity in accordance with ISO-8573 Class 1 standards. The sensor system will benefit a large category of industries that require high purity compressed air including, hospitals, pharmaceutical, automotive, chemical, textiles, electronics, clean rooms and other related industries. The project aims to deliver a marketable sensor system in 2 years.

For further information about the DOCA project, contact Aneesh Zutshi

During the spring of 2011, Innovayt was contracted by and collaborated with a consortium of leading European industrial and academic from 5 different countries within the area of Renewable Offshore Energy. The collaboration concerned the development and preparation of a proposal for the EU’s 7^th Framework Programme for Research called H2OCEAN. The project has been favorably evaluated by independent experts, will receive a grant of approximately €4,5 million and had its kick-off meeting last week.

The H2OCEAN project targets rational exploitation of oceans space and resources. The consortium aims at developing an innovative design for an economically and environmentally sustainable multi-use open-sea platform. The H2OCEAN platform will harvest wind and wave power, using part of the energy on-site for multiple applications – including a multi-trophic aquaculture farm and convert on-site the excess energy into hydrogen that can be stored and shipped to shore as green energy carrier. The H2OCEAN concept lies in the novel approach of integration of different activities into a shared multi-use platform and the transmission of offshore-generated renewable electrical energy through hydrogen. This conceptual model avoids the grid imbalance problem inherent to current offshore renewable energy systems and eliminates the need for cost-prohibitive cable transmission systems.

The project is coordinated by AWS Truepower (Barcelona). You can find more information on the project here or contact Raquel Sousa.

A Danish consortium led by Noliac A/S has the ambition to develop the first high performance, non-magnetic motor built on piezo technology. Innovayt assisted the consortium with the preparation of the proposal that received a grant of approximately 10 million DKK from the Danish Advanced Technology Foundation.

The consortium  – Noliac A/S, DTU Mechanical Engineering and Siemens Clinical Products Division – and the PAD motor project aim to develop competitive engines to be used in MRI  and CT  equipment for treatment tables at hospitals as well as in medical infusion pumps. In both application areas, there is a clear need to introduce high performance motors, which reliably and without interference can operate in highly magnetic fields. The project will be implemented in 2012.

You can find more information on PAD Motor Project here