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senseApest
senseApest: Rapid, Non-Contact VOC-Based Screening of Imported Plant Material for Serious Pests
senseApest aims to improve plant health inspections at EU borders by replacing slow, labour-intensive methods based on visual checks and physical sampling. Current inspections have limited throughput and may miss early or hidden infestations, while laboratory molecular or antibody tests are time-consuming and not easily scalable.
To address this, senseApest is developing a portable detection unit (PDU) that enables rapid (<15 min), non-contact, non-invasive and non-destructive screening of imported plant material. The device works by analysing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants under pest attack (and potentially by pests themselves), using sensor technology supported by data-driven algorithms. This approach is designed to allow systematic, high-throughput screening at border checkpoints and strengthen EU biosecurity by detecting serious pests earlier and more efficiently.
senseApest project (Grant No. 101181582) is funded by the European Union under the call HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02.
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GEOFLEXheat
GEOFLEXheat intended to capitalize on waste geothermal heat for industrial applications.
The GEOFLEXHEAT project aims to revolutionize the way geothermal energy is harnessed and utilized, particularly focusing on industrial heat applications. The project's objectives include:
Development of a Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger (HPHE): To enhance the extraction of heat from geothermal brine, mitigating issues like mineral scaling and corrosion.
Implementation of a Scaling Reduction (SR) System: To allow the reinjection of geothermal brine at lower temperatures, increasing heat energy production and facilitating the collection of minerals like silica.
High Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP): To upgrade the temperature of extracted heat to meet industrial needs, improving the economic viability of geothermal systems.
Thermal Energy Storage (TES): To provide increased flexibility in heat delivery, accommodating fluctuating industrial demands.
This Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°101172780 ​
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COMPAS
Develop a compact, inexpensive, and ultrasensitive PIC sensing platform (PSP)
Funded under HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, COMPAS was launched in January 2024 to foster industrial and academic research across the field of microelectronic and photonics to develop on-chip bio-molecular sensors. With a duration of 48 months, COMPAS brings together eleven partner organisations including two universities, four research institutes, and five SEM, to realise novel on-chip sensors with field demonstration in air and water monitoring.
The research leading to these results has received funding from Horizon Europe, the European Union's Framework Program for Research and Innovation (HEU 2021-2027) under grant agreement n° 101135796.
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OptiDrill
Optimisation of Geothermal Drilling Operation with Machine Learning
The overall objective is to develop a drilling advisory system utilising novel sensor and machine learning methods to predict ROP, lithology, drilling problems, well completion and enhancement and finally to unite those methods under one system to enable drilling process optimisation and intelligent decision making.
OptiDrill project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research
and Innovation Action under grant agreement No. 101006964
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