KET4F-Gas

 

Reduction of the Environmental Impact of Fluorinated Gases in the Sudoe space using Key Enabling Technologies

 

KET4F-Gas is a European project co-funded by the Interreg Sudoe Programme through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with a funding of 1.7 million euros.

Project summary

In the current context of persistent drought in the Southwestern regions of Europe (SUDOE area), in which more and more difficult fire events are occurring due to prolonged drought periods and high winds, research on alternatives that contribute to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions is a high-priority issue.

KET4F-Gas is a European project co-funded by the Interreg Sudoe Programme which aims at reducing the environmental impact of fluorinated gases (F-gases) through the development and implementation of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs).

The use of fluorinated gases has drastically increased in recent years, especially in the refrigeration sector, as they are a good substitute for ozone-depleting substances that phased out under the Montreal’s Protocol.

Despite their good properties and characteristics (energy efficient, ozone-friendly, safe for users and handling, low flammability, non toxicity, among others), F-gases are powerful greenhouse gases, showing a global warming potential up to 23,000 times higher than carbon dioxide one. Hence, their emissions to the atmosphere should be considerably reduced according to the Kyoto’s protocol and the new EU regulation.

Objective

The objective of this project is to contribute to the reduction of F-gases emissions by developing and implementing Key Enabling Technologies, which follow benign and efficient green chemistry principles and use alternative climate-friendly solvents to recover these F-gases, usually employed in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.

In this sense, this project boosts the growth of applied research and eco-innovation to mitigate environmental impacts, and the technological transfer to enhance the competitiveness of SME’s in the region of Southwest Europe.

The results of this research will also benefit society by raising awareness to the F-gases problem. Moreover, waste managers, public administration and industry will benefit these results, since there is not any technology applied to this problem yet in the region of Southwest Europe and enterprises have a clear and imminent need to acomplish the challenging objectives of the current legislation.

Interreg Sudoe

The Interreg Sudoe Programme supports regional development in the regions of Southwest Europe by funding transnational projects through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

The programme promotes transnational cooperation to solve common problems within the regions of Southwest Europe, such as low investment in research and development, low competitiveness of SME’s, and exposure to climate change and environmental risks.

The KET4F-Gas is a project included within the priority axis 1, Research and innovation, which aims at (1) strengthening the synergic and networking cooperation of R&D+i at a transnational level in the specific Sudoe sectors as from smart specialisation and (2) developing dissemination of applied research related to key enabling technologies (KETs).

SOE2/P1/P0823
Poject Budget: 1,742,800€ with a funding through the ERDF of 1,307,100€

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia 2829-516 Caparica Portugal (+351) 212948318
Ana Belén Pereiro Estévez anab@fct.unl.pt
João Araujo jmmda@fct.unl.pt

Fundación Empresa-Universidad Gallega

Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n Campus Vida, 15705 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) España (+34) 981534180 Rebeca Diéguez González rdieguez@feuga.es

Institut Químic de Sarrià CETS Fundació Privada

Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona España (+34) 932672000 Fèlix Llovell felix.llovell@iqs.edu

Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour Avenue de l’Université BP 576 64012 PAU cedex Francia (+33) 5 59 40 70 00 Frédéric Plantier frederic.plantier@univ-pau.fr

Universidad de Cantabria

Avda. de los Castros, s/n 39005 Santander España (+34) 942202223 Gabriel Zarca zarcag@unican.es

APRIA Systems SL

Parque Empresarial de Morero Parcela P.2-12, Nave 1 – Puerta 5 39611 Guarnizo, Cantabria España (+34) 942078147 Esther Santos esther.santos@apriasystems.es

FUNDECYT-PCTEX

Av. de la Investigación s/n 06006 Badajoz España (+34) 924014600 Carmen Sánchez Ruano carmen.sanchez@fundecyt-pctex.es

Interlun

C/ Molineros, 106 Políg. Ind. Las Capellanías 10005 – Cáceres España (+34) 927 230 704 Miguel Canal miguel@interlun.es

Universidade de Vigo

Campus Universitario, s/n, 36310 Vigo, Pontevedra España Manuel Martínez manumar@uvigo.es

TALENCE INNOVATION AGCE DEV ECON

TALENCE INNOVATION AGCE DEV ECON 27 Allée des Petits Rois, 33400 Talence Francia (+33) 5 56 04 01 90 Bertrand COUSIN info@talence-innovation.com

Fédération des Recherches en Environnement

49 bd François Mitterrand, CS 60032 63001 Clermont-Ferrand Francia (+33) 4 73 17 79 79 Agilio Padua agilio.padua@uca.fr

PI – The Petroleum Institute - Khalifa University of Science and Technology

P.O. Box: 127788 Abu Dhabi Emiratos Árabes Unidos +9712-401 8000 Lourdes F. Vega lourdes.vega@ku.ac.ae

MARE

C/ Ctra. Torres – Reocín Bº La Barquera, nº 13 39311 CARTES (Cantabria) España (+34) 942318202 Beatriz González bgonzalez@mare.es

FCC

Avda. Camino de Santiago, nº 40 8050 Madrid España (+34) 917573924 Enrique González egonzalezg@fcc.es

ERP Portugal

Rua Dinis Bordalo Pinheiro, 467 B 2645-539 Alcabideche Portugal (+351) 21 911 96 30 Rosa Monforte rosa.monforte@erp-recycling.org

ZERO

Av. de Berna, 31 2º dto. (sala 2) 1050-038 Lisboa Portugal Filipa Alves filipa.alves@zero.ong

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