COMPUTAR: Climate Neutral Components, Products & Systems (COMPUTAR)
Program: GIA 23-25
Part number: T72_23R
Date of RESOLUTION: 04/28/2023
Date of execution: 01/01/2023-31/12/2025
The overall objective of the Climate Neutral Components, Products and Systems (COMPUTAR) group is to contribute to the competitiveness of the productive sector and to environmental sustainability by developing technologies that, through the integration of digital prototyping techniques and experimental methods, allow accelerating the Digital Transformation of our Industry and Society and achieving climate neutrality.
Specifically, this research group focuses its research activity on the generation of knowledge and methodologies that allow (1) designing and verifying the complete life cycle of complex multidisciplinary products and systems to reduce time and costs to market, while increasing their efficiency, safety, reliability and functionality and reducing their environmental, economic and social impact; and (2) defining, optimizing and scaling up industrial processes for materials recovery, improving recycling processes and their subsequent reuse and reducing the consumption of virgin raw materials, thus closing the cycle of circularity (Figure 1).
Figure 1.- Main phases in the circular economy.
In order to achieve this general objective, the following specific objectives are proposed:
A. Predict the functional behavior and service life of components and systems and improve the final performance of products and extend their service life by making efficient use of materials and energy. (L1-Climate Neutral Component Line).
B. Design, scale and optimize new optimal processes for the valorization of waste generated in the manufacture of such products, during their useful life or as end-of-life material, including the development of Digital Twins (DTs) solutions in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to transform industrial processes towards a more sustainable and efficient production through Reduced Order Models. (L2-Valuation Line).
C. To model in an integral way by means of numerical tools the principle of operation and behavior of systems for the conversion of renewable electrical energy to other forms of energy (chemical, electrochemical, thermal, mechanical) and vice versa; by means of multiphysics, multiscale and multicomponent approaches, such as electrolyzers or fuel cells (L3- Electrochemical, thermal and mechanical technologies for the conversion and storage of clean energy).
The group’s activity is eminently multidisciplinary and combines theoretical, experimental and numerical analysis approaches. In addition, we carry out important technology transfer work directly with companies. To meet the objectives set out in the project, the group will use many of the means currently available at ITAINNOVA both in terms of computing, simulation and data analysis tools (hardware + software) and equipment and characterization and analysis techniques available in the Structural Integrity and Fatigue and SHM (Structural Health Monitoring) Laboratories.
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ARAGON
TOTAL BUDGET ITAINNOVA GIA COMPUTE: 60.389,79 €.
TOTAL AID ITAINNOVA GIA COMPUTE: 60.389,79 €.
Funded by: Department of Science, University and Knowledge Society of the Government of Aragon.
