Applied Artificial Intelligence

Reliability and effectiveness of integrated alternative water resources management for regional climate change adaption. The RECREATE project improves the resilience of water supplies and protects the status of natural water resources by facilitating the assessment and inclusion of Alternative Water Resources (AWR) in water management planning for water-scarce regions. RECREATE will compile existing information and will use existing and newly developed models and tools to support the evidence-based, quantitative assessment of different water management strategies under different socio-economic scenarios and climate change projections. The project will improve the cost efficiency of selected AWR solutions by demonstrating [...]

Design, development and implementation of an intelligent terrain interpretation system based on Machine Learning for underwater studies. The Vibrocorer project develops an innovative system incorporating AI that allows a more detailed and efficient characterization of marine soils and subsoils. The main objectives of Vibrocorer are: The creation of a submersible sensor adaptable to any Vibrocorer (VC) for challenging marine environments up to 500 meters, guaranteeing simple installation and versatility independent of the VC model. Development of an electronic system that displays and stores data in real time through a reliable and robust communication covered - submerged [...]

Development of an Innovation Booster Package to accelerate and foster transformation through Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). The NATALIE project addresses the risks posed by climate change and its impacts and advances ecosystem-based adaptation in Europe. To this end, NATALIE offers 25 innovative solutions through cocreation processes, financial innovation, stakeholder participation, modeling, testing, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, pre-feasibility studies and evidence-based results. NATALIE demonstrates 18 Nature-Based Solutions in eight pilot sites located in five different biogeographic regions of Europe. Its replication is studied in four follower sites located in the same biogeographic regions. Eurecat participates in the project [...]

Web portal to boost shift to rail in freight transport. The ESEP4Freight project provides freight customers with an overview of the available rail freight services in Europe via a web platform. This platform is built on an interactive map and makes it possible to identify the flows of goods with a higher potential for using the train as a mode of transport. On this interactive map, the platform offers different modules, such as an external costs calculator (CO2 consumption, noise costs, congestion...), a schedule viewer offered by the main European operators, calculation of multimodal routes being [...]

Creation of a cyber-physical device that monitors and optimizes the plastic injection process. The DASIT project develops a cyber-physical prototype that allows real-time and remote monitoring of the injection process, obtaining direct data from sensors embedded in the mould and indirect data through a device connected to the mould. The device powered by DASIT is energy efficient, by integrating an energy harvesting system, and has a geolocation system through the implementation of advanced technologies to track the location of the molds. It is a cloud-connected wireless device with a low-cost approach. In addition, data quality validation [...]

New pathway for waste valorisation and green hydrogen production. The HYIELD project develops a Waste to Hydrogen demonstration plant that, from waste, will allow the production of hydrogen. HYIELD aims to unlock the potential of the 300 million tons of waste produced by Europe and turn it into 30 million tons of green hydrogen. During the 4-year project, novel technologies and processes will be integrated to efficiently and robustly convert biogenic waste streams into high purity green hydrogen at a very competitive cost, to demonstrate its application to help decarbonise different sectors, including shipping, aviation and [...]

Optimizing the charging process for electric vehicles, from power generation to end-user experience. The XL-Connect project creates an accessible and on-demand charging solution based on an optimized charging network, taking into account human behaviour, technical aspects and economic aspects. By 2030, the European Union is expected to have between 30 and 40 million battery electric vehicles on the road. This increase poses challenges and opportunities for the energy system by testing system capacity, but also presents the possibility of using V2G, V2H and V2X technologies, as parked electric vehicles can function as energy storage. The objectives [...]

Improvement of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The ACQUAOUNT project enhances sustainable irrigation through the deployment of state-of-the-art tools, smart water services and solutions, for public and private use, while contributing to climate resilience. ACQUAOUNT develops a suite of innovative solutions covering monitoring and control, interoperability and standardisation, efficient operation and recommendations for water and production and smart visualisation and data exploration. The combination of these tools will permit to simulate complex interactions and feedbacks across several time horizons and multiple related environmental and socio-economic dimensions, leading to policy recommendations and climate change adaptation strategies. All [...]

Acceleration of systemic changes to create last-mile delivery ecosystems that are economically, ecologically and socially sustainable. The GREEN-LOG project offers Logistics-as-a-Service platforms for interconnected city logistics, automated delivery concepts using autonomous vehicles and delivery droids, cargo-bike-based innovations for sustainable micro-consolidation, and multimodal parcel deliveries integrating public transport network. The GREEN-LOG approach boosts a cutting-edge simulation environment for scenario building combining different solutions to enable the integration of last-mile delivery interventions with the highest possible impact on environmental sustainability and traffic reduction, also considering their financial viability. The solutions are supported by networked city logistics dataspaces that [...]

Social innovation to renew multi-level and cross-sectoral water governance. The InnWater project responds to the need to find sustainable solutions for arbitrating water uses that take into account the realities of the field facing the challenges of climate change. The strength of the project lies in the close collaboration with the five pilot sites on Réunion Island (France), Brenta (Italy), Figueres (Spain), West Country (United Kingdom) and Middle Tisza (Hungary). The challenge is to progressively expand the target group of the pilot sites to develop a community of practice on the new modes of governance adapted [...]

Development of an open, common, interoperable and easily scalable cloud platform that allows accelerating the deployment of new smart products in the habitat sector. The SMARTHABIT project develops a cloud-based platform that allows the integration of multiple sources of data and information from various smart habitat products, as well as from external sources, which allow adding value to their functionalities and utilities. SMARTHABIT will allow companies in the habitat sector to promote a broader adoption of emerging enabling technologies, simplifying collaboration with companies from technological sectors accustomed to these new value chains. In recent years, the [...]

Research and development of ceramic and metallic powder material from recycled sources for the additive manufacturing sector. The VIVALDI project promotes recovery processes for ceramic and metallic material waste through the generation of powder, to be used in additive manufacturing and other value-added applications, such as laser cladding or the development of light alloys. Eurecat participates in VIVALDI through different Technological Units: The Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit manufactures powder by centrifugal atomisation from chips, develops new reinforced alloys with recycled particles, andvalidates the properties of the parts manufactured with these recovered materials. The New Manufacturing Processes Unit [...]

Development of digital tools to increase circularity in secondary raw materials. The Plooto project offers a circular and resilient information system (CRIS) to help manufacturers in their ecological, digital and circular transition. The system developed by Plooto enables waste reduction and end-to-end traceability of secondary raw materials through interconnected digital services for real-time decision-making, material and product tracking and certification. This solution is demonstrated in three pilot projects for the recycling of organic waste, composites and permanent magnets from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). WEEE recycling is crucial due to the rise of the electric [...]

Serverless efficient computing in extremely diverse computing environments, from edge devices with limited resources to highly virtualised cloud platforms. EDGELESS makes use of the "serverless" concept in all layers of the edge-cloud continuum to fully benefit from the diverse and decentralised computational resources available on-demand close to where data is produced or consumed. In particular, the project achieves a efficient and  transparent horizontal pooling of resources in edge nodes with constrained capabilities or specialised hardware, smoothly integrated with cloud resources. This represents a giant leap forward compared to to state-of-the-art vertical offloading solutions where the edge [...]

Investigation of unknown disinfection by-products and exhaustive characterisation of the formation of those already known. With the results, commercial methods will be developed to quantify and reduce these by-products to avoid negative effects on human health. During the project, three case studies are carried out to promote the characterisation of water quality, develop new treatment methods and improve the management of water distribution networks to maintain a high quality of drinking water. This includes all processes, from the water source, through treatment and distribution. Climate change poses major challenges for Europe's drinking water supply. With the [...]