AERSUS

AERSUS
Titre :	Aerogel European Supplying Unit for Space Applications
Budget :	2 565 k€
Subventions :	FP7-SPACE (1 952 k€)
Sous-programme :	SPA.2011.2.2-02
Type de contrat :	SMALL
Début :	1er janvier 2012
Fin :	31 décembre 2014
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AERSUS est l'acronyme du projet européen Aerogel European Supplying Unit for Space Applications, qui a pour référence sur le service CORDIS 284494.

English description

Note : Les objectifs suivants sont repris de la fiche du projet sur Cordis

Objective

The main purpose of this project is to create a European Supplying Unit for one of the Critical Space Technologies for European Strategic Non-Dependence, the advanced thermal control materials. Currently, the thermal protection of the hardware of spacecrafts is assured by underlying advanced thermal control materials, typically Multi Layer Insulations (MLI). One of the basic materials for MLI, the Kapton, is used in several thermal control applications and easily falls under access restrictions.

In this project it is intended to develop the manufacturing technology for the material that is considered to be the next generation of thermal insulation in space, the aerogel. Aerogels are the materials with the greater potential to substitute MLI in thermal insulation of spacecrafts, due to its very low density, its very high thermal insulation efficiencies, the providing of the thermal insulation as single material that can be industrially producible and the tailorability for different applications.

The combination of the know-how of the entities involved in the proposal, which cover the research and development of aerogels at a laboratory scale, the design and construction of semi-industrial equipments for aerogels manufacture, as well as the design, integration and qualification of thermal insulation materials in space applications, will create tremendous synergies to put Europe in a front position as a supplier of the material that is likely to be the future of the thermal insulation in space. The collaborative efforts of the partners, which have already been working in the development of these systems in the last few years, is expected to allow establishing in Europe on a shor-term the required technical capabilities to supply aerogels for space applications, such as (re)-entry vehicles, Mars rovers, cryogenic propulsion tanks, or pressurised compartments.

 

Les partenaires du projet

Coordinateur du projet

• Sociedade Portugesa de inovaca - Consultadoria empresarial e fomento da inovacao SA - Porto (Portugal)

Partenaires

• Separex SA - Champigneulles - Contact : Michel Perrut
• Thales alenia space Italia spa - Rome (Italie)
• Université de Coimbra - Coimbra (Portugal)
• Deutsches zentrum für luft - Und raumfahrt EV - Cologne (Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie - Allemagne)
• Association pour la recherche et le développement des méthodes et processus industriels (ARMINES) - Paris (Île-de-France, France)
• Active space technologies GMBH - Berlin (Berlin - Allemagne)
• Science and technology facilities council - Swindon (Royaume-Uni)
• Active space technologies, Actividades aeroespaciais SA - Coimbra (Portugal)

Financement

• Coût total du projet : 2 565 625 €
• Subvention de la Commission européenne (programme FP7-SPACE) : 1 952 090 €

Dates importantes

• Date de début : 1^er janvier 2012
• Date de fin : 31 décembre 2014

Voir aussi

Liens externes

• Le site officiel de la Sociedade Portugesa de inovaca