- Start: 01/05/2022
- End: 30/04/2025
The main goal of OVERLEAF is to develop a disruptive Low-Pressure liquid H2 storage system (LPH) design based on the combination of innovative functional and high-performance materials (high-performance TP composites and low gas permeation CFRP composites), thermal insulating materials (low-permeable closed and open-cell foams and nanofoams) and novel hydrogen leak detection sensors (metal hydride palladium-based optical hydrogen sensors).
All these components will be applied using advanced and flexible manufacturing techniques, involving Additive Manufacturing (AM), automated fibre placement (ATL), and filament winding (FW) to build the prototype of a novel light-weight liquid H2 storage system with improved performance and enhanced capabilities for their integration into the aircraft structure.
OVERLEAF aims at achieving overall higher operation flexibility, with an estimated 60% reduction of the total weight/energy consumption capacities compared to State-of-the-Art solutions.
AIMEN will be responsible for the manufacturing of the inner tank with aditive technology using high-performance polymers or compounds and also manufacturing of the outer tank using Automated fiber placement technology of composite tapes.
- Sectors: Aeronautical
- Financing programme: HORIZON EUROPE
- R&D&i: Additive manufacturing, Flexible manufacturing cells, Integrated monitoring and control systems, Materials under extreme conditions, Multimaterial systems
- Leader: ACITURRI ENGINEERING SL
- Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, NTNU, AIMPLAS - ASOCIACIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE MATERIALES PLÁSTICOS Y CONEXAS, Arkema France SA, CANOE, Universitat de Girona (UdG), Technische Universiteit Delft (TUD), ICONS, ICSI
- Acronym: OVERLEAF
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://overleaf-project.eu/
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