KrNU scientists took part in the kick-off meeting of Horizon Europe VOLTCAR project partners
13.02.23
Rector of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University, Professor Mykhaylo Zagirnyak and the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Professor Vyacheslav Prus, participated in the kick-off meeting of the partners of the European Union`s Horizon Europe program "Design, Production and Validation of an Eco-cyclic Traction Motor", VOLTCAR, Grant Agreement No. 101096557. The event was held on February 6-12 in Helsinki (Finland).
The goal of the project is to create a highly efficient electric motor for vehicles.
The purpose of the meeting in Helsinki was to familiarize the project participants with the working environment of the VOLTCAR teams and to present the teams` work packages. They also heard a presentation from the European Commission and discussed financial management and procedures.
Scientists from Kremenchuk National University arrived in Helsinki as members of the partner working group of the international consortium at the invitation of the project coordinator Dr. Yenni Pippuri Makelainen (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland).
To participate in the project, a working group was set up at KrNU, headed by the university`s rector, Professor Mykhaylo Zagirnyak. The group included Professor Vyacheslav Prus, Professor Volodymyr Dragobetskyi, Professor Yulia Salenko, Associate Professor Serhii Shlyk.
The tasks of KrNU scientists are to substantiate new promising materials for the structural components of the electric motor, manufacture the stator structure, design a high-performance high-speed gearbox, develop methods for determining electromagnetic and energy parameters and validate them in the course of experimental studies of prototypes.
KrNU`s participation in the project was preceded by significant preparatory work. In August 2022, Kremenchuk National University, as a part of an international consortium, became a partner of the VOLTCAR grant proposal, ID 101096557, submitted to the competition in the section "Research and Innovation Activities" of the EU Horizon Europe program on the topic HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-09 "Nextgen Electric Vehicle Components: Highly efficient and low-cost electric motors, with recycling and low use of rare resources" (2ZERO). It was the first time the university joined a project of such level.
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