The Early Warning System (EW) gauges the speed of propagation of the pressure waves generated by an earthquake. Depending on the distance from the source area of a given seismic event, the information on its location-magnitude reaches sites “potentially at risk” in the range of tens of seconds in advance of the arrival of the most significant seismic waves. Assuming that the time needed to manage and propagate the information is zero, the system makes it possible to ensure the safety of the population and strategic structures (hospitals, schools etc.). What sets the system apart from similar technologies is the way in which it manages the alert, together with its integrated procedure for the collection and distribution of information on seismic risks in action.

PAS – Seismic Antennas Project, consists of a series of sensors for various types of ground movement (shifting, speed, acceleration), arranged in specific configurations and geometries, creating a directional antenna that is sensitive to elastic waves. The signal from each sensor is registered on a data logger that can be managed with PC. The PAS is useful for studies of surface seismic behaviour, the ongoing control of dams and water basins, the monitoring of sub-aerial and underwater landslides and scientific research, as well as territorial monitoring.

FluGas – Fluid-bed gasification plant, a pilot facility for the fluid-bed gasification of waste (from the paper industry, packaging materials and combustible urban waste). Located in the Caserta, on the premises of “Le Calorie S.p.A”, the plant has a maximum combustible potential of 60kg/h, it is outfitted with systems for the treatment of the synthesis gas produced (cyclone, scrubber and torch), plus numerous points for measuring the variables of the process, an analyse of CO, CO2, H2, CH4 and O2 and software for the management of the system.

FluidSim – Simulation of granule flows for the prevention and attenuation of hydro-geological risk, includes experimental plants, currently in use, for the performance of flow trials on solid granules, aerated and otherwise, for the purpose of studying the role of fluidisation in high-speed granule flows. The devices used to study the dynamics of the frontal systems of granule flows on a slope are the variable-slope slide and the rotor.

The competitive advantage of the AMRA consists in having the use of state-of-the-art technological instrumentation, in availing of a team of multi-discipline experts, in supplying services at the forefront in terms of innovation and in some cases unmatched in Europe and in the network of national and international collaborations in course.

In pursuit of its work, AMRA has the use of 300 researchers, laboratories and advanced equipment worth of €15 million, in particular in the fields of seismic, hydrogeological, volcanic, costal and anthropogenic risk. The AMRA Centre backs those interested in the environmental protection of large areas through the planning and development of the Early Warning system.

The know-how, acquired by the Centre, for the treatment of data provided by the Seismic Antennae is useful for the development of a services sector in the area of environmental control and construction engineering.

AMRA offers consultancy in defining the technical-economical picture of a fluidized bed gasifier plant to businesses, even small and medium sized, who wish to operate in the sectors of mass and energy recovery from pre-treated municipal solid waste, and in particular, post-consumer packaging.

The potential partners for the economic development of the results and competences attained by AMRA can be found among a wide range of public, private and research enterprises entrusted with the management of environmental impact activities, such as the control and conservation of natural resources: managers of large transport infrastructures like ports, airports, interports, manufacturing sites and transport, energy and fuel infrastructures.

Civil Protection of the Campania Region, University of Missouri-Rolla, GIS-CURARE-France, CONAI, IACP, Bagnoli Futura/CCTA, CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change), City of Science Naples, Research Authority of the Campania Region, Confindustria (Italian Employers Federation) Naples