Projects


Circular economy - CIRC01-2016-2017
Systemic
Full Title: Systemic large scale eco-innovation to advance circular economy and mineral recovery from organic waste in Europe
Aim:
Concept:
SYSTEMIC will reach a break-through to re-enter recovered nutrients from organic waste into the production cycle. Consequently, this will offer solutions for pressing environmental issues and to...
Start date:
01/06/2017
End date:
31/05/2021
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Use of heat recovery - EE18-2015
TASIO
Full Title: Waste Heat Recovery for Power Valorisation with Organic Rankine Cycle Technology in Energy Intensive Industries
Aim:

The main objective of the project is to develop solutions to recover the waste heat produced in energetic intensive processes of industrial sectors such as cement, glass, steelmaking and...

Concept:
In order to reach this objective several challenging innovative aspects will have to be approached by the consortium. It is planned to design and develop a multisectorial direct heat exchanger to...
Start date:
01/12/2014
End date:
31/05/2018
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Process Intensification - SPIRE05-2015
TERRA
Full Title: Tandem Electrocatalytic Reactor for Energy Resource Efficiency and Process Intensification
Aim:

TERRA aims to develop, from TRL 3 to 5, a tandem electrocatalytic reactor (TER) coupling an oxidation reaction to a reduction one, with thus the great potential advantage of i) saving resources...

Concept:
The TER unit may be used in a large field of applications, but will be developed for a specific relevant case: the synthesis of PEF (PolyEthylene Furanoate), a next generation plastic.
Start date:
15/09/2015
End date:
14/09/2019
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Industrial furnace design - SPIRE04-2016
VULKANO
Full Title: Novel integrated refurbishment solution as a key path towards creating eco-efficient and competitive furnaces
Aim:

VULKANO project aims to design, implement and validate an advanced retrofitting integrated solution to increase the energy and environmental efficiency in existing industrial furnaces fed with NG...

Concept:
VULKANO addresses the main challenge when facing furnaces retrofitting, which is tackling the problem from an overall and cost thinking perspective, which will enable overcoming the barriers for...
Start date:
01/06/2016
End date:
31/12/2019
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Circular economy - CIRC01-2016-2017
ZERO-BRINE
Full Title: Re-designing the value and supply chain of water and minerals: a circular economy approach for the recovery of resources from saline impaired effluent (brine) generated by process industries
Aim:

A circular economy approach to recover resources from brine generated by process industriesA circular economy approach to recover resources from brine generated by process industries.

Concept:
ZERO BRINE advances innovative solutions to address global water challenges by recovering resources from wastewater generated by process industries.
Start date:
01/06/2017
End date:
31/05/2021
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