GFG Alliance launches policy partnerships at COP26 to drive GREENSTEEL transition

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New UKRI blog showcases work of the Future Leaders Group in Foundation Industries

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Materials Processing Institute welcomes Select Committee’s support for hydrogen and electric innovation to decarbonise UK steelmaking

The Materials Processing Institute has welcomed a recommendation to the UK Government to “commit to a pilot of hydrogen-based steel production in the UK as part of its industrial decarbonisation strategy”.

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UK POSTbrief: Reducing the whole life carbon impact of buildings

Buildings contribute a significant proportion of the UK’s carbon emissions and play a key role in achieving net zero emissions targets. This POSTbrief explores the emissions associated with buildings, from design to end of life, and presents an overview of the opportunities for reducing their carbon impact.

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Completed: Using blast furnace waste heat to convert various wastes into new raw materials for low energy glass manufacturing

In collaboration with British Glass, Glass Futures, Calumite Ltd and the Materials Processing Institute Energy-intensive industries such as glass manufacturing and steelmaking face significant challenges in reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions. For example, heat during blast furnace hot metal and slag tapping dissipates into the atmosphere and is currently not recovered/utilised and, in glass […]

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Completed: Improved Energy Efficiency of Float Glass Production

In collaboration with Pilkington NSG Of all the ‘enablers’ of transformation, digitisation and control offers the greatest potential to impact across multiple FI sectors and its benefits of reduced plant downtime and energy and raw material savings are clear. Implementation however, deviates significantly from the classic skill sets associated with the foundation industries, requiring knowledge […]

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Completed: Feasibility study on valorisation of paper mill sludge (PMS) to manufacture Eco-bricks: Towards decarbonisation and sustainability in construction

In collaboration with StanRocc The pulp and paper industry is seen as one of the most polluting of the 6 Foundation Industries and needs urgent attention to achieve circularity. Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than paper made from wood pulps which yields a significant amount of waste, collectively referred to as pulp and […]

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Completed: Investigation of a Flat Heat Pipe for high temperature waste heat recovery from metal slabs.

In collaboration with Econotherm Energy efficiency is among the most important keys to unlock a green and more sustainable economy and a substantial amount of energy can be saved via the reuse of waste heat. Exploitation of waste heat streams has already been investigated mainly relying on forced or natural convection as a heat transfer […]

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Completed: THERMCAST: Valorisation of foundry sands as medium-high temperature waste heat recovery materials

In collaboration with Kelvin Thermotech Ltd and the Confederation of British Metalforming The industrial sector in the UK accounts for ~17 % of its overall energy consumption, the majority of which is in the form of heat (BEIS, 2017). Waste heat recovery (WHR) and reuse are thus the next frontiers for energy-intensive industries. Thermal energy […]

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Webinar: Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis

Antonius Schröder presents ‘Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis – A Cross-sectoral Blueprint for a Sustainable Process Industry’

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