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Thursday 17 March, 13:00-13:45 Register to attend The Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials is inviting you to join their next webinar! They have invited Dr Maciej Zajac from Heidelberg Cement to discuss a new approach to capture CO₂ and significantly reduce CO₂ emissions associated with cement production. This new carbon capture and […]
Published: February 23rd, 2022
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In collaboration with the Materials Processing Institute Over 2 billion tonnes of diverse alkali solid wastes (i.e., biomass ash, cement kiln dust, steel slag) are generated from Foundation Industries worldwide annually and are primarily disposed of through landfills and stockpiling. The volume of these is expected to double in the next few decades, which has […]
Published: February 11th, 2022
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In collaboration with SAICA The UK is home to ~ 50 Pulp and Paper Mill companies with over 80 associated businesses. The pulp industry is one of the UK’s most energy intensive industries and requires novel decarbonisation processes to maximise energy and mass efficiency. As part of the paper recycling process, over 10% of input […]
Published: February 11th, 2022
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In collaboration with Morgan Advanced Materials Coal Tar Pitch (CTP) is a residue formed from the distillation of coal tar and is widely used as a carbonisable/graphitisable binder to form carbon electrodes (e.g. for aluminium smelting), seals, specialty graphites for electric brushes and current collectors (e.g. wind turbine generators & rail pantograph systems), and molten […]
Published: February 11th, 2022
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In collaboration with Kelvin Thermotech, Mantec Technical Ceramics and the Boro Foundry SANDTHERM demonstrated the technical and economic feasibility of using waste foundry sand (WFS) as a thermal energy storage (TES) material for medium-high temperature waste heat recovery applications. It deployed, operated and monitored a waste heat storage and reuse unit using TES materials containing […]
Published: February 11th, 2022
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In collaboration with CR Plus Ltd. and BSI The project extends the multifaceted sustainability modelling from steel to other FIs. Consultation with each sector was conducted to review the existing SIAM framework and adapt measurements concerning circularity, direct/indirect energy consumption maps, economic drivers versus policy constraints and proportional representation of workers, working conditions and wealth […]
Published: February 11th, 2022
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The TFI Network+ is looking to fund high quality projects with potential to drive transformative impact in the foundation industries, and will also enhance the career of the applicant
Published: February 11th, 2022
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The TFI Network+ is looking to fund projects that investigate next generation and intelligent processes that may have a significant impact on one or more Foundation Industry. The scope of the call is deliberately broad, but the focus should be on new digital manufacturing technologies that are disruptive and ambitious, and may create a step […]
Published: February 10th, 2022
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This workshop presented and discussed next generation and intelligent processes and their potential impact on the Foundation Industries.
Published: February 10th, 2022
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Deadline: 9th March 2022 View full details This is a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The aim of the competition is to develop open software, hardware and data solutions that address the challenges of transforming to a net zero energy system in the UK. The competition will stimulate […]
Published: February 9th, 2022
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