Retrofitting equipment for efficient use of variable feedstock in metal making processes

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Software as a Service tool for Furnace Performance Management

Development of a Software as a Service tool which is connected to the internet and provides a method to deliver performance optimisation tools by accessing them online.

Technical evaluation of the different retrofitting solutions and the overall results of the industrial applications in the different demonstration cases

Evaluation of performance of sensors, equipment, and process monitoring and control tools, as retrofitting solutions and evaluation of the economic gain based on overall results of the industrial application in the different demonstration cases.

MFA applied and validated for steel plant at SID

The Material Flow Analysis of RWTH Task23 for tracking of sources and quality of steel scrap is applied and validated for the steel plant at SID

Material flow anaysis created and data provided for all use cases

Material flow analysis including the definition of the system and system parameters the modelling the data collection and allocation and the evaluation verification and documentation created

Variability in material and energy feedstock assessed for the different use cases

Variability in the feedstock for the steelmaking, aluminium refinery, and lead making assessed.

Report on cross-sectorial transferability of retrofitting solutions

Evaluation how well the developed retrofitting solutions will be transferable to other industrial sectors like other metal making processes and other process industries.

Final exploitation workshops

Exploitation workshops organised and held during the project, dealing with the application of innovative sensor techniques, plant equipment and process control methodologies to industrial processes.

Final dissemination event: joint dissemination workshop with other projects

Organisation of meeting in cooperation with other projects funded in the same SPIRE call in Horizon 2020 calls with similar topics, to allow for information exchange and to discuss on common dissemination strategies and events.

MFA applied and validated for lead plant at EXI

Material Flow Analysis for the recycled lead production applied and validated for the lead plant at EXI

MFA applied and validated for Aluminium plant at GRU

The Material Flow Analysis is applied and validated at the aluminium plant at GRU to identify the proper KPIs for quality prediction and predictive control

LCA for assessment of impact reduction (energy & resource efficiency, GHG emissions) for the different demonstration cases

Full LCA assessment of impact reduction regarding energy & resource efficiency and GHG emissions for steelmaking, aluminium chips refining and lead recycling.

Economic, technological and regulatory challenges identified, scope of LCAs defined

Identification of economy, technology and regulatory spheres for the steelmaking, aluminium refinery and lead making sectors. Scope and goal of the Life Cycle Analysis defined.

On-line monitoring systems for process behaviour developed

Online monitoring systems for the steel making Al and Lead use cases to process gathered data and calculate continuously composition and temperature developed

Preliminary economic assessment

Preliminary evaluation of the economic gain of the integrated retrofitting solutions based on the results of the industrial demonstration cases

Charge mix optimisation implemented in steel plants

BFI statistical model for steel scrap characterisation and of charge mix optimisation WP4 implemented at the steel plants of SID and AMB

Release of project web-site, press releases including a project leaflet

Project leaflet and web-site with a public part containing key project information and results and a private part reserved for the project partners are released by BFI. The information to be published on the web-site is provided by all partners.

LIBS sensor tested with scrap samples at laboratory and ready for installation

The LIBS sensor is calibrated and validated at laboratory with feeding material steel scrap Al chips Pb shredder provided by the partners and ready for installation at a belt conveyer at ILT

Publications

Combustion of a Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) Produced from the Polymeric Fraction of Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR).

Auteurs: E. Acha; A. Lopez-Urionabarrenechea; Clara Delgado; Lander Martinez-Canibano; Borja Baltasar Perez-Martinez; Adriana Serras-Malillos; B.M. Caballero; Lucía Unamunzaga; Elena Dosal; Noelia Montes; Jon Barrenetxea-Arando
Publié dans: Polymers, Numéro 1, 2021, ISSN 2073-4360
Éditeur: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13213807

Chemical Composition and Melt Treatment Optimization of 5XXX and 6XXX Alloys for Ablation Technology

Auteurs: Emili Barbarias, Asier Bakedano, Ibon Lizzaralde, Sergio Orden, Ana Isabel Fernández Calvo
Publié dans: International Journal of Metalcasting, Numéro Volume 17, April (2023), 2023, Page(s) 551–562, ISSN 1939-5981
Éditeur: American Foundry Society
DOI: 10.1007/s40962-022-00794-w

Comparative Study of the Metallurgical Quality of Primary and Secondary AlSi10MnMg Aluminium Alloys

Auteurs: Asier Bakedano; Andrea Niklas; Ana Isabel Fernández-Calvo; Gorka Plata; Jokin Lozares; Carlos Berlanga-Labari
Publié dans: Metals, Numéro 6, 2021, ISSN 2075-4701
Éditeur: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/met11071147

Comparison of Detectors with Pulse Shape Discrimination Capability for Simultaneous Detection of Gamma-rays, Slow and Fast Neutrons

Auteurs: M. Grodzicka-Kobyłka, T. Szczęśniak, Ł. Świderski, K. Brylew, M. Moszyński, K. Grodzicki, P. Mazerewicz, J. Szymanowski, Z. Mianowska
Publié dans: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Numéro A[70] Vol. 1019 (2021) 165858, 2021, ISSN 0168-9002
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2021.165858

Model-Based Decision Support System for Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Online Monitoring and Control

Auteurs: Bernd Kleimt; Waldemar Krieger; Diana Mier Vasallo; Asier Arteaga Ayarza; Inigo Unamuno Iriondo
Publié dans: Metals, Numéro Volume 13; Numéro 8, 2023, ISSN 2075-4701
Éditeur: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/met13081332

Characterization of large 5x5x10 inch NaI:Tl and 5x5 inch BGO detectors with light readout by means of R11833-100, 5 inch photomultiplier

Auteurs: M. Grodzicka-Kobylka, T. Szczesniak, K. Brylew, L. Adamowski
Publié dans: Proceedings of 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Numéro Yearly Conference, 2023 Numéro, 2023
Éditeur: IEEE Explore
DOI: 10.1109/nssmicrtsd49126.2023.10338467

A System for Elemental Analysis of Aluminum Chips, based on Neutron Activation Analysis

Auteurs: T. Szczesniak, M. Grodzicka-Kobylka, K. Brylew, L. Adamowski, K. Grodzicki, L. Janiak, A. Dziedzic, M. Sitek, A. Syntfeld-Kazuch, H. Zastawny, A. Gajderowicz, F. Peregrin, T. Baldi, M. da Silva Lopez, M. J. Neuer, B. Kleimt
Publié dans: Proceedings of 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Numéro Yearly conference, 2023 Numéro, 2023
Éditeur: IEEE-Explorer
DOI: 10.1109/nssmicrtsd49126.2023.10338061

Data Augmentation and Feature Engineering for Machine Learning in Neutron Activation Analysis

Auteurs: Kamil Brylew, Tomasz Szczesniak, Martyna Grodzicka, L. Janiak, Lukasz Adamowski, Marcus Neuer
Publié dans: Proceedings of 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Numéro Yearly conference, 2023 Numéro, 2023
Éditeur: IEEE Explorer
DOI: 10.1109/nssmicrtsd49126.2023.10338615

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Numéro de demande/publication: ES M4119018
Date: 2021-04-23
Demandeur(s): FUNDACION AZTERLAN

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