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New Environmental friendly and Durable conCrete, integrating industrial by-products and hybrid systems, for civil, industrial and offshore applications – EnDurCrete

Descripción del proyecto

Reinventar el hormigón para un futuro sostenible

A medida que nuestras ciudades crecen y sus infraestructuras envejecen, la necesidad de disponer de un hormigón duradero y sostenible es más urgente que nunca. El proyecto EnDurCrete, financiado con fondos europeos y basado en una fusión de tecnologías innovadoras, pretende crear un hormigón con notables propiedades mecánicas, capacidad de autorreparación y autocontrol. Al integrar cemento de bajo contenido en clínker, nanotecnologías y microtecnologías y sistemas híbridos, el proyecto EnDurCrete promete una mayor durabilidad, altas propiedades mecánicas y capacidad de autorreparación. Las pruebas en túneles, puertos y estructuras marinas demostrarán la mayor vida útil del hormigón (más de 30 años) y su menor coste (un 35 % menos). Con un valor económico previsto de 1 000 millones de euros y la creación de miles de puestos de trabajo de alta calidad de aquí a 2025, el proyecto EnDurCrete pretende garantizar una amplia difusión y repercusiones duraderas en el desarrollo de modelos de negocio sólidos.

Objetivo

The main goal of Endurcrete Project is to develop a new cost-effective sustainable reinforced concrete for long lasting and added value applications. The concept is based on the integration of novel low-clinker cement including high-value industrial by-products, new nano and micro technologies and hybrid systems ensuring enhanced durability of sustainable concrete structures with high mechanical properties, self-healing and self-monitoring capacities. Among key technologies there are: nano-enabled smart corrosion inhibitors, self-sensing carbon-based nanofillers, multifunctional coatings with self-healing properties and sensorised non-metallic reinforcement systems. Innovative design concepts will be developed for smart installation, disassembly and re-use of the new green pre-cast and cast in place elements aiming at enabling easy recycling and re-using approaches.
The functionality of the developed concrete structures will be proved under severe operating conditions supported by experimental and numerical tools to better understand factors affecting durability and capture the multiscale evolution of damage as well as to enable service life prediction.
Demonstrators will be tested in working sites of tunnels, ports and offshore structures, in order to prove the enhanced durability (+40%, i.e. +30 years) and decreased cost (-35%) of the new concrete systems in such critical applications.
Innovation aspects such standardization, life cycle assessments, health and safety and training activities will be performed. Finally, in order to maximize the exploitation of findings and ensure dissemination and impacts beyond the project duration, business models and plans for the proposed solutions will be developed.
The Consortium, led by HeidelbergCement and involving 16 partners (6 SMEs), will have a strong economic and social impact (1billion € and 6900 high quality jobs by 2025), considering concrete markets and related applications. The foreseen project duration is 3.5 year

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-NMBP-2016-2017

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Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-NMBP-2017-two-stage

Régimen de financiación

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinador

HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 024 889,71
Dirección
BERLINER STRASSE 6
69120 Heidelberg
Alemania

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Región
Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 1 052 460,02

Participantes (17)