Project description
Bio-based, circular reinvigoration of process industries
The idea behind circular economy is to keep materials in use for as long as possible through actions such as recycling and remanufacture. Moving in this direction, the EU-funded RETROFEED project will boost bio-based and circular feedstock in process industries. It will do this by retrofitting core equipment and through the implementation of an advanced monitoring and control system. As regards the production chain, the project will also provide plant operators with a decision support system (DSS). Bringing together a consortium of nine large companies and four SMEs, the project will test its approach in five resource and energy intensive sectors: ceramics, cement, aluminium, steel and agrochemicals.
Objective
RETROFEED main objective is to enable the use of an increasingly variable, bio-based and circular feedstock in process industries through the retrofitting of core equipment and the implementation of an advanced monitoring and control system, and providing support to the plant operators by means of a DSS covering the production chain. This approach will be demonstrated in five resource and energy intensive sectors (ceramic, cement, aluminium, steel, and agrochemical) with the potential to reach in average an increase of 22% in resource efficiency and 19% in energy efficiency, with a consequent reduction in costs and GHG emissions of 9.3 M€ and 135 kton CO2 respectively.
Furthermore, the project aims to develop a methodology to support retrofitting in resource and energy intensive industries that will be complemented by a decision support system able to perform a diagnosis of the impact in the process of different retrofitting solutions so plant managers and operators can decide on the most suitable retrofitting action for their companies. This decision support system will remain operative after the modification of the process so it can ease the operation of the process under the increased variability of feedstock by analysing a set of key indicators defined within RETROFEED over the production chain for this purpose.
RETROFEED consortium comprises strong industrial participation; 9 large companies, including 5 of them as final users, and 4 SMEs as technology providers, working with experienced RTOs and supporting entities. The private investment associated to RETROFEED is over 7M€ along the execution of the project. Lastly, RETROFEED is expected not only to enable technological advances in the technologies and demonstrators involved but will also contribute to the development of new standards, regulations, training programmes, and adaptation and certification of industrial processes thus facilitating the replication of the project results within the EU industry.
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50018 Zaragoza
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Participants (19)
36410 Porrino
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01 330 Warszawa
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100 31 Stockholm
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1031 Budapest
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
55100 Lucca
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
40138 Bologna
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
12110 Alcora Castellon
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2900-718 Setubal
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34810 Istanbul
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33010 OSOPPO UD
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33010 Osoppo
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28036 Madrid
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
28036 Madrid
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41420 Kocaeli
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00128 Roma
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612 00 Brno
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
16129 Genova
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450131 Zalau
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