Optimisation of resource use and waste management in an eco industrial park (ORMA)

Projektinformationen

ORMA

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: EVK4-CT-2000-30003

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 1 Mai 2001

Enddatum 30 April 2004

Finanziert unter

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Gesamtkosten

€ 1 161 218,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 571 418,00

Koordiniert durch

CITTA DELLE LANGHE SCRL
Italy

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Leistungen

Eco-design tool to perform materials selection

Granta Design has developed a tool to select building materials based on both technical architectural materials properties and also environmental impact properties, as established from Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed by the Politecnico di Torino. The development of this project deliverable marks an extension of the well-established materials selection methodology of Professor Mike Ashby (Cambridge University, Dept of Engineering) from general engineering applications into the specific field of architecture. To achieve this, the database that the methodology is based on has been tailored to focus on building materials and properties - these are somewhat different from those of typical engineering materials. Another new concept of this database is that the environmental consequences of using a particular material for an application throughout its whole life cycle are considered on an equal footing with its technical and mechanical properties. The software and database have been developed to release standard, and will shortly be available for purchase by any planners, architects and builders for use in designing constructions. This software and database may be distributed in conjunction with an eco-design book to be completed after the ORMA project, produced by Politecnico di Torino. Granta Design is also investigating the future development of the database into a more extensive architecture-teaching tool.

Ecological treatment of solid waste in rural areas while integrating the local community

The project examines the implementation of the Arrow-Bio technology within an eco park framework in a rural area. The potential implementation is through integration with the following systems: Sewage plants, landfills or local industrial plants. The integration can produce a maximal economic efficiency by use of products (energy for recycled materials, fertilizer, metals, plastic etc.) preservation of environment, development of industry and employment while keeping the green aspect. End users are: Farmers who receive the fertilizer, Industry getting the raw materials and the public who will be able to keep clean lands without landfills. The benefits are: - Energy - Producing electricity by biogas engines. - CO2 Separation and using it for greenhouses. Using the CH4 (methane) as natural gas in the industry, for vehicles or as direct energy for heating purposes. - Fertilizer - According to the primary results in Israel it seems that the fertilizer will be of suitable use in the organic agriculture thus developing this kind of agriculture in the rural area (since the demand for chemical fertilizers is declining). - Recycling Industry - The separated and clean materials such as plastics, metals and glass can be used for installing recycling plants and thus save many resources and energy. An additional result is development of new employment sources for the whole area. The main advantage is the inversion of waste into raw materials, in an ecological manner and a relatively cheap price compared to other technologies (such as incinerators). The process does not require complicated methods, is using the materials in a maximal way and turning them from a nuisance to a resource while at the same time creating working places and raw materials for the local population. An additional advantage is the possibility to deal with the result according to the Kyoto convention by a significant reduction of greenhouse emission.

Statistical entropy analysis

The result is a software tool for the implementation of the Statistical Entropy Analysis calculation. This calculation starts from the Material Flow Analysis and no software with these characteristics are available in the market. The needed software, developed in ORMA project, should perform four basic tasks: - Graphical user interface for process building and data input - Compilation, maintenance and integrity checking of process, substances and elemental relational database - MFA, closure of mass balance of process and verification - SEA calculation for at process and project (or system) level This software will calculate and optimise the product flow in the system EIP, in the aim of the minimisation of his entropy. The development of this tool is still at the first level and, for the moment it is applicable only at the ORMA EIP, but we think that it will be very important and useful for any market sector. The goal is to make real the potential versatility of this new instrument.

Integrated energy system

The development of the Integrated Energy System in the ORMA project has resulted in a hybrid system with high integration, on which the complementarity of the resources shows the possibility to provide the structures with high energy absorption only with renewable energies sources. This system is a fore front window for the most new technologies and for the possible developments of the energy self-production in parallel with the network. Many industries in Europe are discovering the benefits of self-production of energy, cause this way they can provide both the electric and the thermal energy they need in their processes with simple CHP plant, that can be fed with renewable energy sources. The final purpose of the Integrated Energy System is to establish a procedure good for the design of the energetic system of any industrial settlement, considering a big elements number. For every specific user and for every site (of which it’s possible to determine the availability of resources) it has carried out a study that will show the best arrangement between environmental impact and economic factors. The work carried out aims especially to provide a theory base about the conception of an industrial hybrid plant, that representing a cultural platform for the designer of the final plants.

Methodology for eco industrial park

The methodology for Eco Industrial Park is the result obtained from the integration of the work of all the partners involved in the project. Città delle Langhe will disseminate this methodology that can allow the construction of a new EIP, or the optimisation of the existents. “Our” EIP is sustainable, in the respect of environment. We will utilize energy renewable sources, sustainable building materials, we will optimise the resource flows in the industrial process. The innovative waste treatment plant integrated in the Park will produce from the biogas obtained from the waste, the energy for the industries and the municipalities near the Park. For the dissemination of the results of the project we will draft a handbook that will be publishable and exploitable from all municipalities and industries around Europe.

Integrated information system

The automation functionalities include: - The use of field bus technology; - Definition of the physical variables to be monitored; - Definition and selection of the proper actuators; - Definition of communication methodology; - Definition of the cabling system. The I.I.S. was born from the will to provide the EIP system of the necessary intelligence for the control in real-time, and to have feedback as well as a user-friendly component. The technology at field bus on CANopen protocol distinguishes itself for the strength and transmission speed, and it interfaces itself to the user by a network connection disposal on the majority of normal pc. Connecting your own computer or by the optional pc panel component, all necessary data for the diagnostic and the control are displayed. The System development includes also the study of a self-learning software system, able to attend actively the management of the installation answering to events and classifying them automatically. To all that, the services of remote control are joined, with events¿ recording according to different importance levels and the raising of alarms towards the most usual communication devices (e-mail, sms, phone).