- Start: 01/11/2019
- End: 30/11/2023
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 CO2 emissions.
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. AIMEN will develop an adapted spectral system combining multi/hyper spectral imaging solutions together multi-FTIR to characterize in real time size and composition of clinker, after the cooler. Besides, AIMEN will be involved in the effective implementation of control strategies into a retrofitting decision support tool in the plant at the specific use-cases.
- Sectors: Agrochemical, Aluminium, Cement, Ceramics, Steelworks
- Financing programme: Horizon 2020
- R&D&i: Flexible manufacturing cells, Integrated monitoring and control systems, Optical technologies for monitoring and control of natural resources, Robotics for logistics
- Leader: Fundación CIRCE
- Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, SECIL, Instytut Energetyki, IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet, Energy efficiency in industrial processes - EEIP, Geonardo Environmental Technologies Ltd., ODYS SRL, OPTIT SRL, TORRECID SA, Asas Aluminyum Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS, Ferriere Nord Spa - FENO, FERTIBERIA, Sistem Teknik Endustriyel Firinlar Ltd., RINA CONSULTING - CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA - CSM, HTT Engineering SPOL SRO, RINA CONSULTING SPA, Silcotub S. A.
- Acronym: RETROFEED
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://retrofeed.eu/
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