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Welcome to the 25th edition of the A.SPIRE newsletter, the last one before launching the new co-programmed Partnership with the European Commission under Horizon Europe:
Processes4Planet
We aim to bring you the latest news, insights and success stories from the A.SPIRE community, within the SPIRE and Processes4Planet Partnerships and the European process industry sectors. We encourage you to share this Newsletter through your networks and channels. Let's spread A.SPIRE messages!
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Welcome to our New A.SPIRE Member
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The following organisation have recently joined A.SPIRE:
We warmly welcome our new partnes and look forward to contributions to make our Partnership and community stronger than ever.
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Interested in becoming a member?
Register for our next Added Value webinar for potential new members and interested professionals.
The next webinar will take place on the 17th of June.
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PROCESSES4PLANET LAUNCH ⚙️4️⃣🌍
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Processes4Planet Partnership MoU signature ✍️🚀
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The signature of MoU for Processes4Planet co-programmed Partnership will be taking place during the European Research & Innovation Days, on June 23. We are looking forward to this moment! |
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European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. The event will take place online on 23 and 24 June 2021, allowing everyone to get involved from anywhere.
#RiDaysEU
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🎉 Processes4Planet Partnership Launch Event 🎉
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A.SPIRE is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the new co-programmed partnership Processes4Planet: a new chapter that deserves to be celebrated!
The virtual event will take place on Wednesday 23rd of June from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. We would very much appreciate your presence to warmly welcome our new partnership, aimed at achieving an integrated and digital EU Process Industry, fostering a well-below 2 degrees scenario and a fully circular economy for our planet and society.
Join us and be ready to learn more and become a first-hour fan of the Processes4Planet Partnership ⚙️4️⃣🌍
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HUBS4CIRCULARITY WORKSHOP
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Last 21st of April, the European Commission organized a Workshop on ‘A new flagship initiative – Hubs for Circularity”.
This event has been a fruitful opportunity for exchange information, explain the concept and gather ideas from different perspectives from exceptional speakers from European Commission, ECoP, companies and organizations. A lot has been discussed on the Industrial Urban Symbiosis main challenge is the system shift from linear business models to whole circular business models.
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Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis SPIRE-SAIS launches the newsletter
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The Skills Alliance for Industrial Symbiosis SPIRE-SAIS is ready to launch its first newsletter on Industrial Symbiosis and Energy Efficiency related skills requirements.
Subscribe here to not miss what's up with the project!
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INCITE brand new video |
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INCITE just released an animated video. The project brings together 8 European partners and will be carried out over 48 months, from September 2019 to August 2023.
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INCITE aims to demonstrate novel integrated processing paths involving flow chemistry and membrane technology in chemo-enzymatic processes. The following video explains the context, solution and commitment of the project and is suitable for all audiences: no need to be an engineer! Enjoy!
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PERFORM advancements |
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PERFORM has reached the middle term of the project. At the M24 General Assembly meeting the partners involved in the consortium informed about the progress of their different tasks. A new milestone was achieved: the feedstock was selected and characterized. For that process, 7 analytical methods were developed for analysis.
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IUser requirements and specifications for Perform Pilot platform and Conceptual Process Diagrams were delivered. Likewise, the design and sizing of the reactor modeling were completed, and proof of concept and lab-scale optimization were obtained for maleic, valeric, adipic, and glucaric acid.
Preliminary Power Platform demonstration was done, and the system configuration is under the definition. The process assessment is ongoing, and the quality product assessment should kick off soon with the testing of received samples. The 1st external macro-environment has been developed, and it will be updated periodically, while the external micro environment development is in execution.
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Successful first intermediate report for PLAST2bCLEANED
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The project is on the right track! Regarding the pre-sorting process: our RAMAN spectroscopy equipment is set-up and calibrated and a spectral library is in place.
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Over 18 months, the consortium members TNO and Fraunhofer ICT performed over 300 experiments on the different steps of the process. Model and reference Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment materials supplied by the project partners were used to test the efficiency of antimony trioxide and brominated flame retardants removal from the polymer as well as recovery of these two additives.
The analysis showed that the removal of additives is well underway to reach specifications. A Process Flow Diagram (PFD) was drawn based on the best results of the individual steps. This PFD will be the basis of the design of the technology readiness level (TRL) 5 set-up at Fraunhofer ICT.
Likewise, an impact assessment was carried out for better environmental performance and reduced costs by using 50% of Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) compared to virgin material.
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iWays - a set of technologies and systems for industrial processes to recover water, energy and materials
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iWAYS will create solutions and operational changes to condensate and purify water from exhausts to reuse it. Heat and materials will also be recovered.
Each one of the innovations will generate impacts that benefit not only the European industry but also the environment with a reduction of 60% of final gaseous pollutants.
3 use cases are going to validate the solutions in the ceramics, chemicals and steel tube industries.
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Major Milestone in the FReSMe project: One ton of maritime fuel produced per day from steel off-gases
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FReSME project reached a very important milestone by producing methanol in the pilot plant in Lulea, Sweden, for the first time.
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The FReSMe pilot plant, located at SWERIM facilities in Luleå, Sweden, is producing one ton of methanol per day from blast furnace gas delivered by SSAB steel mill. This is the first demonstration that the valorisation of residual steel gases is feasible at large scale using actual blast furnace gas. The residual gas is extracted and separated into CO2 and H2 gas streams using a sorption enhanced water-gas shift technology (a separation technology coming from the previous STEPWISE project) as well as membrane gas separation technology. The H2 is reacted with CO2 using CRI’s Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology, which was designed and tested in the MefCO2 project. Three test campaigns include different combinations of gas sourcing and operational conditions. Hydrogen that is both produced by water electrolysis as well as separated from the blast furnace gas will be tested separately and together in combination with CO2.
This opens the door to further scaling up low carbon technologies for the production of both steel and methanol with a low climate impact. In the FReSMe project eleven companies, committed to drastically reduce the climate impact of the steel making process, have joined forces to demonstrate that with the right technologies methanol can be made effectively from blast furnace gas.
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New Alliance for Energy Cooperation in European Industries created |
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The Alliance has been set by five Horizon 2020 projects: EMB3Rs, INCUBIS, R-ACES, SO WHAT (all funded under SPIRE calls) and S-PARCS, which together have received a total of €14.5 million in funding from the European Commission.
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The main goal of the alliance is to maximise the projects’ impact and improve the quality and relevance of their outputs, ultimately contributing to boost energy efficiency, waste heat recovery, and energy cooperation in the European industries.
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