Energy Efficient, Low CO2 Refractories for the Foundation Industries

适用于基础工业的节能、低二氧化碳耐火材料

• 批准号: 10022104
• 金额: $ 6.84万
• 依托单位: PARKINSON - SPENCER REFRACTORIES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10022104
• 关键词: Energy; Efficient; Low; CO2; Refractories

PSR is a leading manufacturer of refractories and engineered glass conditioning systems for the container glass industry, where exports sales account for much of the business. PSR falls within multiple foundation industries (ceramics & glass), where its operations are energy intensive.Current refractories manufacturing methods include long firing cycles where it is believed that substantial (\>10%) energy savings and corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions could be achieved by reducing the lengths of firing cycles.This project aims to find a cost-effective solution to reduce energy consumption in the manufacturing process of ceramic refractories. The addition of dopants to densify the material will be investigated to enable firing at lower temperatures or for shorter times, reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Based on a literature review we believe that \>10% savings are achievable. Study of refractories with dopant additions will be studied by chemical, physical and thermo-mechanical testing.This project will benefit PSR through knowledge transfer with partners, and opportunities to co-create new concepts; transfer best practice through this industry - academia partnership; and improve the energy efficiency of the manufacturing processes. Furthermore, there are potential savings across the UK and global refractories industries if this technology were licensed / applied more widely. A 10% energy and CO2 saving across the relevant products within the global refractories industry, would save an estimated 0.5-5 MT / year, even with only limited uptake:- China's refractories industry alone emitted 55MT CO2 in 2010 (Hu & Kavan, 2014).If PSR were able to reduce each firing time cycle by 10%, which we believe achievable, this would reduce direct PSR's CO2 emissions, lowering energy costs and improving energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and productivity. Most importantly, this technology, once further developed, will then be licensed to relevant parts of the global refractories market, saving 0.5-5 MT CO2 / yr (conservative estimates).

PSR是容器玻璃行业耐火材料和工程玻璃调节系统的领先制造商，出口销售占大部分业务。PSR福尔斯属于多个基础行业（陶瓷和玻璃），目前的耐火材料生产方法包括长烧成周期，据信通过缩短烧成周期的长度可以实现大量（>10%）的能源节约和相应的CO2排放减少。本项目旨在找到一种成本-降低陶瓷耐火材料制造过程中能耗的有效解决方案。将研究添加掺杂剂以使材料致密化，从而能够在较低温度下或较短时间内烧制，从而减少能耗和二氧化碳排放。基于文献综述，我们认为节省10%是可以实现的。该项目将通过与合作伙伴的知识转移和共同创造新概念的机会使PSR受益;通过这种工业-学术界的伙伴关系传播最佳实践;并提高制造过程的能源效率。此外，如果这项技术得到更广泛的许可/应用，英国和全球耐火材料行业可能会节省成本。全球耐火材料行业的相关产品节能10%和二氧化碳减排量，估计每年可节省0.5-5公吨，即使仅有限的吸收量：-仅中国耐火材料行业在2010年就排放了55公吨二氧化碳（Hu & Kavan，2014）。如果PSR能够将每个烧制时间周期缩短10%，我们相信这是可以实现的，这将减少PSR的直接二氧化碳排放，降低能源成本，提高能源效率，环境可持续性和生产力。最重要的是，这项技术一旦得到进一步开发，将被授权给全球耐火材料市场的相关部分，每年可节省0.5-5 MT CO2（保守估计）。