Transforming the Foundation Industries Research and Innovation Hub (TransFIRE)

转型基础产业研究与创新中心 (TransFIRE)

• 批准号: EP/V054627/1
• 负责人: Mark Jolly
• 金额: $ 616.31万
• 依托单位: CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FV054627%2F1
• 关键词: Transforming; Foundation; Industries; Research; Innovation

The Transforming the Foundation Industries Challenge has set out the background of the six foundation industries; cement, ceramics, chemicals, glass, metals and paper, which produce 28 Mt pa (75% of all materials in our economy) with a value of £52Bn but also create 10% of UK CO2 emissions. These materials industries are the root of all supply chains providing fundamental products into the industrial sector, often in vertically-integrated fashion. They have a number of common factors: they are water, resource and energy-intensive, often needing high temperature processing; they share processes such as grinding, heating and cooling; they produce high-volume, often pernicious waste streams, including heat; and they have low profit margins, making them vulnerable to energy cost changes and to foreign competition.Our Vision is to build a proactive, multidisciplinary research and practice driven Research and Innovation Hub that optimises the flows of all resources within and between the FIs. The Hub will work with communities where the industries are located to assist the UK in achieving its Net Zero 2050 targets, and transform these industries into modern manufactories which are non-polluting, resource efficient and attractive places to be employed. TransFIRe is a consortium of 20 investigators from 12 institutions, 49 companies and 14 NGO and government organisations related to the sectors, with expertise across the FIs as well as energy mapping, life cycle and sustainability, industrial symbiosis, computer science, AI and digital manufacturing, management, social science and technology transfer. TransFIRe will initially focus on three major challenges:1 Transferring best practice - applying "Gentani": Across the FIs there are many processes that are similar, e.g. comminution, granulation, drying, cooling, heat exchange, materials transportation and handling. Using the philosophy Gentani (minimum resource needed to carry out a process) this research would benchmark and identify best practices considering resource efficiencies (energy, water etc.) and environmental impacts (dust, emissions etc.) across sectors and share information horizontally.2 Where there's muck there's brass - creating new materials and process opportunities. Key to the transformation of our Foundation Industries will be development of smart, new materials and processes that enable cheaper, lower-energy and lower-carbon products. Through supporting a combination of fundamental research and focused technology development, the Hub will directly address these needs. For example, all sectors have material waste streams that could be used as raw materials for other sectors in the industrial landscape with little or no further processing. There is great potential to add more value by "upcycling" waste by further processes to develop new materials and alternative by-products from innovative processing technologies with less environmental impact. This requires novel industrial symbioses and relationships, sustainable and circular business models and governance arrangements. 3 Working with communities - co-development of new business and social enterprises. Large volumes of warm air and water are produced across the sectors, providing opportunities for low grade energy capture. Collaboratively with communities around FIs, we will identify the potential for co-located initiatives (district heating, market gardening etc.). This research will highlight issues of equality, diversity and inclusiveness, investigating the potential from societal, environmental, technical, business and governance perspectives. Added value to the project comes from the £3.5 M in-kind support of materials and equipment and use of manufacturing sites for real-life testing as well as a number of linked and aligned PhDs/EngDs from HEIs and partners This in-kind support will offer even greater return on investment and strongly embed the findings and operationalise them within the sector.

基础产业转型挑战赛阐述了六大基础产业的背景；水泥、陶瓷、化学品、玻璃、金属和纸张，每年生产 28 公吨（占我们经济中所有材料的 75%），价值 520 亿英镑，但也产生了英国二氧化碳排放量的 10%。这些材料行业是所有供应链的根源，通常以垂直整合的方式为工业部门提供基础产品。它们有很多共同点：都是水、资源和能源密集型，往往需要高温处理；它们共享磨削、加热和冷却等工艺；它们产生大量且通常有害的废物流，包括热量；它们的利润率较低，容易受到能源成本变化和外国竞争的影响。我们的愿景是建立一个积极主动、多学科研究和实践驱动的研究和创新中心，优化金融机构内部和之间所有资源的流动。该中心将与工业所在地的社区合作，协助英国实现2050年净零排放目标，并将这些工业转变为无污染、资源节约型和有吸引力的就业场所的现代制造业。 TransFIRe 是一个由来自 12 个机构、49 家公司以及 14 个与该行业相关的非政府组织和政府组织的 20 名研究人员组成的联盟，其专业知识涵盖金融机构以及能源测绘、生命周期和可持续性、工业共生、计算机科学、人工智能和数字制造、管理、社会科学和技术转让。 TransFIRe 最初将重点关注三个主要挑战：1 转移最佳实践 - 应用“Gentani”：在各个金融机构中，有许多相似的流程，例如粉碎、造粒、干燥、冷却、热交换、物料运输和处理。利用 Gentani（执行流程所需的最少资源）这一理念，这项研究将衡量和确定跨部门的资源效率（能源、水等）和环境影响（灰尘、排放等）的最佳实践，并横向共享信息。2哪里有淤泥，哪里就有黄铜——创造新材料和工艺机会。我们基础产业转型的关键是开发智能新材料和工艺，以实现更便宜、更低能耗和低碳的产品。通过支持基础研究和重点技术开发的结合，该中心将直接满足这些需求。例如，所有部门都有材料废物流，这些废物流可以用作工业领域其他部门的原材料，而无需进一步加工或很少加工。通过进一步加工“升级回收”废物，利用创新加工技术开发新材料和替代副产品，对环境影响较小，从而增加更多价值的潜力巨大。这需要新颖的产业共生和关系、可持续和循环的商业模式以及治理安排。 3 与社区合作——共同发展新业务和社会企业。这些部门产生大量的暖空气和水，为低品位能源捕获提供了机会。我们将与金融机构周围的社区合作，确定同地办公举措（区域供暖、商品园艺等）的潜力。这项研究将突出平等、多样性和包容性问题，从社会、环境、技术、商业和治理的角度调查其潜力。该项目的附加值来自于对材料和设备的 350 万英镑实物支持，以及使用制造场地进行实际测试，以及来自高等教育机构和合作伙伴的许多相互联系和一致的博士/工程师。这种实物支持将提供更大的投资回报，并将研究结果强有力地嵌入到该行业中并将其付诸实践。

项目成果

Uncertainty Quantification of the CO2 Storage Process in the Bunter Closure 36 Model

Bunter Closure 36 模型中二氧化碳封存过程的不确定性量化

• DOI: 10.3390/su15032004
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Sustainability
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Ahmadinia M

Use of remote sensing to assess vegetative stress as a proxy for soil contamination

• DOI: 10.1039/d3em00480e
• 发表时间: 2023-11-23
• 期刊: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-PROCESSES & IMPACTS
• 影响因子: 5.5
• 作者: Dean，John R.;Ahmed，Shara;Perry，Justin J.
• 通讯作者: Perry，Justin J.

Sustainable Design and Manufacturing - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM 2022)

可持续设计与制造 - 第九届可持续设计与制造国际会议 (SDM 2022) 论文集

• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9205-6_5
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Ahmadinia M

Suitability of nickel aluminium bronze alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion to be used in the marine environment

• DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2023.111656
• 发表时间: 2023-11
• 期刊: Corrosion Science
• 影响因子: 8.3
• 作者: C. Arcos;J.A. Ramos-Grez;M. Sancy;I. La Fé-Perdomo;R. Setchi;C. Guerra

Alternative raw material research for decarbonization of UK glass manufacture

英国玻璃制造脱碳的替代原材料研究

• DOI: 10.1111/ijag.16637
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: International Journal of Applied Glass Science
• 影响因子: 2.1
• 作者: Deng W