Data to Enable Transformation and Optimisation for Concrete Sustainability (DETOCS)

水泥生产占全球二氧化碳排放量的8%，主要来自石灰石加工和熟料生产。熟料可以被其他原材料取代，如粘土、灰烬、矿渣或再生混凝土细粉。这些材料可以加工成补充胶凝材料(SCM)，其二氧化碳排放量比波特兰水泥低。DETOCS提出了一种新的方法，以快速增加现有生产设施中SCM的使用：通过利用数字工具的最新创新来预测和控制水泥和混凝土混合物的质量，与当今的标准相比，SCM的使用量较高。我们的网络旨在为创建知识和新模型奠定科学基础，以研究高质量SCM的生产及其对低碳水泥和混凝土混合料的影响。目标是到2030年将熟料系数从目前的约70%降低到40%，到2035年降低到25%，目标是二氧化碳排放量达到0.2t CO2/t水泥(而目前的全球平均水平为0.65t CO2/t水泥)。在DETOCS，合作伙伴将顶尖的科学专业知识、跨学科知识、工程解决方案和现实世界的过程数据结合到一个行业驱动的网络中。这种结构化的方法结合了学术界和工业界每个单独项目的互补性研究。在开展顶层研究工作的同时，每个合作伙伴在当地以及在专门的培训学校、研讨会和网络一级的讲习班上提供最新的科学课程和可转让的技能培训。通过这种方式，每个博士生都积累了深厚的科学专业知识和跨学科知识，以在项目期间和之后提供改变游戏规则的清洁技术创新。DETOCS以影响力为导向，致力于在价值链上打造一系列高水平的联合出版物、专利和创新。该项目将为首个脱碳水泥和混凝土产品的工程解决方案奠定基础。

Cement production is responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions, mainly from limestone processing to produce clinker. Clinker can be replaced by other raw materials, such as clay, ashes, slags or recycled concrete fines. These materials can be processed into Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM), which have a lower CO2 footprint than Portland Cement. DETOCS proposes a new approach to rapidly increase the use of SCMs on existing production facilities: by exploiting the latest innovations in digital tools to predict and control the quality of cement and concrete blends with high amounts of SCMs compared to today's standards. Our network aims to lay the scientific foundations to create knowledge and new models to study the production of high quality SCMs and their impact on low-carbon cement and concrete mixes. The goal is to reduce clinker factor from ca. 70% today to 40% by 2030 and 25% by 2035, targeting a CO2 emissions of 0.2 t.CO2/t.cement (compared to today's global average of 0.65 t.CO2/t.cement). At DETOCS, the partners combine top-notch scientific expertise, interdisciplinary know-how, engineering solutions and real-world process data into an industry-driven network. The structured approach combines complementary research for each individual project in the academic and industry sectors. The top-level research work is accompanied by a balanced mix of the newest scientific courses and transferable skills training delivered by each partner locally and in dedicated training schools, seminars, and workshops at the network level. This way, each doctoral candidate builds up deep scientific expertise and interdisciplinary knowledge to deliver game changing cleantech innovations during and after the project. DETOCS is impact-driven and strives for a portfolio of high-class joint publications, patents, and innovations along the value chain. The project will lay the foundations for first-of-its-kind engineering solutions to decarbonize cement and concrete products.