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生产熟料。熟料可以用其他原材料代替，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），其具有比波特兰水泥更低的CO2足迹。DETOCS提出了一种新的方法来快速增加SCM在现有生产设施中的使用：通过利用数字化工具的最新创新来预测和控制与当今标准相比具有大量SCM的水泥和混凝土混合物的质量。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物的影响。目的是降低熟料系数。到2030年将减少70%，到2035年将减少40%，目标是二氧化碳排放量达到0.2吨二氧化碳/吨水泥（目前全球平均水平为0.65吨二氧化碳/吨水泥）。在DETOCS，合作伙伴联合收割机将一流的科学专业知识、跨学科专业知识、工程解决方案和真实的过程数据结合到一个行业驱动的网络中。结构化的方法结合了学术和工业部门每个项目的互补研究。顶级的研究工作伴随着最新的科学课程和可转移的技能培训的平衡组合，由每个合作伙伴在本地和专门的培训学校，研讨会和网络层面的研讨会提供。通过这种方式，每个博士生都建立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以影响力为驱动力，致力于在价值链上沿着形成一系列高水平的联合出版物、专利和创新。该项目将为水泥和混凝土产品脱碳的首个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.