Projects

CO2-neu­tral pro­cess heat generation

Stu­dy com­mis­sio­ned by the Fede­ral Envi­ron­ment Agen­cy (Umwelt­bun­des­amt),
1 June 2019 til end of May 2023

The objec­ti­ves of the pro­ject are to deter­mi­ne the cur­rent sta­te of the art and the need for fur­ther action in the area of rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment for the use of CO2-neu­tral pro­cess hea­ting sys­tems for the respec­ti­ve indus­tries and are­as of appli­ca­ti­on. A fur­ther objec­ti­ve is to esti­ma­te the eco­no­mic via­bi­li­ty of …

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COSI­Ma: CO2-neu­tral Saint-Gobain indus­tri­al site Her­zo­gen­rath — fea­si­bi­li­ty study

progress.nrw, 1 Janu­ary 2022 to 28 Febru­ary 2025

The acti­vi­ties plan­ned at the Saint-Gobain site fol­low two paths that com­ple­ment each other to form a holi­stic con­cept. In addi­ti­on to the deve­lo­p­ment of a new glass fur­nace tech­no­lo­gy (“CO2-neu­tral glass mel­ting fur­nace”), an opti­mi­sed ener­gy effi­ci­en­cy of the over­all ener­gy sys­tem at the site is …

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Deve­lo­p­ment and expe­ri­men­tal vali­da­ti­on of nume­ri­cal heat trans­fer models for impinge­ment jets

IGF, 1 Janu­ary 2023 to 31 Decem­ber 2024

The plan­ned pro­ject should con­tri­bu­te to the deve­lo­p­ment of a favoura­ble and effi­ci­ent design opti­on for nozz­le sys­tems. For this pur­po­se, an inno­va­ti­ve, nume­ri­cal model­ling approach is to be used with which the heat trans­fer bet­ween impact jets and the impact sur­face can be cal­cu­la­ted with suf­fi­ci­ent accu­ra­cy. At present, …

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FlexHeat2Anneal: Fle­xi­ble use of hydro­gen in con­ti­nuous anne­al­ing lines and hot-dip coa­ting lines to redu­ce CO2 emis­si­ons in the steel industry

BMWK, 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025

To enable a switch to hydro­gen, exis­ting sys­tems (PP and W hea­ting tubes) will first be exami­ned for the use of hydro­gen and natu­ral gas-hydro­gen blends within the frame­work of FlexHeat2Anneal. Sub­se­quent­ly, a fuel-fle­xi­ble and ener­gy-effi­ci­ent bur­ner-radi­ant tube sys­tem will be …

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FLOX‑2®: Mul­ti-stage fla­me­l­ess oxi­da­ti­on as a con­tri­bu­ti­on to the gene­ra­ti­on of CO2-neu­tral pro­cess heat

BMWK, 1 May 2020 to 31 Decem­ber 2023

Mul­ti-stage fla­me­l­ess oxi­da­ti­on is con­side­red an exten­si­on of fla­me­l­ess oxi­da­ti­on. Fur­ther­mo­re, this type of com­bus­ti­on is also available in pro­ces­ses with com­bus­ti­on cham­ber tem­pe­ra­tures below the auto-igni­ti­on tem­pe­ra­tu­re. Thus, hea­ting up in fla­me mode is no lon­ger requi­red and …

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Heat­Steel: Deve­lo­p­ment of a pro­cess model for a strip anne­al­ing line

progres.nrw, 1 Janu­ary 2022 to 31 Decem­ber 2024

The aim of the Heat­Steel pro­ject is to deve­lop an inno­va­ti­ve and ener­gy-effi­ci­ent anne­al­ing line for thin stain­less mar­ten­si­tic pre­cis­i­on strips. At the same time, in the cour­se of deve­lo­ping an ener­gy-effi­ci­ent line, the ext­ent to which pro­cess sta­bi­li­ty can be impro­ved in terms of pro­duct qua­li­ty is to be examined …

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Heat trans­fer at sur­face cont­acts in pre­hea­ting and heat tre­at­ment pro­ces­ses
(“Sur­face Cont­acts II”)

IGF, 1 July 2021 to 31 Decem­ber 2023

In the cur­rent pro­ject, an exis­ting test rig is fur­ther deve­lo­ped for inves­ti­ga­ting the tem­pe­ra­tu­re ran­ge rele­vant to ther­mo-pro­ces­sing at low cont­act stres­ses. The test rig will be used to mea­su­re the ther­mal resis­tance bet­ween sur­face cont­acts. During the mea­su­re­ments, the temperature, …

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Incre­asing the ther­mo­me­cha­ni­cal sta­bi­li­ty of tan­gen­ti­al fans for the use in ther­mopro­ces­sing plants

IGF, 1 August 2019 to 30 April 2023

The aim of this pro­ject is to design a ther­mo­me­cha­ni­cal­ly sta­ble tan­gen­ti­al fan for use in ther­mopro­ces­sing plants. For this pur­po­se, nume­ri­cal inves­ti­ga­ti­ons are car­ri­ed out to increase the ther­mo­me­cha­ni­cal sta­bi­li­ty using the fini­te ele­ment method and the influence on the flu­id mecha­ni­cal properties …

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Inves­ti­ga­ti­on of the influence of fle­xi­ble ope­ra­ting modes of indus­tri­al fur­naces on the ser­vice life of metal­lic high-tem­pe­ra­tu­re components

AiF, IGF, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024

The aim of the rese­arch pro­ject is to inves­ti­ga­te the influence of fle­xi­ble fur­nace ope­ra­ti­on on the ser­vice life of metal­lic high-tem­pe­ra­tu­re com­pon­ents. In the cour­se of the pro­ject, a mathe­ma­ti­cal model will be crea­ted to descri­be the creep defor­ma­ti­on and mate­ri­al dama­ge of sel­ec­ted mate­ri­als, which will …

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Impro­ve­ment of heat trans­fer in tube-bund­le heat exch­an­gers by using struc­tu­red tubes

ZIM, 20 Octo­ber 2020 to 30 Sep­tem­ber 2023

The aim of the rese­arch pro­ject is to impro­ve the ener­gy effi­ci­en­cy and eco­no­my of gas-fired indus­tri­al fur­nace sys­tems with cen­tral air pre­hea­ting. This goal is to be achie­ved by incre­asing the sur­face area and impro­ving the heat trans­fer of the indi­vi­du­al tube bund­les in a cen­tral recuperator …

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PbFree­Pat: Pro­cess model­ling of wire patenting in lead bath and eva­lua­ti­on of lead-free alternatives

IGF, 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2024

Within the pro­ject “PbFree­Pat”, the heat tre­at­ment of steel wire is inves­ti­ga­ted in depth. Steel wire is used in a varie­ty of dif­fe­rent pro­ducts. Appli­ca­ti­ons ran­ge from ropes or rope cores, tyre cord in tyres or pre-pro­ducts for the manu­fac­tu­ring of screws, pins and springs. During the pro­duc­tion of …

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REVaMP: Retro­fit­ting Equip­ment for Effi­ci­ent Use of Varia­ble Feedstock in Metal Making Processes

Hori­zon 2020, EU SPIRE, 1 Janu­ary 2020 to 31 Decem­ber 2023

The main objec­ti­ve of the REVaMP pro­ject is to deve­lop, adapt and app­ly novel retro­fit­ting tech­no­lo­gies to cope with the incre­asing varia­bi­li­ty and to ensu­re an effi­ci­ent use of the feedstock in terms of mate­ri­als and ener­gy. This will be exem­pla­ri­ly demons­tra­ted within three dif­fe­rent use cases …

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Spray nozz­le fields in coo­ling sec­tions: Defi­ned set­up of heat trans­fer pro­files in spray nozz­le fields for opti­miza­ti­on of heat tre­at­ment in con­ti­nuous strip plants

IGF, 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2023

The flow phe­no­me­na and their influence on the heat trans­fer are inves­ti­ga­ted in the pro­ject “Spray nozz­le fields in coo­ling sec­tions” in order to adjust the heat trans­fer on the sur­face in a defi­ned way after­wards. The flow phe­no­me­na are deter­mi­ned at the Depart­ment for Indus­tri­al Furnace …

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ZeroCO2Glas: Deve­lo­p­ment of a novel hydro­gen-fired glass mel­ting fur­nace with the aim of a CO2-neu­tral con­tai­ner glass production

BMWK, 1 Janu­ary 2022 to 31 Decem­ber 2024

The over­all goal of the ZeroCO2Glas pro­ject is to deve­lop a revo­lu­tio­na­ry glass mel­ting pro­cess in con­nec­tion with a new type of glass mel­ting tank in an all-encom­pas­sing approach, with which con­tai­ner glass can be mel­ted in a CO2-neu­tral man­ner and with signi­fi­cant ener­gy savings … 

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