On February 14, the review meeting and final meeting for our REVaMP project took place in Brussels. Together with the 14 project partners, the IOB, represented by Felix Kaiser and Tim Reichel, presented the most important results and answered questions from the reviewers.
The thematic background to the project: The European manufacturing industry consumes large amounts of energy and resources every year. In metal production, the recycling of scrap metal from old products is ecologically and economically advantageous. The use of recycled materials as feedstock reduces the consumption of resources and significantly lowers energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
However, metal-producing companies today are confronted with increasing fluctuations in secondary raw materials and energy sources. As part of REVaMP, various solutions for retrofitting plants have been developed: scrap analysis sensors for improved inline analysis of scrap metal, optimal selection of input materials for material and energy efficiency, scrap preheating systems to improve energy efficiency during melting and model-based software tools for optimal process monitoring and control.
As part of the project, the IOB is responsible for the ecological evaluation of the conversion measures. To this end, extensive material flow analyses and life cycle assessments were created in order to evaluate the various use cases and their processes. In his presentation, Felix Kaiser presented the methodological approaches, explained the individual process models and showed in the overview of results which savings potential can be achieved through the measures developed in the project.
The REVaMP project was classified as successful by the experts; all work packages were completed. The project is therefore considered complete and also provided many interesting findings and points of reference. The meeting took place in Brussels at the premises of the Catalan delegation. Between the individual presentations and discussions, the individual project partners were able to exchange ideas, review the past project years and talk about new research ideas. We would like to thank them for the great cooperation and look forward to further exciting projects.
