Search Outputs from SPIRE Projects
This new (beta) section of the SPIRE website allows you to browse and search through Outputs from projects across the SPIRE portfolio. Beyond just information on the main exploitable technologies and innovations, projects are also encouraged to use this framework to share other resources that could be of use to SPIRE stakeholders and other projects, such as education and training materials, links to published papers, demonstration photos, technology reviews, etc.
CoPro: Anomaly detection in polyethylene production
The Solution
Application of machine learning algorithms for anomaly detection and prediction. Prediction of plant failures in polyethylene production using those algorithms. Integration into divis’...CoPro: Operator support for improving energy and material efficiency
CoPro: Cross-company site-wide optimisation without sharing of sensitive data
CoPro: Planning and scheduling of make and pack processes
Indus3Es Absorption Heat Transformer (AHT) ASSESSMENT TOOL
The Indus3Es Assessment tool allows any potential planner or user to make a first assessment of the technical and economic potential of the installation of an absorption heat transformer (AHT) based heat recovery system under certain boundaries. It provides a predesign report including potential costs and energetic, emissions and economic savings that can be used to decide if the system is of interest.
The tool is based on a simplified thermodynamic model for the capacity and...
Assessment of Standardisation Needs and Ways to Overcome Regulatory Bottlenecks in the Process Industry
HARMONI aims at bringing together all the relevant stakeholders of the process industry to jointly identify, analyse and propose solutions to the regulatory bottlenecks and standardization needs that hamper their innovation processes and the market uptake of their results, necessary to move towards a more sustainable and competitive European process industry. In order to achieve HARMONI’s overarching goal, the consortium will develop and apply a methodology for ensuring an effective...
MAESTRI
The MAESTRI project aims to advance the sustainability of European manufacturing and process industries. This is done by providing a management system in the form of a flexible and scalable platform, and to guide and simplify the implementation of an innovative approach, the Total Efficiency Framework. The overall aim of this framework is to encourage a culture of improvement within process industries by assisting the decision-making process, supporting the development of improvement...
SPRING - Decision Making Methodology and Interactive Workshop Example
As part of the Project SPRING review of decision-making methods for selecting technology for resource/energy efficiency improvements in industry, we have produced an educational module to describe a good-practice methodology. Supporting the Methodology Module, an interactive example that enables a team to practise various elements of best practice decision-making methodology has been developed. The background problem is generic – based on assessing technologies to improve the energy...
DREAM Technology Case Study: CHP unit
The use of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit has proved to be an effective solution for increasing the overall energy efficiency. The CHP unit can generate part of the electricity needed to supply the electric kiln appliances (fans, motors etc.) whilst the heat of its exhausts is recycled to the sprydrier or any of the thermal machines installed along the production line, in function of the cost/benefit ratio achievable. The integration of a CHP unit is an interesting option for those...
DREAM Technology Case Study: Heat Pipe Solutions
Heat-pipe technology is fostering a new generation of low-energy, low-emissions kilns. Heat pipes transfer waste heat from from the cooling stage, to be re-used for the drier, supplied to the kiln’s combustion system as combustion air or as a heat source for factory heating. Heat pipe technology is money-saving, clean and with lower carbon emissions from burning less fossil fuel. Therefore, it reduces the overall carbon footprint of the factory. As a result, it generates profit, giving the...
DREAM: CFD Simulations of Kilns
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations have been demonstrated as efficient tools for the investigation of different design solutions for the kiln's components. The analysis helped to improve the energy efficiency and thus the fuel consumption and the corresponding carbon dioxide emissions of an industrial ceramic kiln. The generated model is able to predict accurately the temperature distribution along the different modules of the kiln and the operation of the many natural gas...
DREAM: Methodology for Market Replication
According to the EU Commission, a ‘market replication’ assessment aims to support the first application/deployment in the market of an innovation that has already been demonstrated but not yet applied/deployed in the market due to market failures/barriers to uptake.
Market Replication aims to:
Develop a comprehensive feasibility study on a project technologies transferability to other process industries Raising interest among other process industries stakeholders Develop a...
