Dear reader,

It is time for new updates from BAMBOO.

The project is facing its last months and the partners are working in the obtention, analysis and dissemination of the demonstration results. 

In the first pillar of the project, waste heat recovery, the experimental tests of the High Temperature Heat Pump on the steel sector have started. The first results are expected for the coming weeks. In the case of petrochemical sector, the lessons learned about the implementation of the ORC in this sector have been gathered in an interesting deliverable which will be opened to the general public.

In the second pillar, electrical flexibility, three different scenario cases for the integration of a paper plant in the German grid are being analysed. The dissemination of these results will be carried out during these last months of the project.

The third pillar of the project, based on waste streams recovery, included the development of a low NOx burner for the mineral sector and the development of a flame monitoring system for a steel furnace.  The first demo is finished and great achievements in efficiency and emissions reduction were obtained. For the flame monitoring, several machine learning models are being tested on the videos acquired during a wide experimental campaign.  The accuracy of the models for some combustion parameters is expected to be close to the 100 %.

For all the technologies, the Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Cost are being developed in order to evaluate their environmental and economic impacts.

Our last articles explored the mineral and paper industries to learn how these sectors are mitigating carbon emissions through enhancing the sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of their downstream operations. BAMBOO has also been featured by the magazine Insight.

BAMBOO is also publishing scientific papers to showcase the results achieved. The newest are about colour images to analyse Blast Furnace Gas combustion and its application to the steel industry. You can visit our website and download the papers, as well as the public deliverables.

One last big news: the whole month of November will be the #BAMBOOIndustryMonth. Every Wednesday, from 3 to 4.30pm, there will be a webinar dedicated to one technology developed by the project. The extensive programme and the registration links are available on our website and in this newsletter.

Enjoy your reading!

Jorge Arroyo Villanueva
BAMBOO coordinator – Fundacion CIRCE

MINING A RICH SEAM OF CREATIVITY: HOW THE MINERALS SECTOR IS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE ACTION.
The minerals industry in Europe supports thousands of jobs and livelihoods, and attention is turning to how to balance its energy requirements with its climate responsibilities to make the sector more sustainable
REFUSING TO FOLD: CAN PAPER MANUFACTURERS FACE DOWN ENERGY CHALLENGES?
The paper and pulp industry is facing unprecedented challenges from the steepling rise in energy costs, but innovation could help to secure its future and meet its climate targets
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
COLOUR IMAGES TO ANALYSE BLAST FURNACE GAS COMBUSTION

Researchers have started to acquire images inside of BFG co-firing semi-industrial furnaces, employing a colour camera
 
BLAST FURNACE GAS COMBUSTION: A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY?

Optical analysis of blast furnace gas combustion in a laboratory premixed burner
TRAINING PROGRAMME
WEBINAR SERIES ON BAMBOO TECHNOLOGIES
November is the #BambooIndustryMonth: every Wednesday, from 3 to 4.30 pm, our experts will guide you to the discovery of one specific technology developed by the project.
2/11/22, 3 pm

Waste heat recovery as a solution to boost efficiency in energy-intensive industries
Tommaso Ferrari, Mirko Ferrari (TURBODEN).
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9/11/22, 3 pm

Fuel flexibility in combustion processes in energy-intensive industries 
Roberto Arévalo (Fundacion CIRCE).
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16/11/22, 3 pm

Combustion monitoring in the steel industry using computer vision and machine learning 
Pedro Compais (Fundacion CIRCE).
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23/11/22, 3 pm

High-temperature heat pumps and steam generation
Felix Hubmann (Austrian Institute of Technology) 
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30/11/22, 3pm

Virtual Battery Model applied to a use case from the pulp and paper sector
Sophie Knöttner (Austrian Institut of Technology), Kilian Dickel (Technische Universitat Braunschweig).
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