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Newsletter - 27 Feb 2023
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The future of heavy industry is flexible

Press release - 27 Feb 2023
To meet the current EU sustainable goals for resources and energy-intensive industries quality is no longer enough. Flexibility is a decisive component for technologies to make industry clean and efficient. This has been the challenge of the EU-funded project BAMBOO since it began in September 2018

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Implications of decarbonisation in a Steel Plant for Heat Recovery Measures

Press release - 24 Jan 2023
An investigation was made to determine the effect of changing energy sources in industrial furnaces using heat recovery systems in steel processing

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Biomass as fuel input to become carbon neutral in the magnesia sector

Press release - 28 Nov 2022
Industries from the magnesia sector are implementing a long-term strategy to replace fossil fuels with biomass

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BAMBOO newsletter 6

Newsletter - 23 Nov 2022
Can heavy industry become more sustainable?

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Blast furnace gas combustion: a sustainable alternative for the steel industry?

Press release - 17 Oct 2022
Optical analysis of blast furnace gas combustion in a laboratory premixed burner

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Color images to analyse Blast Furnace Gas combustion

Press release - 10 Oct 2022
Researchers have started to acquire images inside of BFG co-firing semi-industrial furnaces, employing a color camera

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Refusing to fold: can paper manufacturers face down energy challenges?

Article - 04 Oct 2022
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

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Mining a rich seam of creativity: how the minerals sector is contributing to climate action

Article - 06 Sep 2022
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

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Newsletter 5

Newsletter - 04 May 2022
Articles, scientific publications, training and events

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Waste valorisation in process industries

Press release - 02 May 2022
The valorisation of waste in the energy stream of intensive manufacturing can boost sustainability. The last paper produced by BAMBOO project explores the waste valorisation of Blast Furnace Gas (BFG) in the steel industry, through a colour camera

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Taking the heat: how innovation could slash emissions from oil and gas refining

Article - 20 Jan 2022
New refinements to old technology could drastically reduce the electricity consumption of refinery processes by maximising the potential of waste heat to make emissions-free power

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Optimized waste heat utilization in the steel industry with industrial heat pump and low-temperature distribution system

Press release - 10 Nov 2021
To tackle environmental and climate challenges, industry must reduce its emissions, implement energy efficiency and increase flexibility. The steel industry's energy consumption is strongly related to heat pump technologies that produce the necessary amount of heat and steam necessary for steel processing. However, much heat is lost in this process. And what if it could be captured and exploited elsewhere?

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