SUSTAINABLE PROCESSINDUSTRYEUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETTIVENESS TROUGHRESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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Reduction of GHG Emissions .Valorisation of a variety of industrial inorganic waste or by-products into resources .

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www.viokeral.com

VIOKERAL , is one of the most important clay building materials producers in Greece and neighbouring Balkan countries (Bulgaria and Albania)

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Established in 1920 as family owned company , created through the decades a great reputation for INNOVATION and PROGRESSIVE GROWTH , that both ensure reliable quality products , such as : hollow and perforated bricks, roof tiles, and celler system.

550.000 tn of ceramic building materials are produced annualy at six different owned plants , fullfilling quality standards and aesthetic design.

By the participation to the EU – ETS , VIOKERAL organised R&D&I department , in order to achieve the KYOTO target and creates CARBON OFFSETS .Thus , in the production process , valorise waste or by-products into raw materials .

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1. Enriching natural clay resources and optimizing process parameters, guided by product quality specifications. 2. Production of innovative materials through low temperature processes (e.g. building products and materials for exceptional use) and innovative materials through high temperature processes (e.g. refractory materials)……………………………....

3. Increase efficiency at kilns , boilers, heat exchangers and develop automation systems and technological innovations 4. Involve cross-sectorial corporations, machinery constructors and research institutes into the chain “ RESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY – EMISSIONS AND POLLUTANTS REDUCTION ”.

……….What makes the difference……..a) Safe management and recycling into useful materials of a wide variety of common industrial by-products b) Holistic approach for resource and environmental management 4

Project Idea Concept

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Clay Materials

MixingHomogenizing

CharacterizationNovel MaterialsManufacturing

Processes

Property and Microstructure

Characterization

Applications Scale up

EnergyBalance

Air EmissionsFeedback

Feedback

IndustrialBy-

products

MixingHomogenizing

Characterization

Synthesis Low T

Microstructure & Property

Characterization

Low T materials

Feedback for Microstructure Modification

Possible Material Content Modification

Stream A

Streams B & C Synthesis

High T High T materials

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Existing Project Consortium

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TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

THESSALY

Research study on the incorporation of steel industry by-products into clay ceramics

STEEL INDUSTRY

Processes a large range of steel

manufacturing and metal processing by-

products

- Process scale up- New products- GHG Reduction

Co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek National Funds through the Operational Programs “Competitiveness and Entrepreneuship and Regions in Transition” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: COOPERATION 2011.

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Possible partners

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POWER PLANTS

PRODUCERS OF GHG

EMISSIONS

MINING INDUSTRY

METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY

RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS /

UNIVERSITIES

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Machinery constructors

and automation

systems

Research institutes /

laboratories / universities

Ceramic industry

(LCA)

(BAT)

(LCC)

Looking for partners…

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Various Process / Industrial Sectors

Feed Horizontal

Process & applications

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Contact details

1. Filippos G. SapounasVIOKERAL – TERRA S.A.e-mail: fgsapon@gmail.com

2. Dr. Xenofon Spiliotise-mail: spil@teilar.gr

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