Objective The objective of the project is to develop knowledge and engineering tools able to assist the optimization of design, control and operation of glass/ceramic furnaces, cement kilns and baking ovens in order to improve energy efficiency and reduce pollution. This goal will be achieved through the use of dedicated modelling, advanced massive sensoring and its application to enhanced model based control strategies. The project will extend, widen, apply and improve the work carried out in a previous project (JOUE-CT90-0051). Glass/ceramic, cement and baking industries are responsible for an important part of the industrial energy consumption and pollutant emissions in EC countries. Advanced knowledge of the fluid flow and heat transfer processes in their industrial furnaces, kilns and ovens is an essential basis to determine improved design and operation. Massive sensoring and dedicated modelling of the involved industrial equipment will permit the delivery of optimized control strategies and new design concepts for an improved energy efficiency in kilns, furnaces and ovens operation. The above goals will be achieved as follows: - Development and application of advanced sensors in harsh environments allowing the access to non-conventional controllable variables and extensive characterization of the process. - Development and validation of dedicated physically-based models of kilns, furnaces and ovens (comprising associated equipment) through the use of multidimensional and dynamic approaches. The model will embody information obtained through the massive characterization of the equipment. Validation of the developed models will be achieved through experimental characterization with advanced sensors considered in the previous objective. Continued development and validation of multidimensional physically-based mathematical models will be undertaken to ensure an innovative model basis. - Study of more energy efficient design and operation concepts, in basis of the modelling facilities and new sensoring capacities above referred. Lower cost pollutant abatement possibilities will be concurrently considered. The tools to be developed will allow optimization of furnace/oven/kiln operating conditions, design and control. This approach will yield substantial energy savings, low-cost control of environmental impact and longer life cycle of equipment. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramicsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 040201 - Industry Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO EU contribution No data Address 1,Avenida Rovisco Pais 1 1049-001 LISBOA Portugal See on map Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ATZ-EVUS Germany EU contribution No data Address Kropfersrichter Straße 6-8 92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg See on map Total cost No data Association pour le Développement de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Système Appliqué France EU contribution No data Address 7 boulevard du Maréchal Juin 91371 Verrières-le-Buisson See on map Total cost No data Centre for Renewable Energy Sources Greece EU contribution No data Address KM 19TH,Marathonos Avenue 19009 Pikermi Attiki See on map Total cost No data Faculté Polytechnique de Mons Belgium EU contribution No data Address 9,Rue Houdain 7000 Mons See on map Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Exhibition Road SW7 2BX LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTERG - Instituto da Energia Portugal EU contribution No data Address Instituto Superior Tecnico 1096 Lisboa See on map Total cost No data Institut National du Verre Belgium EU contribution No data Address 10,Boulevard Defontaine 6000 Charleroi See on map Total cost No data Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 15,Lawickse Allee 6700 AA Wageningen See on map Total cost No data Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 501,Laan van Westenenk 501 7300 AH Apeldoorn See on map Total cost No data Titan Cement Company SA Greece EU contribution No data Address 22 A,Halkidos Street 11143 Athens See on map Total cost No data Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium EU contribution No data Address 50,Av.Franklin Roosevelt 1050 Bruxelles See on map Total cost No data