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10 years of progress in R&D for the steel industry within the RFCS programme. Bertrand de Lamberterie, Secretary General ESTEP. The steel production process. 2 main production routes : Blast Furnace & converter. - Scraps + Electric Arc Furnace.
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10 years of progress in R&D for the steel industry within the RFCS programme Bertrand de Lamberterie, Secretary General ESTEP Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
The steel production process • 2 main production routes : • Blast Furnace & converter - Scraps + Electric Arc Furnace The EU 27 production is around 200million tons /y with 60% through the BF/BOF route and 40% through EAF Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
Main features of the RFCS for Steel • Steel represents 72.8% of the RFCS budget • For the 9 years ( 2002-2010) the average funding is 40.5 M€/y with an average of 44 granted projects/y • The maximum financial contribution is • Up to 60% for research projects • Up to 50% for pilot and demonstration projects • Up to 100% for accompanying measures • On average research projects ( the main part) receive a funding of 1million €, comprise 6 partners and have a duration of 36 months • The Steel programme is managed by the Steel Advisory Group (SAG) and 9 Technical groups. Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
The 9 Technical Groups for the steel sector Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
Objectives and priorities for Steel projects • Through the 3 objectives defined for the Steel programme ( previous slide) , the annual calls process is driven by a bottom-up approach. • For the last years, The European Steel Technology Platform has contributed to the definition of RTD priorities in order to achieve a sustainable competitiveness through innovation in a global context. In cooperation with the TGs, ESTEP supports the Commission in finding yearly priorities . If a proposal addresses an annual priority it brings 1 point on a total of maximum 26 points. • On average over the last 3 years , 43% of the proposals addressed one priority, and the success rate with projects addressing a priority is 40% versus 26% for the others. Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
Examples of annual priorities (2012) • On a total of 11 priorities , some examples: • Improved energy efficiency compared to present technologies in high temperature processes by recovery of waste heat • Adaptation of the iron & steel making processes to low quality of raw materials • Solutions for minimizing the ecological footprint of the Steel works • Development of new steel grades or applications for surface transportation with improved life cycle assessment results • Steel solutions for improved renewable power generation installations Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
Major outcomes of the steel projects(1) • The Technical Groups follow the progresses of all the projects of their domain and make a final assessment of the completed projects. • The types of achievement are ( by decreasing order) • Scientific ( for around 80% of the projects) • Technical ( for 75%) • Economical ( for 50%) • Social ( for 30%) • The results are exploited in the project itself in 90% of the cases and quite systematically at company level and quite well at sector level. There are also benefits for the Society , especially for Knowledge, European Competitiveness and Working Conditions Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
Major outcomes of the steel projects(2) • The benefits generated by the projects are identified according 15 different criteria . The top 10 criteria are • Knowledge • Economical and Cost reduction • New / improved process of production • Improvement of product quality • New applications • New products • Energy • Environment • Working conditions • Health & safety • At present time, an assessment exercise is carried out, according the legal basis of the RFCS in order to provide a deep analysis of the achievements and benefits of completed projects Industrial technologies , Aarhus. RFCS workshop
