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"BetonQuali - information and qualification platform", a joint project of VDZ gGmbH and its project partners, aimed to develop and test a training method for semi-skilled and unskilled employees in the concrete industry.
The aim of IGF project 21619 is to develop a training simulator with which learners can independently solve typical process engineering tasks within a virtual reality (VR) environment, particularly in connection with ball mills.
The transfer and networking project ReInvent aims to provide technical and organisational support for the BMBF funding measure KlimPro-Industrie.
The consortia of AC²OCem and ANICA projects held a public workshop on carbon capture technologies which was organised by VDZ on 7 - 8 March 2023.
The aim of the CLEANKER (CLEAN clinKER) project is to perform large-scale testing of this technology as an integrated method (Technology Readiness Level 7). It is planned to treat 4 000 m³/h exhaust gas in a demonstration plant to be connected to an existing kiln line at the Buzzi Unicem works in Vernasca in Italy.
Separate ultra-fine grinding of cement - Energy-efficient grinding meets optimised cement and concrete properties. Today, future-oriented cements can already be produced more sustainably and efficiently by using various components of different finenesses.
In the research project, infrared cameras are used to record the surface temperature of the clinker bed in the clinker cooler. Together with calculated enthalpy flows, this allows control room personnel to identify the operating condition of the cooler. This is used in operational tests to optimise the heat transfer in the clinker cooler by controlling the drive system and adjusting the cooling air distribution.
The aim of IGF project 21619 is to develop a training simulator with which learners can independently solve typical process engineering tasks within a virtual reality (VR) environment, particularly in connection with ball mills.
ACCSESS takes a cross-sectorial approach to CO₂ Capture, Transportation, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), working with Pulp and Paper, Cement, Waste to Energy, and Biorefining, all industries with big potential for carbon dioxide removal.
In this research project the additional amount of freezable water in concretes consisting of cement with several main constituents and the influence on the critical saturation of the concrete were examined.
The research project aims to investigate whether the limitation on use of recycled water in ready-mixed concrete works for air-entrained and high strength concrete that is in place in all three involved countries is justified, or whether it could be abolished.
The present research project intended to systematically examine the effects of the cement type on the drying behaviour of cement-bound screeds. The particular aim was to establish whether the use of CEM II and CEM III cements really affects the drying behaviour of cement screeds.
The aim was to determine systematically the granulometric influences of the main constituents Portland cement clinker (K), limestone (LL), blastfurnace slag (S) and fly ash (V) as well as the substance-specific impacts of the particle size distributions on cement, mortar and concrete properties.
The aim was to facilitate an efficient use of the new cements in high-performance and durable concretes, while taking into consideration the availabilities and origins of the cement constituents.
This aim of this research project was to create a secured assessment background for testing the frost de-icer resistance of earth-moist produced concrete paving stones. The proposals could possibly be developed for testing in realistic conditions.
The aim of the AiF research project was to identify the causes of the sometimes greater scatter rates in the analysis results in the case of comparison trials for the long-term tank test.
It was determined how the rheological properties and the consistency of fresh concrete can be improved by the adjustment of the type and proportion of fly ash or calcined clay in the cement to the clinker as well as the type and dosage of the superplasticizer.
The main scope of this research project was to supply evidence that selected inorganic substances are suitable for the use as minor constituents.
The aim of the research project was to determine interactions between superplasticizers and cements with calcined clay.
As part of the project, methods were developed that allow the cement content, cement type and additive content in hardened concrete to be reliably determined.
Interactions between different structured or modified methyl hydroxyethyl celluloses and cements blended with limestone, blastfurnace slag or fly ash were determined.
