Research projects

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.

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.

Elemental white phosphorus (P4) is indispensable for key industries such as in the food and pharmaceutical sectors and is therefore a strategic raw material of high relevance. In the FlashPhos project, the sustainable production of white phosphorus using sewage sludge will be demonstrated on a large scale.

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.

The transfer and networking project ReInvent aims to provide technical and organisational support for the BMBF funding measure KlimPro-Industrie.

The main objective of the research project is to investigate both technically and economically the application of hydrogen in the calciner in the cement production process for the first time.

The aim of the IGF project 21791 N is to better understand the influence of ceramic grinding media (balls) on the comminution process and the product quality during cement grinding in ball mills. The data will serve as a basis for designing and predicting the energy requirements and behaviour of grinding plants when using ceramic grinding media.

To meet the ambitious climate protection targets by 2050, so-called CCUS technologies are required. In addition to CO₂ storage, the combination of CO₂ and hydrogen management offers the possibility of producing usable products. The combination of capture methods and methods of CO₂ utilisation results in a variety of possible process chains, the optimum of which depends on site-specific boundary conditions. The project analyses possible pathways in order to develop a supporting tool for strategy development for specific sites.