04_CI4_LIFECLAYGLASS_Raquel De Rivas

Cerámica Innova 4: From research to market

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JORGE VELASCO, HEAD OF CERAMIC AREA, COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT/ RAQUEL

DE RIVAS (SUSTAINABLE ALCUBLAS S.L.)

4th Technology-Business Networking Event

HABITAT, CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE & CERAMICS

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Title of the project and acronym: Climate change

adaptation of the structural ceramic industry by using

recycled glass as flux (LIFE CLAYGLASS).

Funding programme: LIFE +

Call: 2012

Budget: 1.977.222 € 50% UE Co-funding

Length: START 01/09/2013 End 31/08/2016

Website of the project: www.lifeclayglass.es

http://www.lifeclayglass.es/


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Consortium:

– Co-ordinator: AITEMIN (Technological partner)

– Partners and roles:

• Ladrillos Mora S.L. (Technological partner)

• Reciclajes Pozo-Cañada S.L. (Dissemination partner)

• Asociación REINICIA (Strategic partner)

• Aristotle University Thessaloniki (Validation partner)


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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Background: The project would like to tackle

environmental problems related to the effects of the

greenhouse gas emissions that are produced during the

production of structural ceramics for constructions,

especially those of stoneware and clinker bricks.

In addition we will intent to provide a new usage for

the recycled glass, so that we can tackle to

environmental problems at the same time.


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Abstract: The influence of the recycled glass adition

to the ceramic raw materials will be studied, in order

to decrease the firing temperature of the stoneware

manufacturing. The project includes three levels of

experimentation, lab, pilot plant and industrial plant,

using different kinds of raw material, both clay and

glass.


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Objectives: The main goal of the project is the

reduction of the environmental impact in the structural

ceramic sector through the introduction in the raw

materials of glass as a flux. The use of glass causes a

reduction of firing temperature, since the glass start to

melt at lower temperature than the ones used in

stoneware production.

Results: Energy saving 10-15%, by decreasing the

firing temperature about 100 or 150 ºC. Reducing de

CO2 emissions in 10-15%.


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Expected results

The use of recycled glass as a raw material suggests the

transformation of a waste into resource thereby

diversifying and broadening the possibilities of its use at

the end of its useful life. In this sense the use of glass as

flux reduces the quality requirements of the source

material, making it possible to use glass of any kind,

composition, colour that for other processes are non-

viable (glass from WEEE, glass from end of life vehicles,

glass mixed in municipal solid waste).


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Specific objectives:

Cost reduction of the stoneware brick manufacturing

process for two reasons: 1) decrease in the energy

requirements, 2) decrease of the price of source raw

material. All this brings about a 15% saving in the

manufacturing costs.

Cost reduction of glass recycling by reducing the

requirements for its reuse and increasing the energy

recovery possibilities of the same.


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