Transcript Guidelines for the Technical Group experts

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO
The Research Fund
for Coal and Steel
Dr.Augustin SEMENESCU
European Commission
Responsible scientific officer per research area
Timisoara, ROMANIA
5 May 2008
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The Research Fund for Coal and
Steel Programme (RFCS)
• Objectives: to support competitiveness and to
contribute to sustainable development of the
Community sectors related to the coal and steel
industry
• Principles: financial assistance mainly for RTD
projects by promoting co-operation between
undertakings, research centres and universities
• Outside the 7th RTD Framework programme
• Complementing the RTD Framework
programme
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The RFCS Programme
• A research fund with a budget of ~60 M€/year
• Open call for proposals for
– Research projects ( investigative or experimental work for the
creation or development of new products, production processes and
services)
– Pilot & Demonstration projects (the construction, operation and
development of an installation or a significant part of an installation
for putting theoretical or laboratory results into practice)
– Accompanying measures (to complement and/or co-ordinate
research activities related to this programme)
– Deadline: September 15th of each year
• RFCS website: http://www.cordis.lu/coal-steel-rtd/
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RFCS  FP
“Bottom-up”
No exclusion of subjects
Open Call
Pre- defined themes
Annual Call
PROCEDURE
Continuity of subjects
Industry
No studies, FEED’s, policy maps etc
“Top-down”
APPROACH
RFCS
Coal & Steel
Excludes e.g. aquifer CO2 storage
ST / MT / LT
Whole value chain
Changing priorities
Policy-IndustrySociety
SECTORAL
FOCUS
FP
Wider thematic span
Various Domains
THEMATIC
COVERAGE
Broader orientation
ST/MT & MT/LT
TIME HORIZON
Downstream/
Application
SPECIFIC
COVERAGE
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Why coal and steel ?
Coal represents 27% of electricity production in the EU-25
The European steel industry is a world leader but is being
challenged by China (33% of world steel production)
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How to submit a proposal?
Read carefully the Information Package,
composed of 2 parts:
• Practical information
• Forms which should be downloaded from
the website and completed:
http://www.cordis.lu/coal-steel-rtd/infopack.htm
The Information Package is also available as
hardcopies
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WHO can participate?
Principles of participation
• Any undertaking, research institute, University or natural
person established in any of the Member States
• Not necessarily directly connected with the coal and iron and
steel industries but the RTD proposal has to be within the scope
of the programme
• No threshold nor limit on budget & consortium size
• Third country partners welcome
(though not eligible for EC funding)
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WHAT can be funded?
2 main categories of proposals :
• Research, Pilot & Demonstration
• Accompanying measures
• (1) Information exchange & dissemination activities
• (2) Promotion of knowledge gained
• [ (3) Training & mobility of researchers ]
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Accompanying measures
 Type 1 - Information exchange and dissemination
activities (events, conferences) funding max. €20 000
not more than 20% of the total cost
 Type 2 - Promotion of knowledge gained
possible funding up to 100%
 Type 3 - Training and mobility of the researcher
mobility allowance of €2000/ month + yearly travel
allowance
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Funding ceilings
• Research projects (funding up to 60 %)
• Pilot projects (funding up to 40 %)
• Demonstration projects (funding up to 40 %)
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Some advice
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Strong competition
High quality level of proposals
High level of industrial involvement
Long process: start early with
experienced partners!
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Some remarks & advice
• Descriptions should be short & concise
• Test your application by ‘neutral’ proof-readers
• Make use of the project synopsis
Synopsis of ongoing RFCS projects (2003-2006):
ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/coal-steel-rtd/docs/synopsis_rfcs.pdf
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if applicable: Enrol as an expert (TG or Evaluator)
http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm
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Evaluation session
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Proposal structure and description
• The technical description of the proposal shall consist
of Annex I (sections A0, A1, A2, for resubmissions:
also A3) and Annex IV (forms 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3).
• Annex I - sections A0 and A1 are meant to provide
an overview of the proposal. (e.g. proposal name,
summary description of the work, applicants list,
funding requested) and a clear indication of its added
value in light of what has already been achieved.
• Length of section A1: typically 3 pages,
MAXIMUM 5 PAGES
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Proposal structure and description
• Annex I - section A2 is meant to describe the
global approach of the research and to
introduce very briefly the detailed description
of the work-packages to be provided in forms
1-1, 1-2 and 1-3 of Annex IV. The description
should be designed in a very concise and well
structured manner in order to facilitate a quick
understanding of all main aspects and issues
at stake.
• Length of section A2: typically 3 to 5
pages, MAXIMUM 10 PAGES
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Proposal structure and description
• Annex I - section A3 should only be completed in the case of
a proposal being resubmitted. Particular instructions for
resubmitted proposals only: A proposal that has been
evaluated in one or several prior call(s) for proposals and not
been retained for funding, may be resubmitted under the
condition that the latest modified version contains a dedicated
chapter in section A3 of Annex I that summarizes explicitly
any changes made against the previous submission(s).
Applicants are requested to include in this section the
summary report that the applicant received from the European
Commission following the last evaluation, containing
information on the composition and budgets of the former
partnership as well as the comments from the independent
evaluators.
• Length of section A3: MAXIMUM 2 PAGES (including the
evaluation report)
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Proposal structure and description
• Important notice: The length of a proposal is an eligibility
criterion: In the case that the aforementioned maximum
number of pages for each section is not respected, the
proposal is deemed ineligible and will therefore not be put
forward for evaluation.
• Please take note that any extra information in any format (e.g.
annexes, appendices, documents) provided in addition to the
abovementioned forms will be considered in the overall page
count during the eligibility check of the proposal length.
• Annex IV - Forms 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3 need to be completed at
the proposal submission stage. Please strictly follow the
format provided. Do not attach any documents.
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Some remarks on the proposal
STATE-OF-THE-ART: The state-of-the-art should
be clearly described in an exhaustive manner
as regards previous ECSC and RFCS research
projects and international literature. This will
demonstrate the expertise and literature
knowledge of the proposers.
REFERENCES: Literature, published papers and
worldwide projects cited inclusive some other
EU projects)
Important notice: Failure to provide adequate
state-of-the-art and convincing arguments
about the innovative content of the proposal
may result in its rejection
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Proposal Description
1. PROJECT AIM
2. BACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL SUPPORT
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Theoretical support
3. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL APPROACH
• 3.1 Contribution to RFCS Programme
objectives
• 3.2 Objectives and deliverables
• 3.3 Problem definition
• 3.4 The development of the outcomes
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4. INNOVATIVE CONTENT
4.1 Innovative value/ originality
• fundamental research
• statistical analysis
• physical modelling:
• numerical modelling and simulation
( graphs, figures, simulation results, etc.)
4.2 Feasibility
4.3 Methods and techniques
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5. PARTICIPANTS AND
WORK-PROGRAM
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5.1 Introduction
5.2 Participants
5.3 Work-program and means
5.4 Project management
5.5 Explanation and justification of
costs
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6. INDUSTRIAL INTEREST AND
SCIENTIFICAL/TECHNICAL
PROSPECTS
• 6.1 Industrial interest and
participation
• 6.2 Impact on competitivenessGains and benefits
• 6.3 ESTEP priorities
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7. COMMUNITY ADDED
VALUE AND CONTRIBUTION
TO EU POLICES
• 7.1 Benefits from carrying out the project
at a European level, priorities addressed
• 7.2 Strategic importance and
transferability
• 7.3 Impact on health and safety, energy
and environment
Quantification!!!
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Evaluation Form
Criterion 1. Scientific and technical approach
• 1.1. Does the proposal address the scientific and
technological issues of the RFCS programme objectives?
• 1.2. To which extent do the applicants demonstrate their
knowledge of the international state-of-the-art of related
work (evidence of adequate documentary search,
including results of current or completed RTD projects)?
• 1.3. Is the feasibility of the proposed work convincingly
addressed?
• 1.4. Are the proposed methods and techniques clearly
described and justified? Is the overall approach suited to
achieve the project objectives?
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Criterion 2. Innovative content
• 2.1. Please summarise the innovative aspects of
the proposal. To which extent do the expected
results lead to a progress beyond the current
state-of-the-art? May the nature of the proposed
research work be qualified as incremental or
breakthrough?
• 2.2 Does the proposal clearly describe the
claimed innovative aspects?
• 2.3 Please assess the span of the expected
findings: Do these offer the perspective of a
wider & general use or are their innovative value
of restricted use for a specific application and/or
product?
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Criterion 3. Consistency of resources
and quality of partnership
• 3.1 Is the work plan adequate? Is it clearly
described & well defined? Are the scheduled
tasks responding to the set objectives?
• 3.2. To what extent are the manpower, technical
and financial resources in line with the tasks
described in the different Work Packages?
• 3.3. Do the partners fulfil complementary tasks
without duplication of work?
• 3.4. Is the partnership appropriate to achieve the
expected results? To what extent are the profiles
and the skills of the partners complementary?
• 3.5. Do bar charts clearly show partner/task interdependencies? Is the project scheduling realistic
and adequate?
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Criterion 4. Industrial interest and
scientific / technical prospects
• 4.1. Which are the industrial benefits for the related sector? Are
the main project deliverables in terms of industrial interest,
scientific/technical prospect and strategic relevance clearly
defined?
• 4.2. What impact will the expected project results have on the
competitiveness of the related sector? Is this clearly explained?
• 4.3. For steel proposals only: Which of the current priority(ies)
listed in the chapter 7 of the 2007 Information Package (being a
subset of those identified in the Strategic Research Agenda
(SRA) of the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) )
are being addressed in the proposal?
• 4.4. Are issues on the use and/or implementation of the results
addressed and credible? Do these include modelling,
simulation and/or field testing?
• 4.5. Does the proposal include relevant industrial participation?
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Criterion 5. Community added value
and contribution to EU policies
• 5.1. Is there a clear need and clear benefit to carry out
the project at European level instead of at national or
private level?
• 5.2. Does the proposal show strategic importance to
the related sector? Will the expected results be
transferable throughout the European coal or steel
industry?
• 5.3. Which local impact can be expected from the
project results on health, safety & the workplace
conditions of the operators?
• 5.4. Which global impact can be expected from the
project results on the preservation of the environment,
natural resources & energy?
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European Steel Technology
Platform (ESTEP)
• One of the first platforms
• Strong links with the Steel
Advisory Group (SAG) and the
Unit
• For the 2008 call for proposals, a
list of research priorities defined
by ESTEP experts was selected
by the SAG and was
implemented in the RFCS
Research Programme by means
of the Information Package
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Current Coal priorities (2008) with
relevance to the RFCS Programme
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TGC1 - Coal mining operation, mine infrastructure and
management, unconventional use of coal deposits
Improving automation of coal winning and heading technologies
corresponding to the geological characteristics of European hard coal
deposits.
Geomechanics of the mining deposit, including stress analysis and
control, modelling, monitoring systems, roadway support technologies,
rockbursts and gas outbursts.
Underground instrumentation, communication and information
technology, including operational simulation and modelling
technology.
Control of underground gas emissions in operational mines and novel
methods of mine climate control.
Prediction and reduction of the influence of mine waters on water
tables and surface subsidence of abandoned mines.
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Current Coal priorities (2008) with
relevance to the RFCS Programme
TGC2 - Coal preparation, conversion and upgrading
– Improving the efficiency and economics of coal gasification through
process changes or enhanced components and their integration.
– Development of novel coal based pitches and precursors for
specialist carbon products.
– Production of liquid fuels from coal, with a particular emphasis on
technologies that address the requirements of clean coal
technologies and the need for greenhouse gas emission reduction.
TGC3 - Coal combustion, clean and efficient coal technologies,
CO2 capture
– Technological improvements targeting enhanced efficiency of coal
fired power plants.
– Novel CO2 capture technologies for retrofitting to existing coal
power plants.
– Enhanced pollution control in conjunction with CCS technologies.
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Current Steel priorities (2008) with
relevance to the RFCS Programme
Novel integrated routes for a scale free and energy efficient processing
– To recover thermal energy
-Energy recovery from high temperature processes
Intelligent Manufacturing
– Total control of the process
-Enhancement of steel industry performances by combining conventional
or advanced sensors together with intelligent data usage and supervisory
systems
Energy effectiveness and resources savings
– The sustainable use of natural resources
-Using residues as secondary raw materials or lower quality primary raw
materials
-Improved technologies to reduce climate change impacts
Automotive Industry
– New steel grades and innovative manufacturing methods for complex
components
-Body and power train solutions for lightweight and improved safety
– Surface technology on steel sheets for automotive applications
- Improved corrosion resistance and manufacturability
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Current Steel priorities (2008) with
relevance to the RFCS Programme
Construction sector
- Safe and Healthy steel construction
-Structural safety in seismic conditions
- Advanced prefabrication and execution technologies
-remote fabrication
Energy sector
– New-highly performing steel pipes and components for oil
and gas wells and for high productivity energy transportation
-OCTG and premium joints for highly demanding applications
-Heavy wall tubular products for deep water oil and gas fields
-New generation of ultra HS-high toughness (X100/120) and low
cost steel pipes
– New classes of heat resistant steels
-High creep strength (for 325 bar 650°C)
– New steels and components for alternative energies
-Light weight constructions: Wind Farms (component
manufacturing and life assessment tools)
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Examples of coal research programme
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Continuous Modernisation to Reach
Efficiency Enhancement
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~+30%
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40 - 45 %
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31 - 36 %
Possible tomorrow
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25 - 31 %
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Feasible today
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50, 150, 300
300, 600
up to 1,000
1950 - 1970
1970 - 1990
1990 - 2010
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2
3
Unit size in MW
> 2010
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The right approach: continuous power plant optimisation/renewal
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A strategic coal pilot project
COMTES700:Component Test Facility for a 700°C Power
Plant
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Component Test Facility
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Host Plant: E-ON
Scholven F,
Gelsenkirchen (D)
Budget: 15.2M€
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advanced materials
20,000h testing
July 2004 – Dec 2009
57% by power producers
40% by RFCS
3% by equipment
suppliers
Final Objective:
η > 50% Coal Power
Plant
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Examples of steel research programme
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A strategic steel pilot project
ULCOS project
Arcelor, Thyssen, AirLiquide, BFI, Corus, CRM,
Kuttner, LKAB, Paul Wurth, ILVA, Dillinger, Voest
Alpine,… (47 partners)
Total cost of the project : about 44Mio €
European financial support (FP6 + RFCS) : about 25Mio €
Preparatory work for a large size pilot demonstration
unit with new CO2 reduced iron making process
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Appealing steel
solutions for end users
–Construction and infrastructures
–Automobile
–Energy
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Contract
CTSIS
RFSRCT-200700050
RFS2CT-200700030
RFC2CT-200600005
TG
Title EN
TGS
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Steel solutions
for seismic
retrofit and
upgrade of
existing
constructions
TGS
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Dissemination
of structural fire
safety
engineering
knowledge
throughout
Europe
TGC
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Clean coal
technology R,
D&D promotion
and
dissemination
Acronym
Budget
Funding
Resp
EMAIL
USABR
COUNTRY
BudgetPartn
er
Prof.
Dan
DUBIN
STEELRET
RO
DIFISEK+
CCTPROM
2.214.354
722.149
290.353
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dan.dubina
@ct.upt.ro
UNIV
TIMISOARA
ROMANIA
87.600,00
433.289
Dr Raul
Dan
ZAHAR
IA
raul.zaharia
@ct.upt.ro
UNIV
TIMISOARA
ROMANIA
14.710,00
186.902
Dr.
Carmen
cita
CONST
ANTIN
cconstantin
@ispe.ro
ISPE
ROMANIA
41.150,00
1.328.613
*
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Steel solutions for seismic retrofit and upgrade of
existing constructions-Acronym: STEELRETRO
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS: The majority of existing
buildings are in need of seismic retrofit. The main reasons
are: the original design was not optimised with respect to
the required safety level, poor construction quality,
modifications or enlargements of buildings during their life
and increase in the requirements of the seismic design.
Even if steel solutions can often be more efficient and
economic, their possibilities are practically unknown and
their application has been limited to a few particular cases.
The aim of the research proposal is to set up steel
solutions for the seismic retrofit of existing buildings,
furnishing design and construction methodologies, tools for
dimensioning of elements and connections as well as for
cost estimation.
• Partner: UNIV TIMISOARA / Prof. Dan DUBINA
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Title: Dissemination of structural fire safety
engineering knowledge throughout Europe
• Acronym: DIFISEK+
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS:The technical objective is to
disseminate Structural Fire Safety Engineering Knowledge gained in
recent ECSC&RFCS funded projects to practicing engineers in various
countries, in their own languages. This project will extend a previous
RFCS project entitled DIFISEK that covered a few European countries
and will now cover nearly all European countries. Another objective is
to update the material for fire design prepared in the first project
(according EN version) and to implement Eurocode National Annexes.
All data will be translated and seminars will be organised in the
following countries, Austria, Belgium, Czech-Republic, Estonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United-Kingdom.
• Partner/Responsible: UNIV TIMISOARA / Dr Raul Dan ZAHARIA
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Development of innovative steel-glass-structures in
respect to structural and architectural designAcronym: INNOGLAST
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS: Currently, steel-glass constructions
are favourably used in modern architecture. This proposal addresses
the design of new and innovative steel-glass structures in respect to
architectural, static-structural and fabrication criteria. Different types of
steel-glass constructions are analysed or even newly developed
focusing on an optimal structural interaction between steel and glass.
The research includes steel supported glazing systems and the
development of a new hybrid steel-glass beam, consisting of steel
flanges and a glass web, all of which can be used in facades, roofs,
atria etc. Thus, glass is used as a stiffened as well as a full bearing
element in steel-glass constructions. Consequently, the research
project will produce comprehensive solutions for innovative steelglass-structures. The need for the projected research is pointed out in
the “European Steel Technology Platform” ESTEP 2006 which actually
defines the design of steel-glass structures as a short-term research
area.
• Partner CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU BATIMENT ,
Avenue Jean Jaurès 84, FR-77420 CHAMPS SUR
MARNE(Responsible: Dr Adrian PANAIT)
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Title: Economic and durable design of
composite bridges with integral
abutments
• Acronym: INTAB
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
The research proposal INTAB investigates on innovative bridge type and
aims on promoting composite bridges with integral abutments. The
major objectives of the proposal are to elaborate cost effective,
environmental friendly and sustainable bridge structures, to prove their
durability in practice and to provide design guidance for competitive
construction.
• (Partner) ARCELOR PROFIL LU-4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
• Mrs Nicoleta POPA-Direct line: +(352) 5313/21 66
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Steel construction : Millau Viaduct (France)
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Car of the Future
Contribution of „Steel“
Environmental Sustainable
New Steel Grades
(fundamentals, process
development)
Safe
New Surface Technologies
(fundamentals, process
development)
Reliable
Forming and Joining
Cost Effective
Construction and Design
(lightweight, use of new materials)
Comfortable
Recycling
Flexible in Production
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SuperLightCar
 The broadest and most innovative
offer on the market
•High strength
steel
 European car obtaining 5 stars at
the EuroNCAP crash-test
•Developing high strength steels
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MATERIALS AND THERMAL EFFICIENCY
Furnace
Superheaters
Steam piping
Turbine
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EVOLUTION OF OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY (STATOIL)
Subsea to land
A 20-year history of successful technology implementation
Snøhvit
Subsea & floating
New
technology
Åsgard
Platform based
Troll
Glitne
Norne
2006
Statfjord
satellites
2001
1999
Sleipner
Statpipe
1997
Gullfaks
1996
1994
Significant
step changes
1993
1986
1985
Time
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Kristin,
a semi submersible,
steel production platform
Production
start 2005
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Conclusions
• The coal and the steel industries have
played, play and will play an important
economic role in Europe
• The ECSC research programme was very
effective, not only in economic terms, but
also for the European environment
• The RFCS research programme intends to
develop and intensify the research efforts in
the fields of coal and steel.
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Conclusions
• Coal and steel research does not only
involve research in metallurgical engineering
(extraction and production of coal and steel)
but also (or even mainly) in other
engineering fields:
– Fluid mechanics (combustion engineering),
chemical engineering (CO2 sequestration),…
– Architecture, building engineering, mechanical
engineering, automatisation engineering,…
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Conclusions
WE WOULD BE VERY
HAPPY TO HEAR FROM
YOU IN THE NEXT CALLS
FOR PROPOSALS OF THE
RESEARCH FUND FOR
COAL AND STEEL
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Thank you for your attention
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