CRIS

Code

RECOVER

Head

PhD Vilma Ducman

Period

4/1/2017 - 12/31/2020

URL

https://recover.technology/

Science

Engineering sciences and technologies (13)
Other (4)

Reseacher status

Researcher (12)
Junior expert or technical associate (5)

Education

Doctor's degree (7)
Master's degree (1)
Other (9)

Sex

Woman (12)
Man (5)

Status

Employed at RO (1)
Employed at RO and RRD (12)
No data on employment in RO (4)

No. of publications

1–9 (1)
10–99 (9)
100–999 (7)

International projects source: SICRIS

source: SICRIS

Keywords

Alkali-activated materials, Slags, Flooring Tiles

Researchers (17)

no.	Code	Name and surname	Research area	Role	Period	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	53261	Ana Brodar	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	8
2.	52325	PhD Mark Češnovar	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	55
3.	11292	PhD Vilma Ducman	Civil engineering	Head	2017 - 2020	503
4.	39809	Ana Frankovič	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	28
5.	18447	Olga Golob		Technical associate	2017 - 2020	13
6.	13411	PhD Sabina Jordan	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	287
7.	18449	Rafael Kajzer		Technical associate	2017 - 2020	20
8.	14943	Friderik Knez	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	289
9.	14926	PhD Nataša Knez	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	109
10.	20624	Tinkara Kopar	Civil engineering	Technical associate	2017 - 2020	111
11.	33198	PhD Lidija Korat	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	129
12.	53043	PhD Davor Kvočka	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	32
13.	51589	Anja Lešek	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	24
14.	18452	Roman Maček		Technical associate	2017 - 2020	38
15.	18453	Mojca Škerl		Technical associate	2017 - 2020	26
16.	35338	PhD Katja Traven	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	71
17.	17035	MSc Barbara Treppo Mekiš	Civil engineering	Researcher	2017 - 2020	111

Organisations (1)

no.	Code	Research organisation	City	Registration number	No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.	1502	Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute	Ljubljana	5866324000	10,455

Abstract

The general objective of this Upscaling project is to produce full scale final inorganic polymer products, from Metallo copper slag and Aughinish red mud, at the respective companies’ sites, using a modular and mobile upscaling unit. The generated products need to deliver properties similar to or better than traditional market substitutes and will be evaluated in terms of properties (i.e. leaching, durability, fire resistance…), to allow for their market uptake within 3 years after the project. Next to realizing the target of TRL 7 by the completion of the project, the on-site production of final products at Metallo and Aughinish plants and the related matchmaking events will contribute to the level of customer readiness by demonstrating its feasibility to local construction companies and policymakers, thereby providing a nucleus for industrial symbiosis.The utilization of Fe-rich semi-vitreous industrial residues as precursors for engineered fire-resistant and porous materials that can enter the European construction materials market will lead to products with lower environmental footprint and renders the metallurgical industries important raw materials suppliers that run integrated zero-waste processes. This valorization of secondary resources in construction materials will yield a positive environmental impact by substantially lowering CO2 emissions (reducing cement production, responsible for over 8% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions) and by avoiding the need for landfilling and the related environmental burden.The modular and mobile unit that is used to produce products on-site of the residue producer, allows to reach out to (traditional) construction industry and have them witness the transformation of residues to products in first person. This allows them to make a fact-based judgement about the extent to which their existing installations can be used to make these products or which adaptations and investments may be necessary. After the project, the unit can be used to train their employees and have them acquire new skills.The matchmaking events set-up at each of the involved residue producers, will showcase the innovation to construction industry, but also to policy-makers and possible the wider public. This will be a trigger to find regional partners for industrial symbiosis. Because the pilot unit is mobile, the approach can easily be applied to other companies and other regions. Like this, a domino effect can be initiated in which increasingly more residue producers (in first instance copper slag and red mud, but later also other residue types) will start to look for valorization opportunities to get more value out of their slag. Considering the size of the construction market, the relative share of secondary resources will remain relatively limited. Therefore, and because the residues will be typically processed regionally, usual competitors may find a common ground to cooperate in the field of residue valorization and commercialization.