Wednesday September 8^th, 2010: 11:30 – 13:00

Making the production process more energy efficient is a challenge which the European industry takes seriously. An energy-efficient production not only reduces environmental impacts but can also lead to considerable cost savings and to competitive advantages. In this session, strategies, methodologies and technologies are introduced from an applied academic angle and they are illustrated with showcase examples from energy intensive industries. The first example outlines how a substantial increase in energy efficiency can be achieved in new ecological melting furnaces. The second example shows how changing paper manufacturing concepts could lead to significant reductions in wood-fibre raw material and energy use without compromising the quality of the end product. Finally, the benefits of new nanomaterals and nanotechnologies in the production of cheap sources of green energy are presented.

Chair

• Shahin Rahimifard, Loughorough University (UK)

Speakers

• Ane Irazustabarrena, Programmes Department INASMET-TECNALIA (Spain)
• Daniel Söderberg, Deputy Director Innventia (Sweden) on ' BoostEff – Boosting raw material and energy efficiency in papermaking using advanced sheet structure design and fibre modifications'

• Luc Federzoni, Research Program manager CEA (France)