Final TransFIRe Celebration Event Report
The Final TransFIRe Celebration Event was held at the Cranfield Management Development Centre on the 12th June 2024. The event summarised the achievements and research outputs of TransFIRe over the three years of the project [...]
New products from high-grade polymer particulate waste streams
TransFIRe researchers at Northumbria University have developed a method to convert waste polyethylene terephthalate (wPET) into an unsaturated polyester for use in protective coatings applications, thereby also lowering the demand of virgin petrochemical feedstocks typically required [...]
TransFIRe appears at the Edinburgh Science Festival
TransFIRe researcher, Mark Cassidy, from the University of Edinburgh appeared at the Edinburgh Science Festival this week for a deep dive discussion to explore the latest technologies to around carbon capture and storage. The panel [...]
Foundation Industry Forum Report 2023
The Foundation Industry Forum was held on the 16-17 October 2023 in Leeds. The report from this event, detailing the event's proceedings and outcomes, can now be downloaded by clicking on the thumbnail below. Our [...]
Discovering the hidden value of mineral waste
As part of TransFIRe, the British Geological Society (BGS) is working to gain a better understanding of the composition and production of mineral waste in the UK. This research aims to help refine the estimate [...]
Energy Benchmarking of Manufacturing Processes in Foundation Industries
As industry increasingly looks at ways to reduce their environmental impacts, manufacturing processes have come under greater scrutiny. The manufacturing sector accounts for 38% of global energy consumption and 25% of global CO2 emissions, much [...]
Model and simulation-based investigation on use of agriculture waste/byproduct in brick manufacturing
This case study utilises ThermoRecycliSt (Thermodynamic simulation-guided (waste/byproduct) materials Recycling Strategy) and other available models to conduct an exploratory investigation to manufacture eco-friendly light-weight bricks through the mixing of agriculture waste/byproduct with raw materials used for [...]
Potential for energy savings and carbon dioxide emissions reduction in the cement industry
TransFIRe researchers have undertaken a literature review to compare cement production practices, in terms of energy consumption and CO2 emissions, in order to identify approaches that are the least energy and emissions intensive. Cement production [...]
TransFIRe at the TFI Network+ Conference
TransFIRe made an appearance at the excellent Transforming Foundation Industries Network+ Conference in Sheffield this week. It was great to get together with other members of the TFI community and hear about the different Network+ [...]