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The contribution of the Clean & Environmental Technologies Platform to

the “Eco-Factory Vision”

SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING IN EUROPE

ECO-FACTORY

BACKGROUND of CET Platform

PILLARS of the Strategic Research Agenda

RATIONALE

VISION

The CET approach to the Future Manufacturing

Industry

The SME’s ECO-FACTORY

SUMMARY

CLEAN & ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES (CET)

The Partnership 39 Industries [EII (Holchim) – Waste Treat. – Sec.

Mat Recycling- Water Treat. – Soil Remediation –

Biofuel – Adv Tech – Env. Consulting]

17 Research Institutions

12 Universities

2 Public Bodies

16 EU Countries + (coop. with : Australia, Canada,

China, Japan, Korea, USA, Vietnam)

CET is a sub-platform in MANUFUTURE

Total EU Eco-Industry Turnover in 2004 was € 227 bn:

Pollution management (Envi.-Tech.) • Solid Waste Management & Recycling (€ 52.4 billion)

• Waste Water Treatment (€ 52.2 billion)

• Air Pollution Control (€ 15.9 billion)

• General Public Administration (€ 11.5 billion)

• Private Environmental Management (€ 5.8 billion)

• Remediation & Clean Up of Soil & Groundwater (€ 5.2 billion)

• Noise & Vibration Control (€ 2 billion)

• Environmental Research & Development (€ 0.11 billion)

• Environmental Monitoring & Instrumentation (n. a.)

Resource management (Clean Tech.) •Water Supply (€ 45.7 billion)

•Recycled Materials (€ 24.3 billion)

•Renewable Energy Production (€ 6.1 billion)

•Nature Protection (€ 5.7 billion)

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND of CET PLATFORM

13 Workshops (from 1990 to 2006)

2 Int. Congresses: REWAS (99 – 04 – 08);

VARIREI (97 - 99 - 01- 03 - 05 – 07 - 09)

TRAWMAR (TARGETED RESEARCH

ACTION on WASTE MINIMISATION and

RECYCLING) Network (1997-2001)

Other

Advanced Technologies in the Treatment

of Industrial Liquid Effluents -

Plating Leader P.M.

Mines & Metallurgy Leader ULAQ

Paper Leader VTT

Textile & Leather

Leader IFTH

Section I – Introduction- IPPC

Directive

Section II - Waste-water Treatment

Technologies Applicable to the

Industrial Sectors in the ILE

Network

Section III - General Processes for

the Treatment of Industrial

Liquid Effluents

CET vert. & hor. PILLARS of the SRA

Clean Production Technologies & Processes: • Liquid and gaseous effluent treatment technologies

• Use of renewable energy and 2° materials

• Eco-products

• Life Cycle Analysis of products and processes

Waste Treatment: recycling, dismantling, sorting,

processing, recovery, reuse • Reclamation of contaminated sites.

Eco-performance verification and standardisation

New paradigms of environmental education

RATIONALE & VISION

The demand for environmental technologies is going to increase.

Europe must continue to play a leading role in the innovation and application of clean and sustainable processes

The European Process and Manufacturing Industries must lead the application of new environmentally sustainable methods for producing and managing the total life cycle of the products.

The European Industry can increase competitiveness and market penetration because Consumers will reward - high quality & low cost energy and eco efficient products - with the lowest industrial impact on the environment.

The CET vision of the Future MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

Competition based on cost only is unsustainable.

The technological transformation will be driven by eco-innovation

The Factory of the Future will require consistent transformations of the industrial processes to become more “environmentally friendly” (eco-factory).

These transformations will consist in less use of water and natural resources, use of II materials, energy saving processes & use of renewable sources, in eliminating hazardous substances, in eco-design and optimal use of LCA of processes and products.

Manufacturing in the EU

93% micro SMEs

6% small enterprises

under 1% medium-sized companies

under 0.2% large enterprises

16 people per enterprise

EU manufacturing generates 25% of total

waste, 30% of greenhouse gases.

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State of the art

Eco-Factory strategies & roadmaps are applied by large enterprises

Automotive : Daimler-Mercedes, Toyota, FIAT, Honda………

Consumer goods & Retail: Mitsubishi Electric Company, Wal-Mart, Thomas Schneider leather company……………………

Construction: eco-buildings

SME’s seem to have other matter of concerning……

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Basic Concepts of Eco-Factory for SME’s

Minimal energy consumption & recovery of

internal energy sources (thermal, kinetic,

compression …)

Minimal consumption of water & material

resources, use of 2° materials

New, flexible and zero waste production

processes.

No use, no-generation, no release of

hazardous substances

Basic Concepts of Eco-Factory for SME’s

•New production systems: intelligent - capable of

auto-analysing and adjusting production

parameters by process sensor control -

incorporating gas emission and liquid effluent

control and treatments - water recycling and by-

product minimisation. ( the point source

approach)

Assessment of a reuse & recycling process

after use by defining a reversible system to the

eco-factory.

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PROCESS

STEP

RENEWABLE

ENERGY

I & II MATERIALS PRODUCTS

CLEAN

EMISSION

PROCESS

STEP

PROCESS

STEP

GAS

ENVI-TECH

•Adv sensors control

•Adv envi-tech (Reverse Osmosis, Ultra Filtration…)

•Process intensification (Better Processes,

Better Products and Bigger Profits

•Energy saving & energy recovery

•Resource recovery

WATER

ENVI-TECH

WASTE

ENVI-TECH

POINT-SOURCE-TREATMENT by

SECONDARY

MATERIALS

CLEAN

WATER

Polymer concrete base

COMEC Innovative Spa – ULAQ - UNIVPM

ECOMUT (eco compatible machine tool)

ECOMUT Features

Ceramic tools – clean scraps

No lubricants

Zero liquid and gaseous emissions

No vibrations & reduced noise

20 % energy saving by attrition reduction & software re-mapping

Overall 50 % CO2 reduction for the same mechanical operation vs cast-iron base.

Turning of a stainless steel - free oscillations

Ultimate GOALS and OBJECTIVES

of SME’s Eco-Factory

Protect and foster the European SME’s

Manufacturing system in the global markets.

Open new markets for exporting clean

technologies and eco-products.

Retain workplaces in European SME’s

Protect environment and quality of living

Thanks for your attention

University of L’Aquila – Faculty of Engineering mario.pelino@univaq.it