Projects Portfolio

ZeSiM – Zero Emission Silicon and Manganese production through electrowinning

Start: 2023
End: 2027

ZeSiM will eliminate CO2-emissions from manganese ferroalloy and silicon production by replacing the carbon reductants with renewable energy in the most direct way possible: through electrowinning.

BioMet – Biocarbon in metal production-Transfer of research to industrial use

Start: 2023
End: 2026

Provide the knowledge needed to reduce fossil CO2 emissions from Norwegian Ferroalloy and Si-production industry with 40% within 2030 by substituting fossil carbon with biocarbon.

SAFECI - Electrical Conditions in Submerged Arc Furnaces

The project aims at establishing the basis for substantially reduced energy consumption. (Duration: 2021 - 2025)

FME HYDROGENi

Start: 2022
End: 2030

HYDROGENi is a centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME) dedicated to the research and innovations within hydrogen and ammonia needed to meet the 2030 and 2050 goals of the Norwegian hydrogen road map.

Recursive - Reduced energy consumption by increased reduction volume

Recursive will contribute with the knowledge needed to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission pr tonne of alloy from production of Si, Si- and Mn-alloys. (Duration: 2021 - 2025)

Reduced CO2 emissions in metal production

Start: 2018
End: 2023

The overall aim of “KPN Reduced CO2 emissions in metal production” is to develop the basis for reduced climate effects from the production of Si, FeSi, Mn-alloy and TiO2 slag to obtain 30% lower CO2 emission in 2030 and zero CO2 emission in 2050.

HighEFF

Start: 2016
End: 2024

By increasing energy efficiency, HighEFF will help ensure that Norway has the world’s greenest industries.

SFI Metal Production

Start: 2015
End: 2023

An interdisciplinary Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI). Focus: During the next decades, the Norwegian metal industry will need to achieve even higher-quality output with more efficient use of materials and energy.

Controlled Tapping

In the metal producing processes, hot liquid metal will be tapped from the industrial furnaces. In this project NTNU and SINTEF, with the Norwegian industry, determine the fundamentals affecting the tapping operation. (Duration: 2017 - 2022)

PAHssion

Start: 2019
End: 2022

The Norwegian industry is among the cleanest in the world and great efforts are made to reduce emissions even further. To this end, many different kinds of challenges must be overcome, and one often overlooked difficulty lies in measurements. The industry relies on measurement data in their endeavor to reduce emissions but when uncertainties are high, the results offer no guidance. The PAHssion project focus on measurements of one group of pollutants called "PAH", Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. The objective is to develop more reliable PAH measurement methods and thereby improve emission control and reporting. This will be achieved by improved analytical performance and reduced uncertainty of measurements.

DeMaskUs

Start: 2015
End: 2018

SINTEF will work, alongside four other research institutes, to improve the working environment in the Norwegian ferroalloy, silicon and silicon carbide plants. The project DeMaskUs will study how airborne dust is formed, how it affects human cells and how people can protect themselves from the airborne dust in the working environment