3 European Projects Found
Searched on 125080 European Projects
FINISHED
Innovative Reuse of All Tyre Components in Concrete (ANAGENNISI)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,
An estimated one billion tyres are discarded each year. Post-Consumer tyre arisings for EU countries (2010) are 3.4M tonnes per year. At the moment nearly 50% of all recycled tyres/components still end up as fuel, in low grade applications or in landfill.All tyre constituents (rubber, high strength steel cord and wire, high strength textile reinforcement) are high quality materials and deserve to ...
Read Project
18
Partners Participants
FINISHED
Slag layers in railway foundations (LIFE GAIN)
Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,
Background
According to the World Steel Association, the European Union produced 177.2 million tonnes of crude steel in 2011.
Steelmaking can be carried out by basic oxygen steelmaking â primary steelmaking â in which oxygen is blown through molten pig iron. Another process is the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) â secondary steelmaking â in which scr ...
Read Project
2
Partners Participants
FINISHED
"MAINtenance, renewaL and Improvement of rail transport iNfrastructure to reduce Economic and environmental impacts" (MAINLINE)
Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,
"Growth in demand for rail transportation across Europe is predicted to continue. Much of this growth will have to be accommodated on existing lines that contain old infrastructure. This demand will increase both the rate of deterioration of these elderly assets and the need for shorter line closures for maintenance or renewal interventions. However, interventions on elderly infrastructure will al ...
Read Project
