RESEARCH OF NEW INTEGRAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Project facts

Project promoter:
YESOS IBERICOS, S.A.
Project Number:
ES02-0003
Target groups
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€517,820
Final project cost:
€517,820
From EEA Grants:
€ 76,592
The project is carried out in:
COMUNIDAD DE MADRID

Description

The main objectives of the project are the research of the physical characteristics of plate laminated gypsum and the development of a prototype system for measuring such characteristics, so as to enable the energy management in real time of drying of plaster plates. The energy management system would be intended to significantly reduce the energy consumption of the manufacturing of plasterboard. The reduction of the energy consumption during the manufacture of plasterboard would be made depending on the reduction of the final weight of the gypsum board and the water content of pasta that makes up drywall, the optimization of the process of drying conditions, energy optimization of dryers, the reduction of the quantity rejected during the process, primarily during transients start and stop of manufacture. Energy objectives: reduction of thermal energy consumption. Exploitation of natural resources objectives: reducing the consumption of water, natural gypsum and cellulose. Environmental objectives: Reduction of waste gypsum board. Objectives of improving the quality of the product: increase performance of the product, product quality more uniform.

Summary of project results

In this second part of the project the implementation of a prototype are carried out in the production line that can carry out a more efficient management of energy consumption and of raw materials employed. The prototype has a system that monitors continuously the different process parameters linked to energy consumption and the rest of raw materials used in the manufacturing process. In this way, are controlled in real time some of the major physical features of the final product allowing the reduction of the refusal generated during the manufacturing process. IIn conclusion, this project has allowed the improvement of energy efficiency, the reduction of the consumption of non-renewable raw materials and the improvement of the quality of the product, during the process of manufacture of the laminated gypsum board.

Summary of bilateral results