The conventional energy source in cement industries is fossil fuels, mainly coal, which has a high environmental footprint. On average, expenditures account for 40% of the overall production costs per ton cement. Reducing both impact and economic expenditure involves incorporating alternative sources (fuels) such as biomass, solid-derived fuel (SDF), refuse-derived (RDF) etc. However, within pl...

At present in Germany there are 61 plants for Mechanical(-Biological) Treatment (M(B)T) of residual wastes with a total capacity of about 6.4 million tons per year. They can be classified in four process concepts: material stream separation, mechanical-biological stabilization (with a biological drying process), mechanical-physical stabilization (with a thermal drying process) and mechanical(-b...

Monitoring of specific attributes such as vehicle speed and fuel consumption as well as cargo safety is an important problem for transport domain. This task is performed using specific multiagent monitoring systems. To ensure secure operation of such systems they should have autonomous and adaptive behaviour. The paper is describing an adaptive agent for vehicle mode monitoring using embedded d...

The paper discusses optimising work on a method of processing ceramic / metal composite coatings for various applications and is based on preliminary work on processing anodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The composite coating is manufactured by the electroless co-deposition of nickel and yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ) simultaneously on to a ceramic substrate. The effect on coating cha...