{"id":36540,"date":"2021-12-14T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro.costa-verde.com\/?page_id=36540"},"modified":"2021-12-14T10:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:46:04","slug":"flashpor-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pro.costa-verde.com\/en\/flashpor-project\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHPor Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
This is the question we intend to answer through the FLASHpor project<\/strong>, through which we will investigate, develop and validate the use of an alternative, innovative and environmentally more sustainable technology for porcelain sintering during the first firing\/biscuit process – FLASH technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Aiming to ensure porcelain\u2019s unique properties, two or three firings (white or decorated porcelain) are required throughout the process for extended times (over 6 hours) and high temperatures (\u2248 1000o<\/sup>C, in the first firing\/biscuit; over 1350o<\/sup>C ,in the second firing). Despite all efforts to ensure an optimised process, which does not compromise the environment, this one is still powered by fossil fuels, by being the biscuit cycle able to represent around 15% of the plant\u2019s total energy consumption.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t FLASH technology uses an electric field as the driving force for densification, thus allowing to decrease the dependence on temperature during the porcelain\u2019s firing process. This will be applied to the biscuit process, thus allowing for a more sustainable sintering cycle (decrease in temperature and firing time).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Ceramic bodies\u2019 R&D with suitable compositions for firing, by using FLASH technology<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t R&D of FLASH sintering kilns, namely with the construction of a laboratory test\u2019s kiln and its scale-up, into a second (pilot) kiln for porcelain\u2019s firing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Studies for the applicability and industrial feasibility of porcelain\u2019s FLASH sintering process<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tConventional Porcelain Sintering Process<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
How can FLASH technology turn the process into something more sustainable?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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