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Scientists from SINTEF and Norsk Elektro Optikk are working with partners across Europe on a new sorting technology. The researchers are developing a sensor-based system for recycling refractories, with the aim of significantly reducing Europe’s carbon emissions. And the potential is there, as this technology could reduce CO2<\/sub>-emissions by as much as 800,000 tonnes. “Different types of optical detection technologies can be used to sort components in refractories,” SINTEF explains in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extractive industries, including the production of refractories, account for a significant proportion of global carbon emissions and have a major impact on biodiversity loss.\u00a0Establishing a circular economy and developing an efficient recycling process for this industry is essential to reduce CO2<\/sub>-emissions in Europe and preserve natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Inspection of tunnels, oil refineries and bridges will now be done by robots<\/div>
Human inspection takes too much time. In the long run, this in turn leads to high costs. A solution to this has been found by scientists of SINTEF.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

One unit with multiple sensors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The biggest challenge in recycling refractories is accurately sorting the different materials used, which consist of a mixture of different chemical components. Being able to segregate the components and sort them into different quality groups is crucial for the quality of future products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SINTEF is working on a solution by realising a multisensor sorting unit. Different types of optical sensing technologies can be used to sort components in refractories. In this case, the unit combines laser-induced pass-through spectroscopy (LIBS) and hyperspectral imaging, allowing element and material classification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2538,"featured_media":515987,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[21718,35572,63297],"location":[59682],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-433037","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability-nl","tag-co2-reduce","tag-sensors","tag-sintef","location-norway"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tunnel-gb7035f2ae_1920.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/youri-van-heumen\/","display_name":"Youri van Heumen"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 12, 2023","modified":"Updated on January 12, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 12, 2023 1:30 pm","modified":"Updated on January 12, 2023 1:30 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["Sustainability<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Sustainability<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["Co2-reduce<\/a>","sensors<\/a>","SINTEF<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Co2-reduce<\/span>","sensors<\/span>","SINTEF<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["pll_63bfd54063132<\/a>"],"unlinked":["pll_63bfd54063132<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["Norway<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Norway<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/433037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433037"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=433037"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=433037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}