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All ongoing research projects at Envtech
Synergies for improved environmental performance of first generation biofuels for transportation
The overall aim of this project is to contribute to the development for improving the performance of production systems for biofuels for transportation from food crops and waste.
Financing: Formas
Researchers: Michael Martin, Niclas Svensson, Mats Eklund and Jenny Ivner
Collaborative Development of District Heating
The project aims at defining the characteristic of what a resource efficient system of district heating could be. It also aims at exploring the potential for excess heat-based district heating, as one contributing factor to the resource efficiency of district heating. To be able to do so the project intends to investigate the process of the development of resource efficient district heating systems. The project is focused on the interaction between industry and district heating companies in the development of excess heat-based district heating systems.
Funding: Faculty funding and the county administrative board
Researchers: Sofia Persson, Sara Gustafsson and Olof Hjelm
DORIS - Development of (Integrated product service) offerings for the Railway Infrastructure System
The aim of this project is to support the Swedish Transport Administration to find new ways to improve the management of the rail infrastructure. Potential outputs are environmental and economical benefits, product innovation, organizational changes and closer relationships between procurer and contractors.
Financing: Banverket
Researchers: Sofia Lingegård, Mattias Lindahl, Niclas Svensson
Sustainable energy and climate strategies — lessons learned and potential for development (HEKSA)
This project is part of the research program within Sustainable Municipality project that is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. This project contributes to capacity building from a policy theoretical perspective by developing support that facilitates local authorities’ cooperation with other actors in relation to their energy strategies. This is valuable for the municipalities’ future efforts towards ambitious energy objectives.
Financing: Swedish Energy Agency
Researchers: Sara Gustafsson, Jenny Ivner, Paul Fenton, Jenny Palm (Tema T)
Sustainable Norrköping
Sustainable Norrköping is a polycentric research program consisting of the three core areas: sustainable city development, systems of transportation and urban-industrial symbiosis. It aims at supporting Norrköping's ambitions to putting the city on the world map of sustainability.
Financing: Norrköping Development Foundation
Researchers: Björn Berglund, Paul Fenton, Sara Gustafsson, Leo Baas and Mats Eklund
The industrial ecology research program (IERP)
IERP is a ten year collaboration research programme starting 2009 on industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis and renewable resorces between ETM and Tekniska Verken AB. It aims to further explore synergies in materials, energy, waste and by-products between companies. The Industrial Ecology Research Programme works within three main research areas: Regional industrial symbiosis, Renewable resources in industrial symbiosis, and Industrial symbiosis and large technical systems.
The programme includes or relates to many of the research projects at the division.
Funding: Tekniska Verken AB
Researchers: Leo Baas, Mats Eklund, Joakim Krook, Björn Berglund, Carolina Ersson, Pär Frändegård, Nils Johansson, Michael Martin
IQ - intelligent cleaning
The objective of the IQ-project is to develop a physical demonstrator of a universal industrial cleaning machine using Qlean Scandinavia’s ultra-clean water (Qlean method) instead of traditional cleaning methods using e.g. detergents, alkaline bath, high temperature and high pressure. This means that when developing a new industrial cleaning demonstrator many aspects needs to be considered e.g. material selection, joining technology and water application technologies that work well when using the Qlean method. Mistra Innovation
Funding: Mistra Innovation
Researchers from the division: Mattias Lindahl and Niclas Svensson
Megatech - Sustainable Business and Clean Technology Markets in Megacities
The project analyzes the urban metabolism of Cairo and Mexico Cityfrom a holistic perspective and to detect potential niches for Swedish Sustainable Business and CleanTech offerings.
Financing: Vinnova
Researchers: Olof Hjelm, Leo Baas, Santiago Mejía Dugand
Economic and environmental evaluation of metal recovery from disconnected city power grids
The overall aim of this project is therefore to evaluate the economic and environmental performance of alternative, non-digging technologies (e.g. HP-Fiber) for cable extraction. Another important aim of the project is to illuminate drivers and barriers for metal extraction from disconnected city power grids – knowledge essential for developing conditions facilitating realization.
Funding: Formas, Stena metall AB, Technical support TSD HB, Utsikt Nät AB
Researchers: Mats Eklund, Per Frändegård, Nils Johansson, Joakim Krook, Niclas Svensson
Customer-Oriented Solution Provider – through Integrated Product and Service Development (SPIPS)
This project aims at creating customized methods to develop Product/Service Systems (PSS) effectively and efficiently in a harmonized manner to the existing business procedures at a company.
Funding: Siemens Industrial Turbo machinery AB
Researchers: Tomohiko Sakao, Amir Taabodi
Urban mining: laying the foundation for a new line of business
The overall aim of the project is to develop technical, economic, environmental and organizational conditions for extracting the metals metal stocks situated in disconnected subterranean infrasystems and thus contributing to the societal strategy of closing material loops.
Funding: Vinnova, Stena Metall AB, Tekniska Verken i Linköping AB
Researchers: Joakim Krook, Björn Berglund, Mats Eklund, Per Frändegård, Nils Johansson, Niclas Svensson
Landfill mining for integrated remediation and resource recovery: economic and environmental potentials in Sweden
This project aims to analyze the potential of landfill mining, emphasizing economic and environmental conditions. Here, landfill mining means the excavation, processing, treatment and recycling of materials that throughout the 20th century have been dumped in waste deposits. Important research questions to address are; to what extent such a strategy can contribute in solving environmental problems and if commercial interests in recovery of valuable materials from landfills can facilitate large-scale remediation of such sites?
Funding: FORMAS, Stena Metall AB, Tekniska Verken i Linköping AB
Researchers: Mats Eklund, Per Frändegård, Nils Johansson, Joakim Krook, Niclas Svensson
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