Under the Innovandi GCCRN, academic and industrial partners collaborate together on Core and Partner projects – pre-competitive research which aligns with the levers in the GCCA 2050 Net Zero Roadmap.
This includes areas such as clinker production, cement and binders, recycling/recarbonation, CCUS, durability and admixture.
This library lists all the Core and Partner projects currently underway, as well as their scientific contributors and where the research has been mentioned in scientific publications. This list is current as of 1 April 2024.
Clinker Production
Portland cement (PC) technology relies on the composition of raw materials and fuels used during the clinker production process in high-temperature kilns.
Continuous innovations have already been delivered, such as greater kiln and energy efficiencies, and many compelling projects are in progress. However, with our commitment to deliver net zero, the focus is now on breakthrough technologies such as kiln electrification and AI.
Cement and Binder including Calcined Clays
To mitigate CO2 emissions in clinker manufacturing, it is becoming increasingly evident that, in addition to conventional means, breakthrough technologies will need to be implemented in the next decades.
Recycling / Recarbonation
CO2 emissions can be decreased by recycling cementitious materials or by capturing CO2 in carbonated concrete, which is also known as a natural process.
CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage)
CCUS describes processes that capture CO2 emissions from industrial sources, and either reuses them in other industrial activity or stores them for centuries or millennia.
Durability
Society expects the built environment – buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure, to be resilient and safe. There is also an expectation of resilience in the face of disasters, whether natural disasters or other events, and for buildings, bridges, and infrastructure to last a long time. One also has to ensure that new chemistries and binders can also meet those requirements.
Admixture
Admixture plays an important role in decarbonisation in using new constituents by adjusting different parameters such as the reactivity, rheology, and water demand.
GCCRN PhD Students
Areej Gamieldien
University of Cape Town
Cristhiana Albert
ETH Zurich
Kok (James) Chean Lai
Technical University of Denmark
Leila Nobrega Sousa
Eindhoven University of Technology
Loyford Muchui Mugambi
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Marjorie Etchevers
EPFL, Switzerland
Mehnaz Dhar
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Néstor D. Montiel-Bohórquez
Politecnico di Milano
Roland Käser
ETH Zurich
Sebastian Quevedo Parra
Politecnico di Milano
Sheikh Junaid Fayaz
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
Tafadzwa Ronald Muzenda
RWTH Aachen University
Valeria Venturelli
Politecnico di Milano
Yu Luan
Imperial College London
Zhili Ren
University of Sheffield
Zihan MA
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University