Research Fund for Coal and Steel - METEC

Research Fund for Coal and Steel
(RFCS)
METEC
InSteelCon 2011, Dusseldorf, Germany,
28 June, 2011
Alan HAIGH
Head of Unit DG RTD G.5
Research Fund for Coal and Steel
RFCS Programme
Programme Overview
Research activities
What’s new?
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RFCS Programme born from ECSC
Assets from the European Coal and
Steel Community (ECSC) transferred
to the European Community in 2002
To support the competitiveness of the
European coal and steel sectors
± €55 Million per year, coal and steel
Working Closely with Industry
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RFCS at a glance
Approx. 350 Grant Agreements running at any given time
440 M€ invested in Coal and Steel research since 2003
Open to industry, academia and research centres
Typical funding: 1-2 M€, occasionally as large as 10 M€
Research or innovative projects, well defined objectives
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55 million € / year
Coal:
15 M €
Steel: 40 M €
Research, Pilot and Demonstration projects
Can be complimentary to other funding (FP, national funds, etc.)
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Steel proposals 2003-2010
320 million € funding for steel
1024 proposals received / 354 successful projects
Average success rate up to 34%
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160
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120
100
80
60
40
20
0
92
67
49
51
92
49
115
39
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49
93
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35
38
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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Not funded
Funded
Project life cycle
Proposal
Decision
- Evaluation
- Negotiations
40% €
Project
- Technical Reports
Mid-Term
(Annual, Mid-term and
Final)
40% €
- Financial Statements
(Mid-term and Final)
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Results
Final
- Publication
20% €
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"consumption" of the amount committed for each year:
total amount ‘paid’ for contracts signed in year N
Commitments and payments for steel projects
50.000.000
40.000.000
30.000.000
Amount committed
Amount paid or decommitted
20.000.000
10.000.000
0
2003
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2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
RFCS Programme 2002 - 2011
What sort of activity is funded ?
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STEEL Technical Groups
TGS 1 - Ore agglomeration and Iron making
TGS 2 - Steelmaking processes
TGS 3 - Casting, reheating and direct rolling
TGS 4 - Hot and cold rolling processes
TGS 5 - Finishing and coating
TGS 6 - Physical metallurgy and design of new generic steel grades
TGS 7 - Steel products and applications for automobiles, packaging and
home appliances
TGS 8 - Steel products and applications for building, construction and
industry
TGS 9 - Factory-wide control, social and environmental issues
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Research Activities: Environmental Issues
 Ultra Low CO2
Steelmaking
 ULCOS projects (2004)
 EU funding: €9.6 million
(RFCS) + €20 million
(FP)
 Subsequently, specific
projects funded
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Research Activities: Structural Connections
PRECO-BEAM
Developed a prefabricated composite
beam based on a new type of shear
transmission
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HISTWIN
Developed a slotted friction-grip bolted
connection for wind-towers
Research Activities: Result Exploitation
BRIDGES
FIRE SAFETY
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Research
Dissemination
PRECO-BEAM
Innovative composite dowels
PRECO+ Starts July 2011
INTAB Composite bridges with
integral abutments
INTAB+
COMBRI Steel plated structures
for steel and composite bridges
COMBRI+ Design Manuals
/ Dissemination / Eurocodes
FICEB Fire resistance of long
span cellular beam
MACS+ Membrane Action in
fire design - Dissemination of
knowledge gained in FICEB+
and COSSFIRE
Starts July 2011
COSSFIRE Connections under
natural fire conditions
Various other ECSC and RFCS
projects
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DIFISEK and DIFISEK+
Dissemination of structural fire
safety engineering knowledge
Demonstration
ECOBRIDGE Demonstrating
composite bridge technology
based on the outcome of
PRECO-BEAM and INTAB
Started July 2010
COMBRI
COSSFIRE
RFCS Working Closely with Industry
Annual Priorities
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Developed with input from Technical Group Chairs
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In consultation with the European Steel Technology Platform
(ESTEP)
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With the final endorsement of the Steel Advisory Group (SAG)
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Typical research priorities
Improved energy efficiency compared to present technologies in high
temperature processes by recovery of waste heat.
Integrated control along at least two consecutive processing steps of
the production chain
Development of breakthrough CO2-lean technologies for the
production of steel.
Steel intensive solutions for energy efficient buildings aiming at
improving the life cycle
Solutions for minimizing the ecological footprint of the Steel Works
with respect to air, water, soil or biodiversity.
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News for 2011
RFCS goes electronic
Access via RFCS Web Page
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EPSS - Proposal setup
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Go to the URF and
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get a PIC!
Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Conclusions
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RFCS is now in ‘equilibrium’ after 9 years of operation
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~=40 Million € per year, year after year
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Wide spectrum of projects supported – look at SYNOPSIS
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It is a programme specifically for the competitiveness of the
steel sector so please use it
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We look forward to receiving your proposals
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