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SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
INDUSTRY
EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL
COMPETTIVENESS TROUGH
RESOURCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Incorporation of a variety of organic wastes
into clay ceramics production for the GHG
Emission Reduction.
Organization
www.viokeral.com
 VIOKERAL , is one of the most important clay building materials producers in
Greece and neighbouring Balkan countries (Bulgaria and Albania) .
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 Established in 1920 as family owned company, created through the decades a
great reputation for innovation, progressive development that both finally ensure
reliable quality products, such as: hollow and perforated bricks, roof tilles, and
celler system.
 550.000 tn of ceramic building materials are produced annualy at six different
owned plants fullfilling quality standards and aesthetic design.
 By the participation to the EU – ETS , VIOKERAL organised R&D&I department ,
in order to achieve the KYOTO target and creates CARBON OFFSETS .Thus , in
the production process , valorise waste or by-products into raw materials
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Project Idea Concept
1. Production of ceramic products by mixing clay materials with :
 Olive Stone Wooden Residue
 Alperujo (two phase olive oil mills waste)
 Olive Oil Mill Waste Waters (OMWW)
 Other biomass waste (agricultural, food industry)
 Oil drilling and processing
2. Reduction of energy demands (up to 60%)
3. Reduction of water demand (up to 30% for Alperujo and OMWW)
4. Increase resource efficiency through kilns, boilers , heat exchangers
and automation systems.
5. Involve cross - sectorial corporations, machinery constructors and
research institutes to the reduction of GHG emissions and
resource efficiency.
Major Advantages :
a) Holistic approach for resource management
b)Substantial reduction in energy demands and CO2
emissions.
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Natural
Clays
Improved
Light
Weight
Ceramics
Biogas
Air emissions,
characterization
&
exploitation
Olive oil
wastes
Logistics
Immobilization
of pollutants
Other
Biomass
wastes
Oil drilling,
transport &
processing
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Idea Impact
Collaboration of
• Research organizations
• Clay Ceramic Industries
• Olive Oil mills
• Municipal waste treatment plants, agricultural
processing industries, food industries
• Oil industry
aiming to:
1. Valorisation of waste or process byproducts by its incorporation into clay
ceramics.
2. Energy and CO2 emission reduction.
3. Minimizing pollution.
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Idea Impact
OIL INDUSTRY
WASTES
RESEARCH
ORGANISATIONS /
UNIVERSITIES
OLIVE MILLS
WASTE
OTHER
BIOMASS
WASTE
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Existing Project Consortium
-
Process scale up
New products
Energy savings
Less water
demand
TECHNOLOGICAL
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF
THESSALY
Research study on
the incorporation of
biomass into clay
ceramics
OLIVE OIL MILLS
MUNICIPAL W/W
PLANTS
- Biomass production
- Water effluents
This project was supported in whole and granted by “Terra S.A.”,
Industrial Area, Larissa, Greece.
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Looking for partners…
Research
institutes /
Ceramic industry laboratories /
universities
Machinery
constructors
and
automation
systems
(LCA)
Olive Oil
mills
Municipal
Waste plants
Agricultural
processing
and Food
Industries
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(BAT)
(LCC)
Process & applications
(Exergy)
Horizontal
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Contact details
1. Filippos Sapounas
Viokeral – Terra S.A.
e-mail: fgsapon@gmail.com
2. Dr. Xenofon Spiliotis
e-mail: spil@teilar.gr
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