{"id":100241678,"date":"2025-10-29T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/?post_type=project&p=100241678"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:23:11","slug":"icpih","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/project\/icpih\/","title":{"rendered":"ICPIH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cLess CO\u2082. More future<\/strong>.\u201d The ICPIH project<\/strong> represents a bold step toward sustainable aluminum production. The solution developed by the Institute of Electronic Engineering: the electrification of smelting furnaces using innovative ICP technology<\/strong> \u2013 for a clean industry and a livable world.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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6.5 billion tons – that’s how much material is processed every year in the metal, glass, ceramics, lime and cement industries. This comes at a high price: 19.2% of global CO₂ emissions come from this sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replacing natural gas-fired burners with electrically powered PLASMA burners not only represents a technical advance in terms of efficiency and process quality for industrial smelting furnaces but also enables enormous CO₂ savings in these industrial processes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The mission: climate-neutral aluminum smelting<\/span><\/h3>\n

After comprehensive analysis, the TPS team has focused on introducing the new technology for smelting secondary aluminum—a key process in the circular economy. The goal: to replace fossil fuels with clean, efficient, and sustainable technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The solution is an electrically controlled plasma torch that not only provides power to the melting furnace, but can also be controlled very precisely, allowing the melting process to be optimized.<\/span><\/p>\n

From idea to implementation<\/span><\/h3>\n

The path to achieving this goal is clearly defined:<\/span><\/p>\n