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Virtual FlashPhos Plant
What is a virtual plant? A virtual plant or digital twin is a fully functional digital clone of a real-world process. For the FlashPhos process, a model was built based on the mass and energy balance supplemented with thermodynamic data which can predict how the...
Conceptual Engineering of the FlashPhos Process
In plant engineering, Conceptual Engineering is the first of three stages, in which the basic components, mass, and energy flows necessary to make a process run are determined. In this blog, we want to give you an overview of our conceptual engineering activities,...
Women in Science – Meet Ayumi Schober
To promote the full and equal access and participation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), the International Day of Women and Girls in Science takes place on 11 February every year. Within FlashPhos are many inspiring women who...
Women in Science – Meet Bianka Leidold
Women in Science: On 11 February every year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated to promote the full and equal access and participation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). In FlashPhos, many women...
General Assembly Meeting
On January 17, 2023, FlashPhos partners jointly kicked off the new year in an online General Assembly Meeting. The meeting was the first consortium meeting gathering all project partners after last year’s successful Review Meeting and the General Assembly Meeting...
FlashPhos at Phosphorus Conferences ESPC4 and PERM5
The European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (ESPC) and the Phosphorus in Europe Research Meeting (PERM) are unique events, bringing together companies, stakeholders, researchers, regional and national authorities to discuss sustainable phosphorus actions and...
First FlashPhos Review Meeting
On December 5, 2022, the first FlashPhos Review Meeting took place remotely. All 17 project partners participated in the meeting and shared with Project Officer Dimitrios Biliouris from the European Commission and external expert Laurent Cassayre the project...
Dryer-Grinder pre-experiments
What have we tried out to initially prove the dryer-grinder concept? Reminder from our last post: In the past, thin film dryers have been optimized for minimizing dust formation. Our idea is that, if minimization was possible, it should also be possible to maximize...
Step 1 of the FlashPhos process – the Dryer-Grinder
The first step in the FlashPhos process is a Dryer-Grinder. Have you ever questioned yourself why this is? In this blog, you will learn everything about it.Why do we want to dry and grind the sludge for the FlashPhos process? Mechanically dewatered sewage sludge is...
FlashPhos General Assembly Meeting
On June 1 and June 2, 2022, the FlashPhos General Assembly Meeting took place in Seville, gathering all project partners in the capital of Andalusia. Host of the meeting was project partner INERCO.After the Steering Committee Meeting in Leoben, Austria, in November...