NOVACEM- - basic information about the project

Project title:	NOVACEM Increasing environmental protection by innovative advanced technologies of cement production of new generation
Operational program:	Bilateral Fund at National Level for 2014 under the Environmental Thematic Component
Project number:	BFNENV14 - 001
Duration:	March 01 - June 30, 2015
Project approved by:	Government Office of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with the representatives of EEA grant and Norway grants

Main partners

Building Testing and Research Institute, Studená 3, 821 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, PB 4760 Sluppen, Trondheim, Kingdom of Norway
Považská cementáreň cement plant, a. s., Ulica J. Kráľa, 018 63 Ladce, Slovak Republic

Invited research institutes
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SASci, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Subotica, Kozaračka 2a, 24000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia
VŠB - Technical University Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Project objectives:

Sharing experiences and finding common solutions to the development of a new generation of cements

based on new raw materials for firing cement and modern advanced technologies for concrete and ready-mix concrete with improved durability to aggressive environmental load,
with special emphasis on the development of environmentally - friendly cements and special cements characterized by exceptional performance

The common denominator of innovative cements is the economic and ecological acceptability in guaranteeing all the technologically important properties of cements required for use in the construction concrete.

„Project is supported from a EEA grant and Norway grants.“

Specification of the workshop´s results of NOVACEM project

Workshop of NOVACEM project was held at Hotel Kamila, Chorvátsky Grob near Bratislava on May 5^th and on May 6^th in Považská cementáreň, a. s, cement plant Ladce (PCLA). Expert guarantor of the event was from Slovak and the Norwegian side Building Testing and Research Institute, n. o., Bratislava (TSUS) and SINTEF Building and Infrastructure, Trondheim. The action was from organization point of view provided by TSÚS and PCLA. The research results were presented in the cement plant in front of production technologists and sales representatives in order to transform scientific results into production practice.

The main scientific content of the workshop was the issue of research and development of a new generation of cements based on our previously unused non-metallic raw material - marl, whose deposit is possessed in the Slovak Republic by PCLA and two-year research experience of Norwegian partners with marl of their domestic origin. Slovak party informed Norwegian partners on domestic research of hybrid cement H-CEMENT and special cement NONRIVAL being carried out at the level of PCLA as contractor – TSUS as investigator from 2012 until now.

From multidisciplinary scientific view on marl Slovak specialists on clay chemistry from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of Slovak Academy of Sciences were invited to the workshop and also the expert from Civil Engineering Faculty, Subotica of Serbia, at the request of PCLA, as a specialist in innovative kinds of ceramic concrete. The attached brochure (currently being constructed) gives a concise written form of previous research outputs in Norway and Slovakia.

On May 7^th 2015, SINTEF and TSÚS representatives informed Her Excellency Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway about the results of hitherto cooperation during an hour-lasting audience, while consistently confirmed the desire to continue it in large research project at the bilateral level or in a European context. Both sides have declared high standard of professional and, after the workshop, also friendly relations. PCLA invited one of the Norwegian partners to stay for short working planned for 2016.

Brochure NOVACEM...

Workshop of NOVACEM