Solvents and acids are particularly good at corroding metal, such as the metal fixing a fire damper to a wall..
And we have found that existing carbon capture technologies have the potential to change the way industrial plastics are produced.. Industrial Plastic Production: Reducing Carbon Emissions.As we know, industrial plastics are used in many items we use every day.
From nylon stockings to Teflon-coated cooking pans, we all use these types of plastics in some form or other.Industrial plastics have become so prevalent precisely because of their wide range of uses.And while they have been historically carbon heavy in their production, they also have the potential, in fact, to lessen carbon emissions in certain areas.. One positive example we are seeing of the increased use of industrial plastics is engineered plastics adding benefit as alternative building materials.
By reducing costs through lightening loads, and acting as better insulators to increase heating efficiency, industrial plastics have clear scope to deliver substantial cost benefits.These materials are useful, therefore, and we shouldn’t discount their potential in this area because of their historically carbon emission heavy synthesis.. Our goal, therefore, is to find ways to make the production of industrial plastics less reliant on fossil fuels and to reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible..
The way we are focusing on achieving this is through carbon capture, which reduces emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during synthesis by capturing emitted carbon dioxide and reusing it in other stages of the plastics manufacturing process..
Carbon Capture and Utilisation vs Carbon Capture and Storage.These are the driving principles of P-DfMA and industrialised construction more generally..
Automation in construction.In terms of maximising value, we must also address the reality that at present, the majority of an architect or designer’s time is spent documenting ideas, whereas in actuality, it is the creation of the idea in the first place which is the most value-adding element.
One benefit of standardising components and adopting a P-DfMA approach is that we can document the rules around those components.This in turn means we’re able to automate the design process (to a certain level), or certainly automate the production of the BIM model.. Standardising components and digitising workflows enables architects and designers to spend more time generating ideas and better designs, more time performing simulation and testing.