Expression of interest
Contact details
Country / TURKEYName of the organisation / Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TCMB) R&D Institute
Name of the contact / Aslı Kesim
Phone / +90 444 50 57 / 1135
Email /
Short description of the organisation
Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (TÇMB) was founded in 1957 by the industries manufacturing cement and other hydraulic binders. TÇMB, as a nonprofit organization (NGO) and the common voice of the Turkish cement industry, is fully acting under the rules of free market economy and is representing a total of 68 enterprises in Turkey, as 49 of them being integrated facilities and 19 grinding plant. TÇMB provides common solutions to these enterprises for their research and development activities, services in energy & environment departments, quality control and training services and makes common initiatives for legal and administrative regulations. (www.tcma.org.tr/ENG) TCMB is a member of European Cement Association (CEMBUREAU) and European Cement Research Academy (ECRA).
TÇMB R&D Institute as a nonprofit organization (NGO) was founded in 1978 for testing and research services on cement and raw materials. During the past 38 years R&D Institute staff and the laboratory facilities have extended its services internationally and earned a reputation for high quality and unbiased work with a 25 number of employee. TÇMB R&D Institute analysis scope covers chemical, physical and mechanical properties of cement and related raw materials, different types of waste materials, concrete, aggregate, chemical & mineral admixtures, fuels & alternative fuels and flue gas( including Dioxin-Furan, Halogens, PAHs, trace elements etc.). The laboratories have been accredited by EN/ISO IEC 17025 ‘General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories’ standard by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) which is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Accr. Forum (IAF).
Testing equipment listed as follows:
• High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (GC-HRMS) / • Macro Thermogravimetric Analyzer• Gas Chromatography - Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) / • X - Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) / • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP-OES) / • Laser Particle Size Diffractometer
• Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) / • Compressive Strength Instrument
• Optical Polarized Microscope / • Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Testing equipment
• Ion Chromatography (IC) / • Laboratory Furnaces (max. 1500 °C)
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) / • Semi adiabatic Heat of Hydration Testing Equipment
• X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF) / • Climatized cabinets
• Total Organic Carbon Instrument (TOC) / • Wet Laboratory Testing Equipments
• UV - Vis Spectrofotometer / • Physical & Mechanical Testing Equipments
• CHNS Analyzer
Key Personnel
Dr. Tülay Çağlayan Özlü
Dr. Tülay Çağlayan ÖZLÜ (F) is a 1985 graduate of Hacettepe University Department of Chemistry. She obtained her MSc (1988) and PhD (1995) degrees from Hacettepe University on Physical Chemistry area. She has also obtained a second BS degree from Anadolu University Department of Business Administration in 1992. She worked at Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Foundation (TUBİTAK) at various positions then she worked for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry as a ministerial adviser. Currently, she is director of TCMB R&D Institute. She has over 15 publications on her areas of expertise, which are; European Union, Chemistry and Environmental Technology, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, Population Environment and Natural Resource Management, Organization and Management of Information Centers, Data Storage and Information Retrieval Techniques, Information Marketing, and Computational and Simulated Chemistry. She is also lecturer at Başkent University Energy Engineering MSc program.
Aslı Kesim
Aslı Kesim (F) is graduated from Middle East Technical University Metallurgical Materials Eng. in 2007 and completed MSc degree in Cement Eng. Since 2008, she has been working at TCMB R&D Institute Phys. & Mech. Testing Laboratory. She takes charge in sector specific or other sectors scope of national R&D projects and Horizon 2020 projects. She’s got training on GRI Sustainability Reporting and follow the sustainability issues in the cement sector. She is the member of the CEMBUREAU Sustaniable Construction Committee.
Serkan Türk
Serkan Türk (M) is graduated from Middle East Technical University with BSc & MSc in Department of Chemistry in 2001. He has obtained a second degree from Anadolu University Department of Business Administration in 2008. He has been working at TCMB since August 2002. He worked as XRD expert for 4 years, then became expert in fuel analysis. He has been working as head of Waste and Fuel Laboratory since 2010. He has been specialized on emission analysis of burning process of alternative fuels He has research projects on alternative fuels and special cements. He is member of REACH SDS C&L RCS at CEMBUREAU.
Çınar Uysal
Çınar Uysal (M) is graduated from Middle East Technical University at Mining Eng. Department in 2007 and completed his MSc in the Cement Eng. Since 2011, he has been working at TCMB R&D Institute Physical & Mechanical Testing Laboratory. Besides the testing services, He takes charge in sector specific or other sectors scope of R&D projects; i.e. H2020 projects, mineral admixtures of cement and concrete, grindability studies, cement production process. He is a member of the technical commitee of Turkish Standardization Institute and he represents TCMB at European Cement Reseach Academy (ECRA).
Specific skills related to the project
Indicate the specific skills and competence in relation with topic SPIRE-08-2017 «Carbon dioxide utilisation to produce added value chemicals”
ü Notifying the cement sector about legislation and developments regarding emission directives.
ü Ensuring coordination for the “Cement Sector CO2 Emission Benchmarking Study” initiated by the TÇMB.
ü Being in cooperation with governmental bodies, other NGOs and universities.
ü Participating in both national and international events, conferences, symposiums and workshops on emissions in cement industry.
ü Bringing companies serving on process technology, energy audits and demand side management together with the industry, considering the sectoral needs and requests.
ü Experience in H2020 projects (TCMB worked in 6 different H2020 proposal consortiums which resulted very close to threshold levels. Two of them were about CO2 capture and utilization. In those proposals we contribute to the proposal writing with issues about cement industry, finding the proper cement plant for real case application, project management, dissemination etc.
Proposed activities for the project
ü Providing technical, statistical and legislative information about the cement process, emissions, equipments, waste heat recovery, alternative fuels etc.
ü Organizing site visits if required and facilitating coordination with a cement plant for industrial application or case studies/ Management of the real case studies
ü Gathering, consolidating and interpreting the data required by the project.
ü Dissemination activities by sharing the progress and results of the project with TÇMB Members and other stakeholders through website, journal, seminars, meetings and other events, if permissible.
ü Organizing debates with cement sector experts through TÇMB Committees if required.
ü Supplying publication support on energy efficiency.
ü Assisting in proposal writing in terms of governance structure/ project management etc.
References
Previous research project
Project acronym / starting date /Main objectives
/ Main activities / Role in the projectFISSAC / Waste-1 / Sept. 2015 / H2020 Grant Agreement: 642154 / Industrial Symbiosis & Cement Industry / Laboratory studies (Characterization of waste materials, eco cement synthesis, cement properties),
Coordination for pilot and
real scale application with cement plants in Turkey / Participant
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