3D slag concrete manufacturing solutions for marine biotopes

SLAGREEF is Creative Innovative Ecological

About SLAGREEF

Climate change is dramatically affecting coastal areas. Storms affect beaches and urban facilities placed in coastal lines and produce serious damages to marine ecosystems.

Placement of artificial reefs has proved to be an effective technology to protect the coastal line and to restore the damaged ecosystems.

The main goal of the project will be the manufacturing of artificial reefs for marine biotopes using a large scale 3D printer. The printed material will be concrete with slag aggregates from waste residues of the steel industry, together with calcareous quarry waste.

What are Artificial reefs?

Design

Puzzle Design

  • Circular reef
  • Hollow inside for nutrients flow
  • Modular design in wich various components can be left out to create holes

Participants

SARTI

SARTI - research group of the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña specializes in the design and deployment of measurement and data acquisition and processing systems.

Location:

Vilanova i la Geltru

CATMECH

CATMECH - Advanced Center for Mechanical Technologies - of the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña is a research and technology transfer group

Location:

Terrassa