Què és SMART-Plant?
SMART Plant, “Scale-up of low-carbon footprint MAterial Recovery Techniques in existing wastewater treatment PLANTs” pretén millorar el funcionament de les estacions depuradores d’aigües residuals perquè recuperin al màxim els recursos i s’alineïn amb la visió de residu zero.
El projecte H2020 SMART-Plant ha implementant solucions eco-innovadores que renovin tecnològicament les plantes de tractament d’aigües residuals existents. L’aplicació d’aquestes tecnologies ha d’impulsar la producció de productes d’alt valor afegit, com ara cel·luloses, bioplàstics o biofertilitzants, i evitar alhora la generació de materials residuals.
Gràcies a la participació d’Aigües de Manresa, el Centre Tecnològic BETA de la UVic-UCC i el grup de recerca GENOCOV de la UAB s’han posat en funcionament dues plantes pilot a la depuradora de Manresa. El projecte SMART-Plant vol demostrar amb aquestes plantes pilot que és possible obtenir nous productes (com ara diversos tipus de biofertilitzants o biofuel) a partir del tractament de les aigües residuals, a la vegada que es redueix tant el seu cost energètic com les seves emissions.
En el marc del projecte el CT BETA elabora productes de valor afegit com biomassa i biofertilitzants a partir de llots de depuradora, mitjançant processos de bioassecatge i compostatge avançat. Aquests productes es van mostrar als assistents al congrés que fins i tot van poder-se endur un pack de compost per a testos.
En el projecte també participen una planta d’Holanda, on es generen fangs (a partir dels residus de tractament de l’aigua) amb un alt contingut de cel·lulosa, i una altra planta de Verona (Itàlia), on es generen fangs rics en fòsfor. Aquests fangs, que s’han generat també a partir d’altres tecnologies del projecte SMART-Plant, es traslladen després a Manresa.
Aquest projecte, coordinat per la Universitat de Verona, va rebre un premi de l’iWater, el Saló Internacional del Cicle Integral de l’Aigua.
El projecte, que es va posar en marxa el juny del 2016 amb una durada de quatre anys (1/06/2016-31/05/2020), ha rebut finançament del programa de recerca i innovació Horizon 2020 de la Unió Europea.
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Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM)
www.univpm.it, www.simau.univpm.it
The Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) was established in 1971 as Università di Ancona and in 2003 has changed its name in Università Politecnica delle Marche to stress its scientific and technological mission and vision. UNIVPM has about 17000 students and include five faculties of Engineering, with more than 7200 students, Medicine and Surgery, Economics, Science and Agriculture, which permanently employ about 700 academics and 650 technical/administration staff. UNIVPM is very active and performant in the European R&D&I and is currently coordinating 2 and managing further 11 Horizon2020 projects, mainly in the area of engineering and life science. Three Doctoral Schools (Engineering, Agriculture and Economics) support doctoral students during their research training at UNIVPM.
Università degli Studi di Verona (UNIVR)
The Università degli Studi di Verona (UNIVR) is a young and dynamic public institution, established in Verona in 1982. It has more than 22000 students and around 50 courses. According to the prestigious business Italian journal “Il Sole 24 Ore”, in 2015 the University of Verona was ranked 1st in Italy for the quality of the research and teaching.
Università di Roma La Sapienza (UR)
www.uniroma1.it, www.chem.uniroma1.it
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Brunel University (UBRUN)
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Cranfield University (CU)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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Universitat de Vic (UVIC-UCC)
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National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
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Berlin Centre of Competence for Water (KWB)
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Socamex S.A (SOC)
www.tecnoaqua.es/empresas/socamex-sa
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Mekorot Water Company Ltd
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