Imagine your factory's wastewater as a goldmine instead of a waste product. This project builds a smart filtering system that catches valuable chemicals and energy before the water leaves the building. It uses a digital twin—like a virtual mirror of the plant—to make sure everything runs perfectly and wastes nothing.
Industrial plants waste massive amounts of water and lose valuable chemicals and energy in their wastewater streams. Current treatment plants are designed for disposal rather than resource recovery.
A system of water treatment modules and digital twin monitoring tools. These are integrated into industrial plants to recover freshwater, energy, and solutes.
If you are a steel mill operator dealing with high freshwater consumption and wastewater waste — this project developed integrated recovery modules that recycle water and recover solutes. This reduces your environmental footprint and lowers the need for fresh water intake.
If you are a paper mill manager dealing with inefficient water use — this project developed smart monitoring tools and treatment modules that recover energy and water. This helps transform your process into a circular system.
If you are a chemical plant owner dealing with expensive waste disposal of process streams — this project developed a system to recover valuable solutes and water. This turns a waste cost into a resource recovery stream.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided; however, the project aims to quantify economic sustainability dimensions.
Yes, the project is designed to validate configurations at three demonstration sites in the steel, pulp and paper, and chemical industries to reach TRL6.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, but the project focuses on knowledge transfer to launch further demonstration sites.
The system is designed to be integrated into existing industrial wastewater treatment systems using a combination of physical modules and digital monitoring tools.
The project runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, with the goal of reaching TRL6 by the end of the period.
The consortium is highly industry-oriented, with 8 industrial partners representing 50% of the 16 total members. This strong balance between 3 universities, 5 research organizations, and 8 companies suggests a high probability of commercial application, as the technology is being developed directly with end-users from the steel, chemical, and paper sectors.
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