Imagine a giant industrial filter that doesn't just clean water, but also mines valuable metals and energy from the waste. It's like turning a factory's sewage pipe into a profit center by catching useful materials before they disappear. The system uses smart software to act like a brain, deciding the best way to treat water in real-time.
Process industries waste massive amounts of water and lose valuable raw materials in their effluent. This leads to high operational costs, regulatory pressure, and resource scarcity.
Modular water treatment hardware (membranes, electrodes, adsorbents) and digital management software including digital twins and sensors.
If you are a paper mill operator dealing with high water consumption and waste—this project developed modular treatment technologies that recover bioactive phenols and cellulose. This allows you to reuse water and reclaim raw materials.
If you are a steel plant manager dealing with contaminated wastewater—this project developed electrochemical processes and adsorbents that recover metals, including Critical Raw Materials. This reduces your dependence on virgin resources.
If you are a chemical manufacturer dealing with complex liquid waste—this project developed advanced membranes and digital twins to optimize water treatment. This lowers energy use and improves process efficiency.
Based on available project data, specific pricing is not provided, but the project focuses on improving competitiveness by reducing dependence on virgin resources and recovering energy.
Technologies have been successfully tested at laboratory scale with synthetic and some real industrial wastewater; the project aims to demonstrate these in 4 case studies across Europe and Turkey.
Based on available project data, there is no specific information regarding licensing terms or patent ownership for the developed membranes and software.
The project develops digital twins, software sensors, and decision-support tools designed to integrate with smart grids for optimal day-to-day operation.
The project runs from 2023-12-01 to 2027-11-30, meaning full demonstration results will be available by late 2027.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward industrial application, with 9 industry partners (45% ratio) and 6 SMEs. This balance suggests a strong focus on commercial viability, supported by 6 universities and 2 research centers across 12 countries, ensuring a bridge between lab discovery and factory floor implementation.
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