Projektbeschreibung
Sicheres, erschwingliches und energieeffizientes Trinkwasser für alle zugänglich machen
Der Zugang zu sicherem Trinkwasser ist nach wie vor eine globale Herausforderung, da sich die herkömmlichen Aufbereitungsmethoden als unzureichend und energieintensiv erweisen. In diesem Zusammenhang zielt das EU-finanzierte Projekt REvivED darauf ab, die Elektrodialyse als neuen Goldstandard zu etablieren, und so eine Quelle für sicheres, erschwingliches und energieeffizientes Trinkwasser bereitzustellen. Durch das Potenzial der Elektrodialyse scheint es möglich, weniger als die Hälfte der Energie zu verbrauchen, die für moderne Umkehrosmoseanlagen erforderlich ist. Mit dem Schwerpunkt auf vier Schlüsselanwendungen, darunter Brackwasserentsalzung und Enthärtung von Leitungswasser, präsentiert das Projekt eine vielseitige Technologieplattform. Durch die Integration in bestehende Umkehrosmoseanlagen und die strategische Platzierung von Pilotprojekten in kritischen Gebieten weltweit wird REvivED die globale Wasserkrise direkt in Angriff nehmen.
Ziel
The REvivED water project will establish electrodialysis (ED) as the new standard providing a source of safe, affordable, and cost-competitive drinking water, using less than half the energy required by state-of-the-art Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants.
The innovations of the project constitute a technology platform with a very wide field of potential applications. All components and systems have reached at least TRL4 and will be further developed reaching at least TRL7. The main focus of the project will be on the following applications:
1. A simplified ED system that can be used for brackish water desalination (8 pilots in developing countries) or for tap-water softening (2 pilots in Germany and the Netherlands).
2. A multistage ED system for industrial-scale seawater desalination, which will be demonstrated to reach energy consumption as low as 1.5 kWh/m3 (1 pilot in the Netherlands)
3. Combinations of the multistage ED system with the latest salinity gradient power systems (Reverse ElectroDialysis - RED), which can further reduce energy consumption for seawater desalination to the region of 1 kWh/m3 (1 pilot in the Netherlands)
4. The versatile nature of the developed innovations will be demonstrated by testing their combinations with Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems (1 pilot in Spain). This will allow initial market introduction, without the need to replace the extensive RO infrastructure.
The pilot systems in developing countries will be located in critical areas where the project partner PHAESUN has local offices in Africa (Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia), Asia (Dubai, and India) and Latin America (Panama).
The consortium brings together leading partners covering the whole value chain and ensuring exploitation of the results. It is clearly industry driven, and it gives European industry the chance to take the lead of the ED revival and face the competition from the US that is also actively pursuing this important growth market.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processesdrinking water treatment processes
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationelectrodialysis
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdistillation
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-NMP-2015-two-stage
Finanzierungsplan
IA - Innovation actionKoordinator
5047 TK Tilburg
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