Descripción del proyecto
Tecnología de fitorremediación basada en microalgas para generar bioproductos
El nivel de CO2 en la atmósfera ha aumentado desde la época preindustrial, principalmente debido a las emisiones de las instalaciones. El vertido de aguas residuales contamina las fuentes de agua y perjudica la biodiversidad. En respuesta, las empresas manufactureras se ven presionadas para reducir las emisiones de CO2 y optimizar el uso de la energía. El equipo del proyecto ALGBIO, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende ofrecer un servicio de modelo de economía circular a las industrias proponiendo su tecnología de fitorremediación para producir biocombustibles y bioplásticos a partir de algas. Dicha tecnología utiliza microalgas para eliminar los contaminantes de las aguas residuales y, a su vez, capturar CO2. La solución ALGBIO alejará poco a poco a las industrias de una economía basada en el petróleo, proporcionando alternativas sostenibles.
Objetivo
The level of CO2 in the atmosphere increased two times compared to the pre-industrial period. The biggest reasons for this are the flue gases of the factories and greenhouse gas emissions in transportation. Billion tons of industrial wastewater and CO2 from the same factories continue to destroy our biodiversity in sea/lakes/rivers because of mucilage, eutrophication, ocean acidification, and deoxygenation.
With global production sectors responsible for one-fifth of carbon emissions – consuming 54% of the world’s energy sources – there is an urgent need for manufacturing companies to minimize CO2 emissions and optimize energy consumption. ALGBIO provides production facilities and industry with a circular economy model service, where they can capture their carbon, purify their waste, and produce their energies and raw materials.
ALGBIO will help the industry lower the environmental impact of the wastewater and flue gasses while turning the waste into energy with its circular economy model and patent-pending technology.
ALGBIO’s bioremediation technology is called phycoremediation, which can be defined as the use of microalgae for the removal or biotransformation of pollutants, including nutrients and xenobiotics from wastewater and CO2 from waste air. Rubisco enzyme activities of ALGBIO's metabolic engineering algae species have been increased. In this way, ALGBIO realizes carbon capture more efficiently and cost-effectively. With advanced phycoremediation, ALGBIO can remove up to 95% of biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen, phosphorus and conductivity from industrial wastewater and sewage compared to an un-efficient, carbon-positive conventional bacterial treatment.
The successful completion of the ALGBIO project will enable us to identify the pilot customers and implement our solution ALGBIO photobioreactors and ALGBIO biofuel production reactor after the project completion.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringcarbon capture engineering
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplastics
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.3.2 - European innovation ecosystems Main Programme
Convocatoria de propuestas
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34870 Istanbul
Turquía
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.