Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia di fitorisanamento a base di microalghe per la generazione di bioprodotti
Il livello di CO2 nell’atmosfera è aumentato sin a partire dall’epoca preindustriale, principalmente a causa delle emissioni generate dagli impianti. Lo scarico delle acque reflue inquina le fonti idriche e danneggia la biodiversità. In risposta a questi problemi, le aziende manifatturiere si trovano sotto pressione a causa della necessità di ridurre le emissioni di CO2 e ottimizzare l’uso dell’energia. Il progetto ALGBIO, finanziato dall’UE, mira a fornire alle industrie un modello di economia circolare proponendo la sua tecnologia di fitorisanamento volta a produrre biocarburanti e bioplastiche a base di alghe. Questa tecnologia si avvale delle microalghe per rimuovere gli inquinanti dalle acque reflue, catturando al contempo la CO2. Fornendo un’alternativa sostenibile, la soluzione di ALGBIO consentirà alle industrie di allontanarsi gradualmente dall’economia basata sul petrolio.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringcarbon capture engineering
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplastics
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuels
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.3.2 - European innovation ecosystems Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
34870 Istanbul
Turchia
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.