Objective The ALGATEC II project is a demostration activity based on the promissing results fo the FP7-SME-2008 ALGATEC project (contract n. 232331). During the ALGATEC project, both the lab and field-scale experiments proved that the system was efficient in removing the pollution load of olive mill washing water (WW) and producing water of drinking quality, that could be reused in the process. However, under the current market status in the main olive oil producing countries, the cost of this technology seemed to be quite high to be implemented in a commercial product. The innovative and easy to operate and maintain system developed, based on; a pre-treatment, a photobioreactor (PBR), and two different configurations of membrane modules, was tested using WW stored in an evaporation pond. For treating this WW, more concentrated than the fresh WW, hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 3 days were needed, and this fact increased the final price of the m3 of treated WW. The decreasing of the HRT together with other potential improvements already identified to increase the system efficiency and make it more competitive in the market, are the driven force of the proposed project. 5 European SMEs, from 3 EU countries, 4 partners of the ALGATEC project, together with a new SME especialised in market studies, will work in the optimisation of the system by implementing improvements in the pilot plant located in Spain) to increase the treatment capacity working with fresh WW and better conditions with regards to light, temperature and materials for the PBR, optimising the membrane module by replacing expensive materials, re-designing it, and improving the energy efficency. The control system for both, PBR and membranes, would be optimised to decrease, among others, the labour costs associated to the system O&M. All these measures will lead in the ALGATEC II system, more competitve in the market and that would mean the opening of new market opportunities for the participating SME Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2012-3 - Demonstration activity Call for proposal FP7-SME-2012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator BIOAZUL, SL Address Avenida manuel agustin heredia numero 18, 1-4 29001 Malaga Spain See on map Region Sur Andalucía Málaga Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antonia Lorenzo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 286 360,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ISITEC GMBH Germany EU contribution € 141 360,00 Address Bussestrasse 27 27570 Bremerhaven See on map Region Bremen Bremen Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Thomas Hanken (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Biotmicrogen S.L. Spain EU contribution € 274 120,00 Address Av. de la innovación 1 18100 Armilla (granada) See on map Region Sur Andalucía Granada Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ana María Lasserrot Cuadrado (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ENCO SRL Italy EU contribution € 122 800,00 Address Via michelangelo schipa 115 80122 Napoli See on map Region Sud Campania Napoli Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marco De La Feld (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Cooperativa Agricola Olivarera Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados Spain EU contribution € 61 360,00 Address Antigua carretera la rambla s/n apdo. correos 172 14500 Puente genil, cordoba See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antonio Cielos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window
