Description du projet
Une nouvelle technologie propulse les industries de transformation vers un avenir durable en matière d’approvisionnement en eau
La rareté de l’eau est une préoccupation croissante dans le monde entier et l’industrie de transformation consomme de grandes quantités d’eau. Dans ce contexte, le projet INSPIREWater, financé par l’UE, s’est donné pour objectif d’accroître l’efficacité de l’eau et des ressources dans l’industrie de transformation grâce à des solutions technologiques innovantes. Le projet, qui implique une collaboration entre les fournisseurs de technologies, les PME et les organismes de recherche, vise à faire de l’Europe un leader sur le marché mondial du traitement de l’eau industrielle. INSPIREWater propose un système de gestion de l’eau flexible pouvant être intégré dans les systèmes existants, ce qui facilite la mise en œuvre d’innovations techniques. Il mettra particulièrement l’accent sur l’exploitation et la diffusion, en ciblant les différentes parties prenantes, y compris les décideurs politiques et les acteurs des différentes industries de transformation.
Objectif
INSPIREWATER demonstrates a holistic approach for water management in the process industry using innovative technology solutions from European companies to increase water and resource efficiency in the process industry. This will put Europe as a leader on the world market for segments in industrial water treatment which will create new high skilled jobs in Europe.
With extended collaboration between technology providers including innovative SME’s, world-wide active companies in the chemical and steel industries and research organizations, this project also contributes to the aims of the SPIRE SRA, the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on 'Water' and to the aims of the Commission’s Roadmap on Resource efficiency, supporting effective implementation of European directives and policies in the water management area.
INSPIREWATER addresses non-technical barriers as well as technical, as innovation needs both components and demonstrates them in the steel and chemical industry. A flexible system for water management in industries that can be integrated to existing systems is worked out and demonstrated to facilitate implementation of technical innovations. Technical innovations in the area of selected membrane technologies, strong field magnetic particle separator, and a catalyst to prevent biofouling are demonstrated, including valorisation of waste heat. This will increase process water efficiency as well as resource, water and energy savings in the process industry.
The development and demonstration work is combined with a strong emphasis on exploitation and dissemination. Specific exploitation strategies are developed for the different solutions in INSPIREWATER. Dissemination targets different target groups: Stakeholders in different process industry also beyond the involved ones, e.g. Pulp and paper, but also policy makers based on the findings of the project.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologies
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebusiness intelligence
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinateur
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