Periodic Reporting for period 1 - KATEDRAL (An Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Sewage Sludge Valorization Unit)
Période du rapport: 2018-03-01 au 2018-06-30
The implementation of new restrictive EU directives towards sewage sludge management is creating a general trend in the European sewage sludge market towards incineration solutions. However, incineration is the most expensive and restrictive way of disposal, causing serious environmental impacts due to gas emissions into the air and residual polluting ashes that are usually disposed of landfilling. Besides the harmful effects for the environment, the sewage sludge management constitutes high costs for a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), one third of the total capital expenditures (CAPEX) and up to 50% of the operational costs (OPEX). We will offer our solution KATEDRAL to WWTPs whose disposal method is based on incineration, providing them with a cost-efficient, ecological and reliable disposal solution.