Project description DEENESFRITPL Digital wastewater monitoring reduces hydrogen sulphide and the chemicals to treat it Hydrogen sulphide is a highly toxic and smelly gas, often likened to rotten eggs, that is produced in sewage systems due to the decomposition of organic matter by anaerobic bacteria. It can be lethal to utility workers entering closed spaces and can also cause significant corrosion and loss of assets. The EU-funded H2S Analyzer project aims to bring its technology by the same name to market. Multiple analysers connected together will be able to support autonomous online and real-time detection of very small concentrations of hydrogen sulphide, ensuring that a minimal amount of chemicals are used to treat the water and keep it safe. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective There is a huge environmental problem in our sewers: hydrogen sulphide (H2S). H2S causes massive ecological problemsand economic damage, which arise to more than €250 bn per year in Europe.Currently, high levels of chemicals such as Nutriox are used in the sewer to eliminate H2S. However, the use of chemicalscould be drastically reduced if measures are taken at the point of origin, the waste water collection point. This requires anautonomous measuring method that can detect even the smallest H2S concentrations on site and online.We as ECH have developed such an Analyzer. The H2S Analyzer (TRL 7) is based on a new, patented measurementmethod - gas extraction with coupled detection. A higher-level control system connects several H2S Analyzer with eachother and always determines the required quantities of waste water chemicals precisely on the basis of the measurementresults. We make the waste water industry digital with this technology and enable a complete real-time monitoring of thewhole system. Target customers are municipal and private companies in the wastewater industry, but also contractlaboratories (market volume Europe: €1.5 bn). Our advantages are:1.Automate online measurements- H2S can be measured autonomously at various points in the wastewater pipe without personnel.- real-time Monitoring and targeted influencing2.Exact and reproducible measuring method-Measurement of H2S occurrences from 0.01 ppm3.Environmentally friendly- Proven significant reduction of at least 40-50% in the use of chemicals to treat H2S- Increased service life wastewater system to 100 years (currently 10-60)4.Economic viability- Decreasing costs for replacement investments in wastewater infrastructure- Cost savings of >40%The H2S analyzer is seen as a key factor in ECH and leads to significant increase of sales and employees and, in the longterm, a reduction in the use of chemicals in the wastewater industry.H2S Analyzer - Good for you and the Environment. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gassocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economics Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Call for proposal H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator ECH ELEKTROCHEMIE HALLE GMBH Net EU contribution € 1 748 250,00 Address Otto-eissfeld-strasse 8 06120 Halle Germany See on map Region Sachsen-Anhalt Sachsen-Anhalt Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 749 250,00
