Wastewater Treatment Monitoring and Advisory System

Información del proyecto

WaMoS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 868462

DOI

10.3030/868462

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 26 Abril 2019

Fecha de inicio 1 Mayo 2019

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

BIA PODJETJE ZA LABORATORIJSKO IN P
Slovenia

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WaMoS (Wastewater Treatment Monitoring and Advisory System)

Período documentado: 2019-05-01 hasta 2019-10-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Action context: The biggest pain point of WaMoS customers, i.e. small and medium size Urban Waste Water Treatment Plants (UWWTP - 18.8423 in EU), is that state-of-the-art of commercially available technological solutions for real-time and online monitoring of aerobic biological nutrient removal (BNR), responsible for cleaning of organic pollutants from wastewater, does not meet the demands of the market. Lack of suitable solutions forces operators of UWWTPs to »drive blind« in critical situations. This often results in discharge of pollutants into receiving rivers with estimated environmental cost of 300 million EUR per year in EU.

Objectives: WaMoS is affordable online, real-time, monitoring, diagnostic, alarming and advisory system for monitoring BNR process status, designed as Platform as a Sevice (PaaS). Our Key enabling technology is industrial biotechnology supported by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies. It can completely remove risks of pollution due to problems with BNR process and as such it is an industry gamechanger. Our target is 80% reduction of unwanted biological treatment events during operation of small and medium size UWWTPs. Our customers are reponsible for cleaning waste water of 150 million inhabitants of European Union.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

Work performed: We organised international event Activated Sludge 2019 in June 2019 to improve our microbiological knowledge and understanding of customers problems in daily operation. We had in-depth interviews with influencing professors in the fields of activated sludge microbiology, WWTP design and operation, sensorics and data processing in water industry. We tested innovative water sensors and suitability of machine learning for water systems fingerprinting and early warning. Freedom to operate and IP protection were analysed.

Main results:
• Operators of UWWTPs can have a lot of problems due to poor insight into the activated sludge process and lack of knowledge.
• There is currently no suitable low-cost multiparametric sensor node on the market suitable for our purpose.
• Time is now for realtime process measurement and control in small & midsize UWWTPs
• Combined hardware and software systems can be patented also in EU. IP protection of WaMoS with low-cost multiparametric sensor node is possible.
• Further financing must be secured with combination of EIC Accelerator Pilot (or similar) funding and private investors.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

For Phase 1 of SME Instrument, end result of the project is Feasibility Study, which is confidential.

Illustration of core functions and benefits of WaMoS