Descrizione del progetto
Nuove tecnologie di trattamento recuperano prodotti di valore aggiunto dagli impianti di trattamento dei rifiuti
Il trattamento dei rifiuti e delle acque reflue, il riciclo e il riutilizzo non solo aiutano a mitigare gli impatti ambientali negativi, ma contribuiscono anche ad alleviare la scarsità di acqua e a promuovere una maggiore gestione di risorse sostenibili. Ad oggi, però, il recupero di risorse dai rifiuti appare limitato. Con il finanziamento del programma Marie Skłodowska-Curie, l’obiettivo di RECYCLES è recuperare contemporaneamente energia e vari prodotti a valore aggiunto organici e inorganici (carbonio, azoto e zolfo) tra gli effluenti liquidi e gassosi, integrando innovative configurazioni dei bioreattori. Il progetto riunisce ricercatori di ambiti diversi, tra cui chimica ambientale, bioinformatica e matematica, oltre a imprese specializzate nella progettazione e nella costruzione di reattori. La tecnologia proposta rappresenterà un cambiamento di paradigma nella gestione dei rifiuti e delle acque reflue e sarà ben allineata ai principi di economia circolare.
Obiettivo
The objective of the project is to exploit the integration of the carbon, nitrogen and suflur cycles in bioreactors to design optimal treatment trains to recover added-value products out of liquid and gaseous effluents. The strategy will be to combine interdisciplinary approaches to:
- investigate innovative unit processes based on partial nitrification for nitrogen recycle, autotrophic denitrification for biosulfur recovery and multienzyme-based bioreactors for CO2 valorization;
- apply technologies that are novel in this field such as moving bed bioreactors, membrane biofilm reactors and enzimatic reactors
- combine biological processes in to innovative treatment trains for wastewater treatment and biogas upgrading.
The topic will be addressed from the point of view of circular economy by exploring the potential synergies of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles in wastewater and biogas treatment trains to reduce treament costs and to te increase production of added-value products. From a methodological point of view, the project targets the improvement of existing knowledge of innovative technologies based on immobilized biocatalysts as well as the demonstration of the viability of innovative treatment trains at in-silico, lab- and pilot-scale levels.
The project is interdisciplinary and intersectorial; in fact, the research teams involved include environmental and chemical engineers, biologists and bioinformatics and mathematical modellers, while the companies are complementary being specialised in reactors design and construction and in bioprocess design and control. Finally, the involvement of the industry will allow to receive feedbacks on the solutions needed from pilot case studies using real effluents and to effectively translate novel scientific outcomes into suitable technologies.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactors
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisbiocatalysis
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)Coordinatore
08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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