Descripción del proyecto
Mejora de la eficiencia hídrica de la industria de alimentos y bebidas
La industria de alimentos y bebidas no solo es uno de los sectores con mayor uso de energía y agua del mundo, sino que además genera grandes volúmenes de residuos. Por consiguiente, hay una gran demanda de suministros de agua potable. A pesar del considerable progreso en la mejora de la eficiencia del uso de agua, la industria de alimentos y bebidas debe hacer más para minimizar el uso de agua potable durante la transformación de las materias primas. Sin embargo, las tecnologías actuales para el tratamiento de aguas residuales en industrias bajo un nexo agua-residuos-energía siguen siendo limitadas. El objetivo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos AccelWater es cambiar esta pauta y mejorar el consumo de agua potable en la industria de alimentos y bebidas centrándose en el desarrollo de nuevos procesos de recuperación y reutilización del agua, así como de tecnologías de supervisión y control facilitadas por la inteligencia artificial.
Objetivo
The food and drink industry is the EU's biggest manufacturing. However, this industry is one of the most water and energy intensive industries worldwide while the companies belong to that sector produce a lot of waste. Specifically, the food and beverage industry consumes 56% of the available water for industrial and urban use. Additionally, food processing embeds 28% of the total energy used for production, while the total direct energy consumed by the European food industry amounted to 28.4 Mt oil equivalent, while 30.6 Mt of food waste are produced in this industry. Although, huge steps have been made in increasing the water use efficiency through the use of modern technologies and methods, there is limited effort from the food and beverages industry to minimize freshwater use during the raw material processing. In addition, high water consumption in industrial areas lead to increased production costs due to the fact that the tariffs for public wastewater treatment can be very high in European cities as well as the industrial electricity prices can also be very high. Currently, solutions for wastewater treatment in industries include the use of clarification, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, process water polishing, disinfection with water treatment chemicals and UV, and biological treatment technologies. However, the use of these technologies under a water-waste-energy nexus is very limited.
AccelWater’s project main objective is to optimize freshwater water consumption in the food and beverage industry under a water-waste-energy nexus by introducing beyond state-of-the-art water reclaiming, reusing and Artificial Intelligence enabled monitoring and control technologies will permit the use of reclaimed water in the manufacturing processes of food and beverages and on the same time will allow waste and energy reclamation, optimization and management, and consequently will result to environmental and socioeconomic sustainability.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
H2020-LOW-CARBON-CIRCULAR-INDUSTRIES-2020
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME-singlestage
Régimen de financiación
IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
11742 Athens
Grecia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.