Project description
Towards sustainable use of water: A circular approach for industrial applications
Either we rethink how we use water or we threaten the availability. Even though there is overall enough water to meet the world’s growing needs, it is necessary to make changes in how water is used, managed and shared. The EU-funded AquaSPICE project will increase awareness in resource efficiency. It will also deliver compact solutions for industrial applications, including water treatment and reuse technologies, and closed-loop recycling practices. The project will also develop a cyber-physical-system controller including a system for real-time monitoring, assessment and optimisation of water use and reuse at different interconnected levels. The overall approach is based on the adaptation of technologies and practices – from a single industrial process to an entire industry.
Objective
AquaSPICE aims at materializing circular water use in the European Process Industries, fostering awareness in resource-efficiency and delivering compact solutions for industrial applications. That challenging aim necessitates (i) multiple state-of-the-art water treatment and re-use technologies, (ii) diverse closer-loop practices regarding water, energy and substances, (iii) a cyber-physical-system controller in the form of a system for real-time monitoring, assessment and optimization of water (re-)use at different interconnected levels and (iv) an effective methodological, regulatory and business framework. AquaSPICE not only offers these but claims their sufficiency, as also supported by the breadth of European process industries who are here to evaluate (i)-(iv).
AquaSPICE’s innovations emanate from the requirements of the Case Studies, involving industrial actors (Dow, BASF, Water-Link, Solvay, ARETUSA, Agricola, and TUPRAS) in 5 EU countries (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Romania) and 1 associated country (Turkey).
AquaSPICE follows a systemic approach in water management where optimal efficiency can be achieved through an adaptation of appropriate technologies and practices in different levels, from a single industrial process (unit operation), to an entire factory, to other collaborating industries (industrial symbiosis) or other sectors (e.g. domestic and/or agriculture).
AquaSPICE enables and facilitates the immediate uptake, replication and up-scaling of innovations, by providing comprehensive strategic, business and organizational plans that offer a range of well-defined and pre-packaged solutions, suitable for various cases with quite different characteristics.
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Call for proposal
H2020-LOW-CARBON-CIRCULAR-INDUSTRIES-2020
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H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME-singlestage
Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
52062 Aachen
Germany
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Participants (31)
06258 Schkopau
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2040 Antwerpen
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57013 Rosignano Marittimo Li
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1120 Bruxelles / Brussel
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57023 Cecina
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41790 Kocaeli
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1000 Ljubljana
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600351 BACAU
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1630 Linkebeek
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92400 Courbevoie
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2018 Antwerpen
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57122 Livorno
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3433 PE NIEUWEGEIN
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08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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2400 Mol
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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47822 Santarcangelo Di Romagna
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9000 Gent
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60121 Ancona
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731 00 Chania
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106 82 ATHINA
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11251 Athens
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HD1 3DH Huddersfield
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023973 Bucuresti
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91190 Gif Sur Yvette
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44312 Nantes
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1210 Ljubljana
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1066 Nicosia
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3063 NH Rotterdam
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4382NW Vlissingen
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4542 NM Hoek
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