Descripción del proyecto
Ahorrar agua en la industria textil
La industria textil utiliza gran cantidad de agua, tanto para limpiar las materias primas como en los diferentes pasos del proceso de teñido de tejidos. Esta industria es también una gran productora de aguas residuales que contienen diversos tintes y sustancias químicas. Para reducir el uso de agua dulce en la industria, en el proyecto Waste2Fresh, financiado con fondos europeos, se desarrollará un proceso de circuito cerrado para fábricas textiles que permitirá encauzar, reciclar y reutilizar las aguas residuales. En el proyecto se integrarán enfoques novedosos e innovadores de degradación catalítica con técnicas de separación y extracción altamente selectivas. De este modo, se aspira a reducir el consumo actual de los recursos de agua dulce y a lograr un vertido casi nulo. Se espera que el sistema del proyecto conlleve beneficios ambientales significativos.
Objetivo
Waste2Fresh proposal addresses freshwater resource scarcity and water pollution challenges exacerbated by energy-intensive industries which are major users of fresh water (for e.g. processing, washing, diluting, heating, cooling, and transporting products) and pollute freshwater resources. 20% of global industrial water pollution comes from textile manufacturing. Breakthrough innovations are needed in energy-intensive industries to recycle water and create closed loops in industrial processes. According to the European Commission, such “closed loops would significantly reduce the use of fresh water and improve water availability in the relevant EU water catchment areas, as outlined in the Water Framework Directive, for other purposes (adjacent communities, farming and bio-based industries).
Waste2Fresh proposes to meet the above challenges and industry needs by developing and demonstrating (to TRL 7) a closed loop recycling system for wastewater from textile manufacturing factories such as the denim ERAK factory. The Waste2Fresh system will integrate novel and innovative catalytic degradation approaches with highly selective separation and extraction techniques to deliver a closed loop system that assures near-zero discharge, reduces current use of freshwater resources and considerably increases the recovery of water, energy and other resources (organics, salts and heavy metals), culminating in a 30% increase in resource and water efficiency compared to the state-of-the-art. The system will ultimately lead to considerable environmental gains weighted against EU and global environmental footprints. The Waste2Fresh solution fits into Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) - a wastewater management strategy worth 5.44Bn€ and expected to reach 8.16Bn€ by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 5.5% over 2019-2025.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basins
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
42150 Konya
Turquía