Descrizione del progetto
Soluzione di risparmio idrico per l’industria tessile
L’industria tessile utilizza una grande quantità di acqua per pulire le materie prime e per eseguire diverse fasi del processo di tintura tessile. Questa industria è anche un grande produttore di acque reflue, che contengono una gamma di sostanze chimiche e coloranti. Per ridurre l’uso di acqua dolce nell’industria, il progetto Waste2Fresh, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un processo a circuito chiuso per le fabbriche di produzione tessile in cui le acque reflue vengono raccolte, riciclate e riutilizzate. Il progetto integrerà approcci di degradazione catalitica nuovi e innovativi con tecniche di separazione ed estrazione altamente selettive. L’obiettivo è raggiungere uno scarico vicino allo zero e una riduzione dell’uso attuale delle risorse di acqua dolce. Il progetto prevede che questo sistema si traduca in considerevoli vantaggi per l’ambiente.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
Invito a presentare proposte
H2020-LOW-CARBON-CIRCULAR-INDUSTRIES-2020
Vedi altri progetti per questo bandoBando secondario
H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME-singlestage
Meccanismo di finanziamento
IA - Innovation actionCoordinatore
42150 Konya
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