Upgrading and innovation in trickling filters in response to new EEC Environmental Guidelines

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: STEP0128

Project closed

Start date 1 October 1991

End date 31 March 1994

Funded under

• Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - STEP -, 1989-1992

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (CEMAGREF)
France

Objective

The objective is to update the technology of bacterial bed treatment for the elimination of nitrogen, specifically in relation to temperature.

Aims of the research are as follows.
To define operational criteria for the elimination of carbon pollution together with the oxidation of nitrogen and its better elimination (nitrification and denitrification).
To study the influence of several parameters: temperature and thermic changes; natures of the beds, particularly plastics beds; reactors hydraulics and detention times; and recycling rates.
To study nitrification using microbiological methods.

The methodology involves follow up of semi -industrial pilots under different climatic conditions and monitoring campaigns on reference samples from full scale plants. The purpose is to set up a technical book containing reliable basis for the design and ideal management in order to raise the output levels required by the new EEC standards. The programme is conceived to be compatible with modelisations. Sampling methods and criteria for defining the management will be harmonized.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › electrochemistry › electrolysis
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › pollution

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Programme(s)

• FP2-STEP - Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - STEP -, 1989-1992

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (CEMAGREF)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parc de Tourvoie ; 92163 Antony ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 55132 Thessaloniki
• Total cost: No data

BELGIAN CENTER FOR WATER RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 2,rue Armand Stevart 2 ; 4000 LIEGE
• Total cost: No data

FONDATION UNIVERSITAIRE LUXEMBOURGEOISE ASBL

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue de Longwy, 185 ; ARLON
• Total cost: No data

Thames Water Utilities Ltd

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Crossbrook Street ; EN8 8LX Waltham Cross
• Total cost: No data

Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Muritzstraße 21 ; 34127 Kassel
• Total cost: No data