Objetivo Subsurface-flow constructed wetlands have become a very popular cost effective and green technology for treatment of waste water throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Original predictions over the longevity of constructed wetlands were approximately 50 -100 years (Conley et al 1991). However, it has become disappointingly apparent that these systems are clogging and have on average a lifetime of less than 10 years (Griffin et al 2008). Currently when a wetland becomes clogged, the whole site has to be refurbished and the reeds regrown, which takes several years and has significant economic consequences for the operators.Our project ARBI aims to develop and trial an Autonomous Reed Bed Installation containing a magnetic resonance probe, can be deployed in several locations within a wetland to give measurements at different depths. By measuring the relaxation times of MR, sufficient information can be obtained to determine the clog state of the gravel bed of a wetland. This would enable the operators to isolate those areas of the bed where the problem resides and make a partial intervention, without the need to remove and re-plant the whole reed bed. When the system is developed, we will have potential for application in other water treatment systems based on subsurface flows like: slow rate sand filters, and river bank filtration.The project will have major benefits for those organisations who would like to install reedbeds but have resisted doing because of concerns over performance and maintenance costs. These will increase the potential size of the market for reedbed installers and benefit the SMEs in the consortium who currently are operating in a constrained market which has not achieved its true potential. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes Programa(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Tema(s) SME-2013-1 - Research for SMEs Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-SME-2013 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinador AGRICULTURAL REQUISITES AND MECHANIZATIONS LIMITED Aportación de la UE € 250 097,00 Dirección Rydal House, Colton Road WS15 3HF RUGELEY Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Patrick Hawes (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo LAB-TOOLS LIMITED Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 283 430,00 Dirección Canterbury Enterprise Hub - University of Kent CT2 7NJ CANTERBURY Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Beau Webber (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos LIGHTMAIN COMPAY LIMITED Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 182 008,00 Dirección HIBBARD WORKS STATION ROAD S63 7DG WATH UPON DEARNE SOUTH YORKSHIRE Ver en el mapa Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Trevor Lafferty (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos OXYGUARD INTERNATIONAL AS Dinamarca Aportación de la UE € 218 554,00 Dirección FARUM GYDEVEJ 64 3520 Farum Ver en el mapa Región Danmark Hovedstaden Nordsjælland Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Marianne Christjansen (Mrs.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos TECHNOSAM SRL Rumanía Aportación de la UE € 180 376,00 Dirección FAGULUI STR 35 440186 SATU MARE Ver en el mapa Región Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Satu Mare Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contacto administrativo Markos Tiberiu (Mr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 35 712,00 Dirección 50 SHAKESPEARE STREET NG1 4FQ Nottingham Ver en el mapa Región East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Rob Morris (Dr.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA España Aportación de la UE € 37 823,00 Dirección CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 08034 Barcelona Ver en el mapa Región Este Cataluña Barcelona Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Mercedes Torrellas (Mrs.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
