Objective Waste disposed of in landfill sites degrades over time and produces a liquid waste stream called landfill leachate. The volume of leachate produced is increased by rainfall. It cannot be directly discharged to water courses as it contains many hazardous pollutants and therefore must be retained for treatment. This proposal contains details of the approach we will take to develop an automated, modular, mobile leachate treatment system. The treatment will be carried out directly in an advanced oxidation process that uses reactions at both the anode and the cathode of a new form of electrolytic cell that we will develop. Whilst current treatment methods can be expensive to install and maintain, may involve the use of chemicals and require permanent positioning at the landfill site, our apparatus will allow new treatment strategies to be used by the landfill operators. The automated, mobile system will offer a flexibility of operation that is not currently available. Cost savings will be made due to the reduced treatment time of our system, using reactions at the anode and cathode rather than the anode only. Additional savings can be made by the use of renewable energy to power the process. Electricity is the only resource required, hence wind or photovoltaic generation of power would allow operating costs to be minimised. With over 150,000 landfill sites across Europe, and an estimated annual spend of € 10-17 billion on leachate treatment, there is already a large market available. It is expected that leachate treatment will become a bigger industry as environmental Directives, aimed at improving the quality of EU water, are implemented. Landfill leachate producers will not be the only waste stream producers that could benefit from our apparatus. Other industries such as food production, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals will also be able to see financial and environmental benefits of treating their waste streams using technology developed in the CleanLeachate project Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsnatural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysisengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV EU contribution € 28 054,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen Germany See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christoph Schulte (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Eilenburger Elektrolyse- und Umwelttechnik GmbH Germany EU contribution € 228 345,00 Address Friedrich-Engelhorn-Str. 7 04838 Eilenburg See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Nordsachsen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hans-Jürgen Förster (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAGNETO SPECIAL ANODES BV Netherlands EU contribution € 224 964,00 Address Calandstraat 109 3125BA Schiedam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Petrus Jfm Hack (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASIO TECH SPOL SRO Czechia EU contribution € 210 934,00 Address KSIROVA 552/45 619 00 Brno See on map Region Česko Jihovýchod Jihomoravský kraj Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Karel Ploteny (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Initial Projects Limited United Kingdom EU contribution € 208 480,00 Address Enterprise Drive FOUR ASHES WV10 7DE Wolverhampton See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Adam Chell (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NTRAM GENERAL S.A. 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