Economically and Ecologically Efficient Water Management in the European Chemical Industry

Project Information

E4WATER

Grant agreement ID: 280756

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2012

End date 30 April 2016

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Total cost € 17 031 405,40

EU contribution € 10 999 444,00

Coordinated by

DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUR CHEMISCHETECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE
Germany

Objective

Chemical Industry provides the highest potential for increasing eco-efficiency in industrial water management. E4Water addresses crucial process industry needs, to overcome bottle necks and barriers for an integrated and energy efficient water management. The main objective is to develop, test and validate new integrated approaches, methodologies and process technologies for a more efficient and sustainable management of water in chemical industry with cross-fertilization possibilities to other industrial sectors. E4water unites in its consortium large chemical industries, leading European water sector companies and innovative RTD centers and universities, active in the area of water management and also involved in WssTP and SusChem and collaborating with water authorities.
E4Water builds on state-of-the-art and new basic R&D concepts. Their realization, improvement, utilization and validation, with the compromise of early industrial adaptors, are clearly innovative.
E4water realizes this by (1) developing and testing innovative materials, process technologies, tools and methodologies for an integrated water management, (2) providing an open innovation approach for testing E4Water developments with respect to other industries (3) implementing and validating the developments in 6 industrial case studies, representing critical problems for the chemical industry and other process industries, (4) implementing improved tools for process efficiency optimization, linking water processes with production processes, and eco-efficiency assessment.
E4Water aims to exceed the expected impacts defined in the call text; an expected reduction of 20-40% in water use, 30-70% in wastewater production, 15-40% in energy use and up to 60% direct economic benefits at the case study sites ensures a wide acceptance of the solutions developed during the project. The complementarity of the sites guarantees the transfer of solutions from the project to Chemical Industry and related sectors.

Fields of science

Not validated

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › water treatment processes › wastewater treatment processes
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resources management › water management

Programme(s)

• FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Topic(s)

• NMP.2011.3.4-1 - Eco-efficient management of industrial water

Call for proposal

FP7-NMP-2011-LARGE-5
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

DECHEMA GESELLSCHAFT FUR CHEMISCHETECHNIK UND BIOTECHNOLOGIE

• EU contribution: € 877 595,00
• Address: THEODOR HEUSS ALLEE 25 ; 60486 Frankfurt ; Germany
• Region: Hessen › Darmstadt › Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Thomas Track (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (19)

PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROCOR N.V.

Participation ended

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 173 552,00
• Address: Temselaan 100 ; 1853 STROMBEEK-BEVER
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Christopher Rennison-Rae (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 981 079,00
• Address: ANNA VAN BUERENPLEIN 1 ; 2595 DA Den Haag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Raymond Creusen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

Spain

• EU contribution: € 762 680,00
• Address: AVENIDA DE SENECA 2 ; 28040 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Maribel Rodríguez Villa (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 978 712,00
• Address: BOERETANG 200 ; 2400 Mol
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Antwerpen › Arr. Turnhout
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Inge Genné (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

CONSEIL EUROPEEN DE L'INDUSTRIE CHIMIQUE

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 282 196,00
• Address: RUE BELLIARD, 40 BTE 15 ; 1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Ann Dierckx (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

INOVYN MANUFACTURING BELGIUM

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 1 276 008,00
• Address: RANSBEEKSTRAAT 310 ; 1120 BRUSSEL
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sabine Thabert (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

INOVYN ESPANA SL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 491 228,00
• Address: C MARIE CURIE 1 3 5 ; 08760 Martorell
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Cayetano Nestares (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

DOW BENELUX BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 327 972,00
• Address: HERBERT H DOWWEG 5 ; 4542 NM Hoek
• Region: West-Nederland › Zeeland › Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Cornelis Groot (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

PROCTER & GAMBLE SERVICES COMPANY NV

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 181 549,00
• Address: TEMSELAAN 100 ; 1853 Strombeek Bever
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Christopher Rennison-Rae (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS FRANCE SA

France

• EU contribution: € 163 360,00
• Address: PLACE DE LA COUPOLE 2 ; 92400 COURBEVOIE
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Alexandre Muller (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

ONDEO INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS SA

France

• EU contribution: € 291 197,00
• Address: PLACE DE L'IRIS 16 TOUR CB 21 ; 92040 PARIS
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sandrine Clement (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

KALUNDBORG KOMMUNE

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 994 998,00
• Address: HOLBAEKVEJ 141 B ; 4400 Kalundborg
• Region: Danmark › Sjælland › Vest- og Sydsjælland
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Martin Andersen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 597 760,00
• Address: ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 ; 2800 Kongens Lyngby
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Københavns omegn
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Birte Kastrup Rasmussen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 246 100,00
• Address: BAHNHOFSTRASSE 6 ; 5210 Windisch
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Nordwestschweiz › Aargau
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Arnulf Bohnacker (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 621 013,00
• Address: STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135 ; 10623 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Simone Ludwig (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 577 124,00
• Address: PO BOX 21060 ; 100 31 Stockholm
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Uwe Fortkamp (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

EVIDES INDUSTRIEWATER BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 666 794,00
• Address: SCHAARDIJK INGANG B 150 ; 3063 NH Rotterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Groot-Rijnmond
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Wilbert Van Den Broek (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CAMPDEN BRI

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 167 661,00
• Address: STATION ROAD ; GL55 6LD Chipping Campden
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Gloucestershire
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Anke Fendler (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 340 866,00
• Address: STEVINWEG 1 ; 2628 CN Delft
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Maarten De Groot (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data