Objective
SMART-Plant will scale-up in real environment eco-innovative and energy-efficient solutions to renovate existing wastewater treatment plants and close the circular value chain by applying low-carbon techniques to recover materials that are otherwise lost. 7+2 pilot systems will be optimized fore > 2 years in real environment in 5 municipal water treatment plants, inclunding also 2 post-processing facilities. The systems will be authomatisedwith the aim of optimizing wastewater treatment, resource recovery, energy-efficiency and reduction of greenhouse emissions. A comprehensive SMART portfolio comprising biopolymers, cellulose, fertilizersand intermediates will be recoveredand processed up to the final commercializable end-products. The integration of resource recovery assets to system-wide asset management programs will be evaluated in each site following the resource recovery paradigm for the wastewater treatment plant of the future, enabled through SMART-Plant solutions. The project will prove the feasibility of circular management of urban wastewater and environmental sustainability of the systems, to be demonstrated through Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing approaches to prove the global benefit of the scaled-up water solutions. Dynamic modeling and superstructure framework for decision support will be developed and validated to identify the optimum SMART-Plant system integration options for recovered resources and technologies.Global market deployment will be achieved as right fit solution for water utilities and relevant industrial stakeholders, considering the strategic implications of the resource recovery paradigm in case of both public and private water management. New public-private partnership models will be explored connecting the water sector to the chemical industry and its downstream segments such asthe contruction and agricultural sector, thus generating new opportunities for funding, as well as potential public-private competition.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesbiocomposites
- engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationcompost
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
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00185 Roma
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UB8 3PH Uxbridge
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MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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08500 Vic Barcelona
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157 80 ATHINA
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10825 BERLIN
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3060-197 Cantanhede
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47012 Valladolid
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WA8 3AA Widnes Cheshire
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20200 Shefa Amr
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7801 Namsos
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NSV 4Y7 London Ontario
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2781-901 Oeiras
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11146 Athina
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31044 Montebelluna
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61201 Tel Aviv
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08241 Manresa
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1442 LD Purmerend
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6340 Baar
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CV1 2LZ Coventry
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14564 Kifisia
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LL13 9UZ Wrexham
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41092 Sevilla
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8008 Zurich
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36031 Dueville Vi
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B90 4QT Solihull
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37129 Verona
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