Description du projet
Un traitement innovant des eaux de lest à bord des navires
Chaque année, plus de 7 000 espèces marines sont transportées à travers le monde dans les eaux de lest, ce qui constitue une sérieuse menace écologique et engendre un important préjudice économique pour les écosystèmes aquatiques locaux. Un système avancé de traitement des eaux de lest permet d’éliminer efficacement les espèces envahissantes dans le réservoir d’eau de lest. Cette solution innovante fonctionne de manière autonome et indépendante des autres processus à bord. Elle traite l’eau de lest au cours du voyage en utilisant l’excès de chaleur qui se dégage des moteurs du navire. Cette approche permet non seulement de garantir un traitement efficace, mais aussi de réaliser des économies d’énergie et de coûts substantielles. Le projet IV-BWTS, financé par l’UE, entend obtenir une autorisation d’exploitation de la solution sur le marché mondial. Cette innovation s’adresse aux armateurs ainsi qu’aux sociétés gestionnaires de navires.
Objectif
Challenge
Ballast water is the dominant vehicle for transport of invasive species in the marine environment, threatening ecoenvironmental stability and diversity. More than 7,000 different species are transported in the 3-10 billion cubic meters of ballast water, which are let over board each year, posing threats of extensive ecological and economic damage to the local aquatic ecosystems. The financial losses caused by these transported invasive species amount to more than €50bn per year in both the EU and US.
Solution – the innovation
Bawat has developed a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) that eliminates invasive species in the ballast water tank using a new invention. The solution treats the ballast water in-voyage using excess heat from the vessel engines, thereby saving energy and costs.
The treatment system runs automatically and independently of other on-board procedures and is 50% cheaper to operate for the ship owners than any competing system, and easier to fit in both existing and new vessels.
Impact
The project will have significant impact on both the operation of ships globally and the aquatic environments. The invasive species in the ballast water tank will be eliminated and never pose a threat to distant environments. Ship owners will save time and money when ships can leave the harbour right after loading/unloading, and money will be saved as excess heat from the engines is used to eliminate the biological activity in the ballast water tank.
Project
The objective is to secure a US Coast Guard type approval, as this approval is a de-facto “licence to operate” in the global market.
Customers and market
The customers are vessel owners and managing companies of vessels, with bulk carriers as well as oil and chemical tankers being the key end-users. Bawat estimates sales of 80 systems, equivalent to a € 30m turnover in 2019, growing to 400 units/€ 192m in 2020. The global market is estimated at € 35bn for the years 2017-2027.
Champ scientifique
CORDIS classe les projets avec EuroSciVoc, une taxonomie multilingue des domaines scientifiques, grâce à un processus semi-automatique basé sur des techniques TLN.
CORDIS classe les projets avec EuroSciVoc, une taxonomie multilingue des domaines scientifiques, grâce à un processus semi-automatique basé sur des techniques TLN.
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologylimnology
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyinvasive species
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.5. - Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
- H2020-EU.3.2.3. - Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
Régime de financement
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinateur
2970 HORSHHOLM
Danemark
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.