Preserving fresh water in industry
intelWATT, “intelligent Water Treatment Technologies for water preservation combined with simultaneous energy production and material recovery in energy intensive industries” is a European project aiming to develop innovative, cost efficient and smart separation technologies for water preservation along with energy production and materials recovery. The concept of circular economy will be demonstrated in three case studies combining advanced membrane processes with smart sensor technology. In addition, intelligent control software modules incorporating real time process adaptation and deep learning capabilities will also be embedded. These novel solutions will be evaluated in three different water and energy intensive industrial sectors: a) thermoelectric power generation, b) mining and c) electroplating.
The project was launched on October 1st 2020. It is coordinated by Dr. Andreas Sapalidis at the Membranes & Materials for Environmental Separations Laboratory of the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at NCSR “Demokritos”
The intelWATT consortium will be funded with more than 10 million Euros from the EU’s Horizon 2020 (CE-SPIRE-07-2020 call). It comprises of twenty enterprises and academic partners with world class expertise such as CNR, CNRS, PPC, Warrant Hub, TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, University of Birmingham, Politecnico di Torino, CUT membrane technology GmbH, BIA group GmbH, Fuelics S.A, IHE Delft, Studio Fieschi & Soci SRL, Techedge Espana SL, ACSA-Sorigue, University of Jordan, REDSTACK BV, CIEMAT, Nijhuis Water Technology BV and NOKIA Hellas.
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