From integrated environmental technology to water and waste water treatment, from air and gas purification to energy and resource efficiency, from soil recovery to sustainability assessments and climate protection
VOLATILE is a large scale project in the frame of Horizon 2020 involving 21 industry and research partners from nine European countries.
The project’s intention is to develop a Volatile Fatty Acids Platform (VFAP) for the economic utilization of municipal as well as industrial biowaste. Fatty acids will continuously be recovered from anaerobic digestion processes applying membrane technology and will be provided for value added fermentation approaches:
The evolvement of the new value-added chains will be supported by findings of executed case studies and market analyses. Furthermore, the processes will be optimized applying agent-based modeling. To ensure environmentally friendly and economical reasonable process design, VOLATILE additionally will be accompanied by a life cycle assessment (LCA) and an economic feasibility study. Business cases will be developed and a CEN workshop will support standardization on “Sustainable use of municipal solid and sludgy biowaste for added value biomolecules for industrial application”.
What is the role of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) in industrial water management? This question is answered by the ProcessNet Expert Group “Production-Integrated Water/Waste Water Technology”, in cooperation with the DGMT-DME “Committee Water Future” (AWZ) in their discussion paper. Experts warn about excessive expectations in ZLD related to economical and ecological perspectives. Pros and cons are listed in the discussion paper and decision paths are outlined for industrial application.
Energy storage systems for the energy transition: Position Paper of the Joint Working group on Chemical Energy Research. Fundamental research for new storage technologies, a data base for the economic evaluation and an integrated system including electricity, heat and mobility are required in order to implement the energy transition successfully. A comprehensive article supplementing the position paper has been published in Chemie Ingenieur Technik (access via http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cite.201400183/pdf).
Reuse Recovery Resource efficiency
R3Water aims to support the transition from an urban wastewater treatment plant to a production unit of different valuables.
Different types of technologies and innovative solutions will be further developed and tested at the demonstration sites that are located in Belgium, Spain and Sweden.
Das Projekt DaNa2.0 hat zum Ziel, in einem interdisziplinären Ansatz mit Wissenschaftlern aus Humantoxikologie, Ökotoxikologie, Biologie, Physik, Chemie und Pharmazie Forschungsergebnisse zu Nanomaterialien und deren Auswirkungen auf den Menschen und die Umwelt für interessierte Laien verständlich aufzubereiten. Diese Daten werden auf der Internetplattform www.nanopartikel.info und auch durch andere Medien der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht.
The Technology Roadmap "Energy and GHG Reductions in the Chemical Industry via Catalytic Processes" explores how the chemicals sector can harness catalysis and other related technology advances to improve on energy efficiency in its production processes. Furthermore, it evaluates how continuous improvements and breakthrough technology options can affect energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emission rates in the chemical sector. Measures from policy makers, investors, academia and the sector to facilitate developments in catalytic technology and implement its potential around the globe are also described. The roadmap has been jointly developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) and DECHEMA to demonstrate the role catalytic processes can play to improve the chemicals sector's energy and GHG emissions intensity.
The chemical industry provides the highest potential for increasing eco-efficiency in industrial water management. E4Water addresses crucial process industry needs, to overcome bottlenecks 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.
SusChem-D ist ein offenes Netzwerk mit Partnern aus der Industrie, Forschung und Forschungsförderung. Forscher aus Hochschulen, Instituten und der Industrie in Deutschland können ihre Ideen für Projekte, Veranstaltungen und Kooperationen an SusChem-D herantragen. Wir, das Sekretariat von SusChem-D werden Ihre Ideen mit Ihnen diskutieren und gemeinsam mit interessierten Partnern aus Wissenschaft und Industrie Veranstaltungen organisieren und Ihre Projektvorschläge geeigneten Förderorganisationen vorstellen. Ihre Ideen sollten dazu allerdings in die priorisierten Themen des nationalen Implementierungsplans von Suschem-D passen.
Wasser in ausreichender Menge und Qualität ist eine essentielle Lebensgrundlage. Die Sicherstellung einer qualitativ hochwertigen Trinkwasserversorgung stellt deshalb eine der großen Herausforderungen der Zukunft dar. Neben Schadstoffen und Krankheitserregern belasten auch in Deutschland klimatische und demografische Veränderungen in Abhängigkeit der regionalen Ausprägung die Wasserqualität. Es ist daher erforderlich, dass gerade in unserer komplexen und hoch dynamischen Gesellschaft diese vielfältigen, absehbar zunehmenden Risiken für die Wasserqualität erkannt und neu bewertet werden.