Description
Wastewater can act as a reusable resource as well as a vector for energy and materials to be extracted, treated, stored and reused. The EU-funded ULTIMATE project will operate as a catalyst for Water Smart Industrial Symbiosis (WSIS), in which water/wastewater plays a key role within a dynamic socio-economic and business oriented industrial ecosystem. ULTIMATE will demonstrate the multiple uses of municipal and industrial wastewater through nine high-level demonstrations in Europe and the south-eastern Mediterranean from the agro-food processing, beverage, heavy chemical/petrochemical and biotech industries. It will recover, treat and reuse industrial and municipal wastewater, derive and exploit energy, and extract valuable materials contained in industrial wastewater. It will also advance innovative collaborations between businesses, water service providers, regulators and policymakers for a more circular and socially responsible industry.
URL
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/869318
Case Studies
Applied Technologies
Adsorption with sludge-based renewable adsorbents
Hydrochars are carbon-rich porous material obtained by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of feedstock materials. HTC is …
Ammonium adsorption on zeolites
The water treatment train proposed in this study case aims to treat water from an urban wastewater treatment plant to a…
Ammonium sulphate production (air stripping & scrubbing)
Nitrogen is one of the main nutrients contained in wastewater. In wastewater treatment, nitrogen is usually removed bio…
Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) with degassing unit
The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is usually applied as pre-treatment for wastewater with high organic loads. H…
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage
In an aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES), excess heat is stored in subsurface aquifers in order to recover the heat …
Digitalisation of the sewer network and predictive smart equalization contro
Most of the coastal aquifers in Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Albania, Turkey and Mor…
Early warning system for membrane fouling in anaerobic membrane bioreactors
The early warning system for membrane fouling (TRL 5) was developed for anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors (AnM…
Electrodialysis
Electrodialysis (ED) is an electrochemical separation process that (selectively) transports ions through electrostatica…
Electrostimulated anaerobic reactor
The electrostimulated anaerobic reactor (ELSARTM) combines anaerobic digestion with bioelectrical processes. It can be …
Immobilised high rate anaerobic reactor
The immobilised high rate anaerobic reactor, also known as advanced anaerobic technology (AAT) can be applied in wastew…
Joint control system for two wastewater treatment plants
If two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are neighboured, but controlled separately, a joint control system can enhan…
Low grade heat recovery from wastewater
Domestic wastewater usually contains heat, mainly from processes operated at warm temperatures, such as showering, clot…
Membrane distillation
Membrane distillation (MD) is a novel desalination technology that produces fresh water in a pure vapor state from seaw…
Reverse Osmosis
Naturally, if two solutions with respectively high and low salinities are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, the w…
Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP)
The bioaugmentation treatment approach presents both an economical and environmentally friendly solution for wastewater…
Softening, coagulation and flocculation with alternative by-products
Hard water is any type of water that contains more minerals than average tap water. Mostly it has to do with elevated l…
Solar Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP)
In certain AOPs, such as TiO2 photocatalysis and the photo-Fenton process, the generation of ROS can be augmented by li…
Solid oxide fuel cell using biogas
The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC; TRL: 9) uses chemical energy bound in gases such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide or upgra…
Struvite production
In the wastewater sector struvite is usually used as a name for magnesium ammonium phosphate (MgNH4PO4*6H2O), even thou…
Subcritical Water Extraction (SCWE)
Subcritical Water Extraction (SWE) is a method that benefits from the solvent properties of subcritical water. i.e. wat…
Sulphur Recovery
The exhaust gases from waste incineration facilities may contain many potentially harmful substances. Particularly, sul…
Ultrafiltration & nanofiltration membranes as pre-treatment for reverse osmosis
Ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes in combination with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes can be applie…
UV Advanced Oxidation Process using spectroscopic sensors for monitoring purpose
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) can be used to degrade trace constituents that cannot be removed completely by conv…
Applied Products
NEXTGEN + ULTIMATE Life Cycle Assessment
A tool for assessing a product or service's environmental impact throughout its life cycle, useful for identifying emission hot-spots and potential t…
ULTIMATE QMRA tool
Open-source risk assessment online tool supports water reuse design, assessing microbial risks through simulations of various water sources and treat…
KWR Water Research Institute
AGROBICS
Aguas de Tarragona S.A. (AITASA)
Alberta S.A. Fruit Processing Industry
Aquabio
ARETUSA
Fundació Eurecat (EURECAT)
Kalundborg Forsyning
Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin GmbH