RECOVERY · Water Recovery from Industrial Gas Streams at Moderate Temperatures
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2018-09-01 → 2020-08-31
- EU contribution
- €158,122
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
Water Recovery from Industrial Gas Streams at Moderate Temperatures
An important natural resource for the human life, nature and economy is freshwater which constitutes only about 2 % of the water on the planet. The emission of greenhouse gases is gradually changing the climate and the temperature of the Earth. As a consequence, droughts are increasingly occurring and freshwater is becoming a scarce natural resource. In particular, water scarcity is actually a major issue in the south of the European Union territory. In Europe, industry is one of the main water users in Europe. Many of the water at the end of the industrial cycle is in the form of water vapour (steam), usually mixed with other gases such as CO and CO2. Industrial water management is one of the three working packages for innovation specified in the European Innovation Partnership on water for 2020 in order to decrease the water footprint. The objective of RECOVERY is to recuperate water from industrial gas streams at moderate temperatures (≈200–300 ºC) using inorganic porous membranes.
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Project objective
The emission of greenhouse gases is gradually changing the climate and the temperature of the Earth. As a consequence, droughts are increasingly occurring and freshwater is becoming a scarce natural resource. Water scarcity is actually a major issue in the south of the European Union (EU) territory. Since industry is one of the main water users in Europe, the purpose of this Fellowship is to recover water from industrial gas streams at moderate temperatures around 200–300 degrees Celsius using porous aluminium oxide membranes. Assuming that this challenging separation is successfully achieved, the project will have major impact on the industrial water footprint and management. In addition, this Fellowship also aims to give the Fellow, Dr Masó, the opportunity to develop new technical and transferable skills in the state-of-the-art membrane methodology and incorporate him into the EU academic/industrial membrane community.
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Participants
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridCoordinatorSpain
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