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H2020Doctoral network2019–2023

REWATERGY · Sustainable Reactor Engineering for Applications on the Water-Energy Nexus

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-04-01 → 2023-09-30
EU contribution
€2,174,048
Participants
14
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Sustainable Reactor Engineering for Applications on the Water-Energy Nexus

The EU is currently facing the challenge of recycling materials and water of high quality to become carbon neutral by decreasing its energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The current Water Framework Directive has strict regulations on a wide range of contaminants, and most treatments continuously increase the energy demand of the water cycle. Yet, the EU is committed to ambitious targets to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, including the legally binding 2015 Paris agreement. These conflicting interests have motivated REWATERGY, a partnership within the water-energy nexus. This integrated network, led by industry in partnership with world leading academic institutions, envisions the scientific and technological opportunities of such challenges with direct economic and social impacts to the EU. Three research objectives set the foundation of this ambitious programme: 1.- Enhance the energy recovery from wastewater streams inspired by the circular economy concept. 2.- Improve the energy efficiency of water disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern. 3.- Increase the resilience of distributed household safe drinking water systems addressing potential health and safety challenges. The programme has been particularly designed to cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit by the collaborative design, development and manufacturing of new prototypes aligned with the three research objectives. This training concept will have a long term impact by providing a stream of highly trained innovative scientists and engineers able to communicate ideas and to develop creative solutions for the adoption of novel technologies in the market.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The EU is currently facing the challenge of recycling materials and water of high quality to become carbon neutral by decreasing its energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The current Water Framework Directive has strict regulations on a wide range of contaminants, and most treatments continuously increase the energy demand of the water cycle. Yet, the EU is committed to ambitious targets to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, including the legally binding 2015 Paris agreement. These conflicting interests have motivated REWATERGY, a partnership within the water-energy nexus. This integrated network, led by industry in partnership with world leading academic institutions, envisions the scientific and technological opportunities of such challenges with direct economic and social impacts to the EU. Three research objectives set the foundation of this ambitious programme, i) enhance the energy recovery from waste water streams inspired by the circular economy concept,ii) improve the energy efficiency of water disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern, and iii) increase the resilience of distributed household safe drinking water systems addressing potential health and safety challenges. The programme is particularly designed to cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit by the collaborative design, development and manufacturing of new prototypes aligned with the three research objectives. This training concept will have a long term impact by providing a stream of highly trained innovative scientists and engineers able to communicate ideas and to develop creative solutions for the adoption of novel technologies in the market.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS · MostolesCoordinatorSpain
  • FCC AQUALIA SA · MadridSpain
  • FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE RECERCA DE L'AIGUA · GironaSpain
  • Fundacion IMDEA Energia · Mostoles MadridSpain
  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH · MaynoothIreland
  • OPEN DATA INSTITUTE LBG · CheltenhamUnited Kingdom
  • POWALL HOLDING BV · DelftNetherlands
  • PROPHOTONIX IRL LIMITED · CorkIreland
  • THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA · LISBOAPortugal
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO · Fisciano SaItaly
  • UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS · NicosiaCyprus
  • UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER · ColeraineUnited Kingdom
  • WATERSCHAP DE DOMMEL · BOXTELNetherlands

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union