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Project title
Resource recovery from industrial waste water by cutting edge membrane
technologies
Project acronym: ReWaCEM
Project starting date: 01 October 2016
Duration in months: 36
Call (part) identifier: H2020-SPIRE-2016
Topic
SPIRE-01-2016
Systematic approaches for resource-efficient water management systems
in process
industries
Fixed EC Keywords: Industrial processes
Free Keywords: Recovery of process water, Recovery of valuable salts,
metals and minerals, Closed loop
processes, energy efficiency, Metal industry, Metal plating industry
Grant agreement no.: 723729
Abstract
The ReWaCEM project aims at reducing water use, wastewater production,
energy use, valuable metal resource recovery and water footprint by
between 30-90% in the metal plating, galvanizing and printed circuit
board industry.
In order to achieve these goals, ReWaCem will adopt two cutting edge
membrane technologies suitable for the requirements of closed material
cycles approaches and recovery concepts in metal processing industry:
Diffusion Dialysis (DD) and Membrane Distillation (MD) as an integrated
hybrid process. This combination of existing technologies will be
adapted to fit the requirements of 4 pilot demonstration sites in
representative industrial applications of the metallurgical industry in
order to evaluate the accomplishment of the ReWaCEM goals. Through the
evaluation of the demonstration a highly attractive technological
solution for low energy wastewater treatment will be available to be
entered into the large and growing market of metal processing. This
market will profit significantly from the technological outcome of the
innovation action, with cost savings and environmental benefits as
relevant rewards. In order to maximise impact, the project consortium
was selected carefully to represent all relevant stakeholders in the
quadrant of end users, scientific partners, associations and decision
makers and SMEs. The consortium will establish a dissemination
& exploitation board that will create a substantial network of
interest groups from agencies, industry, research SMEs and research
centres as well as universities. The successful exploitation of the
results will lead to a post project up-scaling of the technology and a
step by step market introduction. Part of ReWaCEM will be to mobilise
all relevant stakeholders into promoting innovative membrane solutions
for industrial water and resources management, leading to the effective
implementation of European directives and policies while creating
market opportunities for European industry and SMEs.