Projet REWATERGY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

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.

Mots clés : reactor engineering, energy efficiency, water treatment, catalysis, hydrogen, uv c, advanced oxidation processes, disinfection, antibiotics, enms, microplastics

Participants :
- University of Salerno (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- CERCA Institution (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Cyprus (Chypre) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Delft imp bv (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 265619.88 €
- University of Ulster (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 303172.56 €
- Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 250904.88 €
- University of Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 303172.56 €
- King Juan Carlos University (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 501809.76 €
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (Espagne) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Prophotonix irl limited (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 549368.64 €
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Open Data Institute (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Waterschap de dommel (Pays-Bas) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €