Projet NEUTEN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

NEUTEN pioneers a comprehensive approach to tackle the two most challenging environmental, health and societal issues including water pollution with key priority pollutants (KPPs) and the need for clean and renewable sources of energy. Current chemical treatment technologies developed for the degradation KPPs are mostly energy-intensive and costly. Established biological wastewater treatment systems, e.g., anaerobic digestion, only remove certain KPPs to a limited extent. NEUTEN will innovate in advanced and sustainable catalytic systems for the generation of energy carriers or the conversion of KPPs from wastewater to energy-dense hydrochar (WP1). Manipulation of the microbial consortia and design of highly novel support structures will also enhance renewable energy carrier generation and superior KPP removal efficiencies from anaerobic digestion systems (WP2). Lastly, the integration of both chemical and biological treatment methods will be investigated, with the ultimate goal of achieving self-sustained wastewater treatment systems (WP3). Implementation of artificial intelligence tools and market behaviour analysis allows for the development of business models that are not only environmentally sound but also economically viable (WP4). The project aims to train 15 highly skilled doctoral candidates, providing them with a unique interdisciplinary and intersectoral research training program by a broad consortium, encompassing 18 intersectoral partners (6 academic, 12 non-academic) in 10 countries. The highly relevant field, combined with an advanced training program that encompasses transversal skills and training through research will ensure that highly trained professionals will enter the job market, further strengthening the competitiveness of the EU in this domain. NEUTEN's holistic approach promises to set a new standard in water treatment technologies, with long-term impacts on environmental protection, public health, and economic sustainability.

Mots clés : water pollution renewable energy wastewater treatment key priority pollutants energy self sustained artificial intelligence market behaviour analysis

Participants :
- Suez eau France (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Cloverstrategy - lda (Portugal) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Inopsys (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 1050480.0 €
- Billund vand a/s (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Aarhus (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 603576.0 €
- Watercircle.be (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Aveiro (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 486806.4 €
- Artificial intelligence techniques sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 251971.2 €
- Watchfrog (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Biofaction (Austria) (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 270331.2 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Université de Lund (Suède) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Sydvatten ab (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 293709.6 €
- Portuguese Environment Agency (Portugal) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Tartu (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 238507.2 €
- Timeseer.ai (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Patras (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 480196.8 €
- Türi vesi oü (Estonie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €