Innovate3X - 4
Development Of Multi-Scale Approaches For Testing, Separation, Removal, And Recovery of Valuable Components, Water, And Energy Through Hybrid Processes
Initiator: UPC BarcelonaTech
The Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM Barcelona) at the UPC BarcelonaTech is a multidisciplinary hub at the forefront of materials science, in the fields of micro and nanoengineering, nanotechnology and biomaterials. Link to the website: https://futur.upc.edu/idioma/en
R2EM research and innovation team at Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM Barcelona) is developing research activity on development of sustainable urban and industrial waste management cycles based on resource recovery approaches promoting circular solutions of waste to product and waste to energy. Research also involves efforts on developing environmental remediation solutions for soils and ground water remediation, process and environmental monitoring and environmental risk assessment on ports.
Desired Outcome:
SMAR3TS project partner - UPC BarcelonaTech and its R2EM research and innovation team at Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM Barcelona) are working on revolutionary approaches for maximizing water reuse and water recovery. With synergies to R3Volution project - HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions), the R2EM team is looking through smart, circular and integrated solutions (e.g., integration of MF, UF, NF, RO, EDBP-MD).
The Innovate3X (I3X) challenge (described here as a call to innovate solutions for resilience, restoration, and regeneration) invites research and innovation talent within the SMAR3TS project to contribute to the following goal: to develop multi-scale approaches for testing, separation, removal, and recovery of valuable components, water, and energy through hybrid processes.
This I3X is Looking for Skills and Capabilities across Disciplines for:
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Development of technologies related to process optimization for water reuse, energy recovery in industry, bio-based economy, circularity and sustainability assessment.
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Commercial analysis of technologies for separation, removal and recovery material.
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Important:
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SMAR3TS Secondments are open only to SMAR3TS Consortium Partners.
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Secondments aligned to any I3X can be undertaken at either the Initiating Parter premises and/or other SMAR3TS Consortium Partner premises.
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Examples of Challenges that Need to be Addressed
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Development of digital tools for modelling and control optimization of testing processes, integration of AI into testing, separation, removal and recovery of valuable components, water and energy.
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Piloting separation, removal and recovery processes in industrial sites.
Initiator Institution (UPC) Contact for this I3X
​​​Contact: Prof. Jose Luis Cortina, jose.luis.cortina@upc.edu
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Alignment to Work-Package/s
SMAR3TS domains that are relevant to the work of UPC BarcelonaTech organization/research and innovation team are:
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Lead / Responsible Work Package - Nutrition: e.g., upcycling process of agri-food waste, sustainable food packaging
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SMAR3TS Nutrition Work Package Lead Contact: Assoc. Prof. Letizia Mortara, University of Cambridge, lm367@cam.ac.uk
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Energy: energy recovery, energy transition, reducing energy consumption
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Mobility: sustainable mobility and digitalization, processes for critical material recovery and reuse in the mobility sector
Alignment to Resilience, Restoration, Regeneration (R3)
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Regenerative food production and recycling
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Regeneration processes in the pyrometallurgical industry
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Restoration: recovery and reuse critical raw materials for the future of mobility
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Restoration: maximizing water reuse and water recovery through smart, circular and integrated solutions for sustainable energy use and production
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Related Keywords
Energy Technology, Energy efficiency, Carbon capture and energy, Analyses / Test Facilities and Methods, Waste Management, Recycling, Recovery, Water Management, Water Resources Management, Energy, Verification and Assembly, Integration and Test, Heat recovery, Energy for Industry, Energy Storage, Energy for Transport, Water treatment equipment and waste disposal systems, Water, sewerage, chemical and solid waste treatment plants, Spain, reuse, recovery, analysis, commercial, smart, circular and integrated solutions.