CARTIF Projects
TReVaEM
Waste treatment for energy and material recovery in industrial processes
The general objective of TReVaEM is the valorisation of waste flows. For this purpose, it is intended to apply a system in which waste streams from industry are used as inoculum in anaerobic fermentation tanks. Due to the formation of potentially flammable biogas, it is necessary to carry out the experiments under controlled conditions with localised extraction to allow the correct removal of the gases.
Afterwards, the digestate obtained from the anaerobic fermentation will be treated to keep the mother waters. These waters, rich in inorganic components, will be treated in order to obtain solutions of inorganic acids and bases.
Objectives
- Study the biogas generation potential of different wastes.
- Obtain pure acid and base streams from salt mixtures.
- Conduct studies that produce the formation of flammable gases with high safety standards.
Actions
- Acquisition of 3 anaerobic biodigesters for parallel biogas generation experiments.
- Acquisition of a walk-in hood to work in safe conditions.
- Acquisition of Electrodialysis equipment with Bipolar Membrane to valorise currents with a high saline component from industry.
Expected Results
- The investment in the equipment described above will allow CARTIF to increase the number of parallel anaerobic digestion studies that can be carried out, as well as to study the revaluation of waste obtained after the completion of this digestion, obtaining value-added products from streams with dissolved inorganic salts.
- To add the treatment of streams with a high quantity of inorganic salts to the range of services that CARTIF can offer to companies.
R&D Line
- Design and development of biological processes for organic waste treatment: anaerobic (co)digestion with/without pre-treatment.
- Development of technologies for separation/upgrading of liquid mixtures.
- Design and development of thermochemical processes for the treatment of organic waste from biomass sources.
- Design of waste pre-treatment strategies (lignocellulosic and others). – Recovery of nutrients from waste streams and second life cycle as fertilisers and/or value-added products. – Application of electromembrane technologies for the valorisation of streams.
Grant to support investment for the improvement of the scientific and technological capacities of the Technology Centres of the Community of Castilla y León (2024)
File: 2024 CCTT 06
Total Budget: 94,500€
CARTIF Grant: 47,250€
Duration: 19/09/2024 – 31/05/2025
Co-financed with ERDF funds contributing to the Policy Objective “OP1: A more competitive and smarter Europe, promoting innovative and intelligent economic transformation and regional connectivity to information and communication technologies”.
Responsible
Fernán Berride
Division of Agrifood and Processes
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