The Application of Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Purification and Reuse (GreenTech) Dr. Raquel Ibáñez Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, Spain)
Who are we? 1 2 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, Spain) http://www.unican.es/departamentos/ingquimica European Project Coordinator PI: Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz Department of Process and Environmental Engineering University of Oulu (Finland) http://www.oulu.fi/pyolam/ European Project Partner PI: Prof. Riita Keiski 3 Chemical Engineering Department Institute of Chemical Technology (Mumbai, India) http://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/ Indian Project Coordinator PI: Prof. Ganapati D. Yadav 2
Who are we? GreenTech Project INDIGO-DST1-017 Scientific excellence groups and added value from the cooperation University of Cantabria (UC) Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) University of Oulu (UO) 3
The project is about Global objectives 1. To analyse existing alternatives for cleaning water polluted with arsenic and fluoride reporting their sustainability as well as forefront technologies that need further research. 2. To propose a novel hybrid process to treat mining wastewaters with removal of pollutants and simultaneous recovery of valuable compounds. For this target, membrane units and other efficient technologies such as, photocatalysis and/or adsorption are selected. 3. To evaluate alternative processes for wastewater reclamation and reuse making use of sustainability criteria. 4
The project is about WP1 (UC): Natural waters (As and F) and reclaimed municipal waste water (org and emerging pollutants) WP2 (UO): Metals and nutrients in industrial waste waters Coordinator WP3 (ICT): Pharmaceutical industry related waste waters WP4: Dissemination and training 5
The main results of the project Conductings lectures and training Date Thematic place April 2012 Advanced Separation Processes U. of Oulu FINLAND August 2012 Water technologies (drinking and Industrial) ICT, Mumbai, INDIA April 2013 November 2013 Water re-use and reclamation: technologies and sustainability evaluation Green Technologies for sustainable water management U. of Cantabria, SPAIN. ICT Mumbai, INDIA 6
The main results of the project Dissemination and training Research visit of three research scholars from ICT Mumbai to University of Cantabria and University of Oulu for two months. Research visit of three research scholars from University of Cantabria to University of Oulu for three months. 7
The main results of the project Dissemination and training Indo-European Workshop on Membrane Technology and Water Treatment. Hold in the framework of the IX Ibero-American Congress on Membrane Science and Technology, Organized by Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Cantabria Unviersity. Santander (Spain) May 25th-28th 2014. workshop New vistas on water treatment technologies, organised by the Institute of Chemical Technology (Mumbai, India). November, 26th 2013. Challenges and opportunities of green technologies for water treatment in biorefineries hold by Indigo Project GREEN-TECH, hold in Brusseles, September 2013. The application of Green Technologies for sustainable water purification and reuse (GreenTech). Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz EU-India STI Cooperation Days, Hyderabad (India) November 2012, 8
The main results of the project Arsenic Removal from Natural Waters by Adsorption or Ion Exchange: An Environmental Sustainability Assessment. A. Dominguez-Ramos; K. Chavan, V. García; G. Jimeno, J Albo, K. v: Marathe; G.D. Yadav and A. Irabien Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (49), pp18920 18927. Pharmaceutical Industry Wastewater: Review of the Technologies for water treatment and Reuse. C. Gadipelly, A. Pérez-González; G. D. Yadav; I. Ortiz, R. Ibáñez; V.K. Rathod and K. V. Marathe. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (29) pp 11571 11592. Purification techniques for the recovery of valuable compounds from acid mine drainage and cyanide tailings: application of green engineering principles. Verónica García, Piia Häyrynen, Junkal Landaburu-Aguirre, Minna Pirilä, Riitta L. Keiski and Ane Urtiaga Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2014, 89 (6) pp 803 813. 9
The main results of the project Arsenic and fluoride contaminated groundwaters: A review of current technologies for contaminants removal. Sachin V. Jadhav, Eugenio Bringas, Ganapati D. Yadav, Virendra K. Rathod, Inmaculada Ortiz, Kumudini V. Marathe. Journal of Environmental Management, 2015, 162, pp 306 325 Emerging technologies in the removal of arsenic from polluted waters Saiz, J., Bringas, E., Ortiz, I. in: Innovative Materials and Methods for Water Treatment: Solutions for Arsenic and Chromium Removal Marek Bryjak, Nalan Kabay, Bernabe L. Rivas, Jochen Bundschuh (Eds.) ISBN 9781138027497. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group New Funcionalized magnetic materials for As5+ removal: adsorbent regeneration and reuse Saiz, J., Bringas, E., Ortiz, I., 2014, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research 53 (49), pp 18928-18934 10
Success factors Adecuate Colaboration and compliance between European and partners. Indian Total commitment for the project tasks in European and Indian reseach groups. High Expertise and knowdedge in EU and Indian groups. Main hindrances: Delay in financial support from Spanish goverment. 11
The follow up activities.. The results of the project contributed to the presetnation of phd Thesis: Juan Sainz Conde Design of Functionalized Nanoadsorbents for the Removal of Arsenic from Polluted Groundwater ( 22 nd May, 2015). Chandrakanth Gadipelly Use of membranes for pharmaceutical water treatment (to be presented this year) The results have promoted new research projects both in the EU and Indian groups although the lack of financial suport avoids the cooperation between the membres of the former GreenTech consortium. There is a need of new financial tools to go on further in the cooperation aiming at go further in the reaerach topics addressed in GreenTech project 12
The impacts of the project Scientific Excellence Increase in scientific production (in Q1) in chemical engineering and related. Increase in the internationalization of the research activities of Indian and EU groups. Input in postgraduate formation in Indian and EU young researchers. Societal Benefits Increase in mobility of young researchers and postgraduate students (both EU and Indian). Increase in the interchange of skill and capabilities between EU and Indian Research groups. Advance in technical solutions to water needs in India and EU. 13
Why a joint EU-India project? GreenTech, as a Joint EU-India Project, has joined the European academic knowledge and expertise and the Indian real needs for technical and scientific solutions related to the problems of water supply. The multilateral consortium in a EU-Indian Project gives a broader approach offering a high assortment of tools to face any technical challenge. 14
The main results of the project 9th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE9) 15
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