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Challenges :1 - produce an effluent of stable quality from a highly variable influent
2 - decrease the environmental impact and cost of treatment processes by:
o valorise as much as possible the components of this effluent, - more selective processes
o decrease the energy consumption of the overall processo recycle effluents
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Avoid/minimise
Treat & reuse
Treat & recycle
Material recovery
Energy recovery
Destruction/disposal
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1. Low energy brine treatment2. Biological treatment to operate in extreme and variable
conditions3. Process intensification 4. Catalytic processes (e.g. organic compound removal, …)5. Nano-engineered materials6. Surface modification of membranes 7. Membrane nano-engineering to reach higher fluxes with lower
energy8. Adsorption, new materials with enhanced specificity 9. Low scaling/low fouling membranes10.Selective separation of valuable compounds 11.Recovery of organic matter to produce energy or use as a
resource in other applications12.Treatment of refractory COD by sustainable processes
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Data from Sciencedirect.com - annual publications with these key words
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Technology Regulation and PoliciesBusiness models, performance measures; Procurement practice,
Contracts & incentives; Mindsets, culture & behaviour
The BAU ‘lock-in’ cloud
How do we get ‘beyond the R & D’? (ref Prof Charles Ainger, Cambridge University)
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Innovation
progress
Time
‘Landscape’
- standard
practice
‘Niche’
- new
ideas
‘BAU’ SustainableInnovate
R & D or
new idea
Wide adoption
of new solution
(After Ainger, 2010)
‘1st use’ full-scale project
Broad dissemination
1st ‘follower’ project
‘Case study’
- report of
1st project
‘What-if?’
study,
and/or pilot
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Barriers to innovation
• Ecological, social, political pressures
Local environment
Legislation
Competition
Lack of legislation
Political interference
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Barriers to innovation
Company strategies
Green credentials
Cost reduction
Lack of strategy
No competitive pressure
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Barriers to innovation
Financial pressures
SME spin offs
Subsidised RDI
Low risk – high return solutions
Risk averse lenders
High IRR needed
Lack of skills
Low cost economies
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Barriers to innovation
Networking & cooperation
Open innovation
Network from RDI to End user
Lack of open innovation
Intense competition
Lack of skills
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