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Project overview
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Juan A. Álvarez Rodríguez
[email protected] Coordinator
IWA POWERSTEP Conference, 17th May 2018, Munich
INCOVER project details
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• 3-year project (IA) : June 2016 – May 2019
• Funding by EU H2020 (Topic: Water1b-2015); GA: 689242; 7.2 million EU contribution (Total budget: 8.4 millions)
• Project coordinator
• 18 partners
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INCOVER Consortium
INCOVER Concept
Transform wastewater from a waste stream into a source of new added-value products
The challenges:
▪ Main pressures on water resources: climate change, pollution, urbanisation, water scarcity
▪ Expensive cost of operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment
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The solution:
INCOVER Objectives
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Main objective: To reduce the overall Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs of conventional wastewater treatment by 50% and alleviate water scarcity.
▪ Validate innovative technologies at demonstration scale to obtain bio-products
▪ Develop innovative monitoring techniques
▪ Assess their cost-effectiveness and sustainability
▪ Develop a tailored Decision Support System (DSS) for a holistic wastewater management approach
▪ Develop strategies to facilitate rapid market access
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INCOVER processes
Disinfection
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Case studies
- Chiclana and Almeria
AQUALIA facilities
(Spain)
- Led by AQUALIA
- Treating municipal WW
- UFZ ( Helmholtz – Centre
for environmental research)
location (Leipzig, Germany)
- Led by UFZ
- Treating industrial WW
- Universitat Politecnica de
Catalunya (Spain)
- Led by UPC
- Treating municipal and
agricultural WW
Case study 1 Case study 2 Case study 3
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Case study 1 (Barcelona)
Algae PBR system
Coagulation/ Floculation
ThermalPretreatment
1 stage AcoD(algae+agro
industrial waste)
Biogascleaning
Sorptionwith sol-gel
coatings
Solar filtrationDisinfection
Smart irrigation system
Sludge treatment wetland
PHA(bio-plastics)
Bio-methane
Bio-fertiliser
Irrigation
Algae
Water
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Case study 1: PBRs
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Case study 1: PBRs
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Case study 1: Anaerobic co-Digestion Unit
Co-subtratestorage tank
Biomassstorage tank
Thermalpretreatment
Digester
Gasometer
Digestatestorage tank
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Case study 1: Sludge treatment wetland construction
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Case study 1: Absorption columns construction
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Case study 1: Solar disinfection system
Feedpump
100µm prefiltration
Mediafiltration UFpurification
Activatedcarbon
filtration
UVdisinfection
Drinking water
automatic operation
Online monitoring
ChemicalPretreatment
2 stage AcoD (algae+agrowaste+ sewage sludge)
Biogas cleaning
Evaporative system
PHA(bio-plastics)
Bio-methane
Direct N/Precovery
Anaerobicstage
HRAP +Flotation
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Case study 2 (Chiclana site, Spain)
Algae
Water to WWTP
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Case study 2 (Almería site, Spain)
Planted filterwith natural
material
Solar Anodicoxidation
Disinfection
Smart irrigation system
Irrigation
HRAP +Flotation
Biofertilizer
Water
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Case study 2: PHA production at Chiclana STP
HRAPs with jet pumps
2X32m2
UASB
Molasses storage
HRAPS
6X32m2
N,P dosing
HRAPS
2X500m2
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Case study 2: Implementation of PHA processes
• Wall heigh= 600
• Water level =550
• Mixing with jet pump
• Wall heigh= 750
• Water level=600 mm
• Mixing with jet pump
Clarifiers
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Case study 2: Biogas upgrading system
Biomethane gasometer
Raw biogas gasometer
100L Tank
Biogas pump
Settler
Biogas(G)
Settled biomass recycling pump
B4 100 L/h
B5 pump250-1000 L/h
Settled Biomass
Wastewater pump
Centrate pump B3 100 L/h
External recycling pump
B6250-1000 L/h
Liquid Recirculation
(L)
Raw wastewater
Centrate
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Case study 2: Evaporative system for nutrient recovery
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Case study 3 (Leipzig/Bad Königshofen, Germany)
Yeast bioreactorOne stage AcoD
(yeast + industrial WW)HTC
system
Organic Acids
Activated coal
Irrigation
Yeast
Water
Carbon black
Bio-coal
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Case study 3: Yeast process at 1 m³ reactor
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1 m³ IBC(stainless steel)
Bracketwith pumps for
- Substrate- pH-reagent
100 l Storage tankpH-reagent
(NaOH)
Measurementdisplay
Overview reactor configuration
Sampling point
▪ NEW PRODUCTS: New products obtained from wastewater through a combination of innovative
techniques:
• Bioplastics (PHA): 3.5 kg PHA/d (Currently: 2.7 kg PHA/d)
• Citric acid: 25 kg/d (Currently: 17.6 kg/d)
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INCOVER main impacts
CO2▪ NUTRIENT RECOVERY: Up to 70% nutrients recovery (P and N) using functionalised hybrid
polymeric materials as sorbents.
▪ ENERGY EFFICIENCY: 50% energy demand reduction in wastewater treatment due to biogas use
in the process and improved O&M activities.
▪ CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION: Reduction of green house gases (GHG) emissions up to 80%
through microalgae growth and biochar production since both methodologies are CO2
sequestration processes (1.88 kg/CO2/kg algae and 2.2 kg CO2/kg biochar).
▪ TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: Innovative technical approaches for domestic, agricultural and
industrial water tested in 3 different sites (2 in Spain and 1 in Germany).
▪ EMPLOYMENT: At least 150-200 new jobs are expected during the exploitation period for
companies involved in INCOVER.
▪ REACH OUT/SOCIAL AWARENESS: At least 40 companies with face to face meetings with
technology developers and up to 60 stakeholders interested in INCOVER solutions (during the
project and exploitation activities).
Visit our website www.incover-project.eu
Follow us on Twitter: @INCOVERproject
Contact us : [email protected]
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More information
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The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 689242
Thank you for your attention
Juan A Alvarez
Research Strategy Manager - Environmental Technologies
T +34 670395504| @ [email protected]
