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Ateneo
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Ateneo

Chemical Environmental and Sanitary Engineering

 
The research area focuses on water cycles manly related to wastes and wastewater. As concern wastewater treatment, innovative processes are developing for the removal of the main macro and micro pollutants, for resource and energy recovery and valorisation and for energetic and environmental upgrading and monitoring of the processes. 
Regarding waste applications, innovative activities are developing for treatment and valorisation of solid and liquid wastes.
 
 
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Staff:
Cagry Akyol
Cecilia Bruni
Paolo Crocetti
Enrico Marinelli
Serena Radini
 
The main activities in which the research area is involved are:

Study and development of eco-innovative and sustainable solutions for resource recovery from wastewater

Development and application of eco-innovative and energetically efficient solutions to upgrade wastewater treatment plants and to close the circular value chain, applying low carbon emission techniques, supporting the recovery of valuable products and materials. Solutions are developed enhancing the issues regarding automation, energy efficiency and gas emission reduction. Materials, that could be recovered, include biopolymers, cellulose, nutrients and fertilizers.
 
 
 
Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:

Financed international projects regarding the topic:

 
 
 
SMART-PlantEU-Horizon2020, UNIVPM Coordinator

 

“Pioneer_STP” EU-Water JPI WaterWorks2014, UNIVPM Partner 

 

 

Development of innovative and digital solutions to support integrated approach of WATER-ENERGY NEXUS
 
The activity focus on supporting and combining innovative solutions to minimize impacts on surface water bodies, also through the development of integrated treatments and ICT monitoring strategies. These solutions allow the reduction of the impacts and/or the related risk for the improvement of the water quality also for bathing and/or reuse. Developed solutions are implemented also for the management of secondary flows such as overflows from combined sewage systems.
 
 
Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financed international projects regarding the topic:
 
 
“INTCATCH”     EU-Horizon2020
UNIVPM Partner,  www.intcatch.eu
 
 
 
 
 
“Digital Water City” EU-Water JPI WaterWorks2014, UNIVPM Partner 
 
 
 
 
 
Pollutant detection and removal, also of emerging contaminants, in the wastewater treatment processes
 
The activity concerns quantification, prevention and reduction of contaminants, including the emerging pollutants as microplastics, pharmaceutical compounds, and toxins that could be found in the water service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financed international projects regarding the topic
 
“Bloomwater” EU-Water JPI WaterWorks2018, UNIVPM Partner
“BlueLake”  Life, UNIVPM Partner
 

Measurement and reduction of energy, environmental and carbon footprint in wastewater treatment plants

The activity aims to develop and validate innovative standard or normalized methodologies for quantification, classification and improvement of energetic performances and for the determination of carbon footprint and green house gases impacts and emissions in the wastewater treatment plants.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financed international projects regarding the topic:
 
 
“ENERWATER” EU-Horizon2020, UNIVPM Partner
 
 
 
Development of treatments and solutions for innovative water cycles, valorising resources and unconventional processes
 
Innovative solutions are developing to support issues concerning water scarcity for drinking water and irrigation or fertigation uses, throughout applications in demonstrative sites located in the Mediterrean area also valorising different water sources and unconventional processes (i.e. rainwater, seawater, …).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financed international projects regarding the topic:

 
 
“HYDROUSA” EU-Horizon2020
UNIVPM Partner
https://www.hydrousa.org/

 

 
“FIT4REUSE” EU-PRIMA
UNIVPM Partner
 
 
 

Development of innovative solutions and management scenarios for waste and organic by-products valorisation

Development of waste treatment and management solutions to enhance recovery and valorisation, also considering the decentralised management by composting of the organic fraction of wastes at household or local community scale.

Partners and Techno-Scientific Collaborations related to the activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financed international projects regarding the topic:

 
 
“DECOST” EU-ENI-CBC-MED UNIVPM Partner,    www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/decost