MEloDIZER (101091915)

  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101091915

  Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

  SUSTAINABLE MEMBRANE DISTILLATION FOR INDUSTRIAL WATER REUSE AND DECENTRALISED DESALINATION APPROACHING ZERO WASTE

  Membranes for gas separations - membrane distillation (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-14)

  fisheries  ·  automation  ·  productivity  ·  coating and films  ·  geometry

  2022-12-01 Start Date (YY-MM-DD)

  2026-11-30 End Date (YY-MM-DD)

  € 8,290,517


  Description

MEloDIZER implements high-performance membranes and modules in strategic applications of membrane distillation (MD), hence providing the decisive step for the success of MD. These core components are fabricated with a focus on feasible wide uptake and on sustainability, substituting harmful materials and protocols with >80% of benign solvents and relying on green chemistry principles. Both flat-sheets and innovative hollow-fibres are produced, striking the optimum between productivity and energy efficiency, as well as minimising fouling/wetting phenomena, also by applying novel sacrificial coatings while membranes are in situ. Optimised modules are developed with a focus on hydrodynamics and energy recovery improvements. These activities are strongly supported by sustained modelling tasks, conducted at different scales to (i) control the relationship between membrane properties and performance, (ii) customise module geometry, and (iii) increase system efficiency and automation. The membranes and modules are thus rationally installed as core components of four MD prototypes spanning three orders of magnitude of productivity. Two prototypes (2-5 m3/day, 0.5-2 m3/day) are demonstrated in industrial facilities (textile, beverage, chemical industries) to reuse wastewater (70-90%), thus reducing water footprint and approaching zero waste, as well as to recovery valuable nutrients as secondary raw materials from aquaculture wastewater. Two prototypes (50-100 L/day, 10-20 L/day) are demonstrated as low-cost, ready-to-use, passive, autonomous, decentralised units, delivering drinking water from saline and challenging sources at community and family level. All prototypes are run with 90-100% sustainable energy from waste heat and/or solar energy, with careful designs that maximise membrane and system performance. Quantitative, robust evaluations of market entry and environmental benefits act as input data for each innovation activity in MEloDIZER and to promote exploitation.


  Complicit Organisations

1 Israeli organisation participates in MEloDIZER.

Country Organisation (ID) VAT Number Role Activity Type Total Cost EC Contribution Net EC Contribution
Czechia INOTEX SPOL SRO (999688015) CZ47451963 participant PRC € 320,385 € 224,269 € 224,269
Greece WINGS ICT SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGIES PLIROFORIKIS KAI EPIKOINONION ANONYMI ETAIREIA (952269953) EL800419255 participant PRC € 488,750 € 342,125 € 342,125
Israel MUNICIPALITY OF EILAT (928054582) IL500226006 participant PUB € 345,250 € 345,250 € 345,250
Germany FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV (999984059) DE129515865 participant REC € 692,787 € 692,787 € 692,787
France POLYMEM (999739910) nan participant PRC € 509,375 € 356,562 € 356,562
Belgium INNOVATION IN RESEARCH & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS (929601829) BE0628635125 participant PRC € 375,625 € 262,937 € 262,937
Spain CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS (999614877) ESQ2820002J participant REC € 401,375 € 401,375 € 401,375
Greece ATHINAIIKI ZYTHOPIIA ANONYMOS ETAIRIA (904942974) EL094000362 participant PRC € 381,250 € 266,875 € 266,875
Italy CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (999979500) IT02118311006 participant REC € 802,407 € 802,407 € 802,407
Germany ENGITS GMBH (887363761) DE251336335 participant PRC € 283,750 € 198,625 € 198,625
Malta AQUABIOTECH LIMITED (996843393) MT15170707 participant PRC € 316,875 € 221,812 € 221,812
Italy POLITECNICO DI TORINO (999977754) IT00518460019 coordinator HES € 1,398,125 € 1,398,125 € 1,398,125
Germany SOLARSPRING GMBH (985768418) DE264201597 participant PRC € 328,750 € 230,125 € 230,125
Ireland BLUETECHTRACKER LIMITED (925678373) IE9836588F participant PRC € 335,937 € 235,156 € 235,156
Switzerland DeltaMem AG (892088534) nan associatedPartner PRC € 0 € 0 € 0
Denmark AALBORG UNIVERSITET (999904034) DK29102384 participant HES € 373,750 € 373,750 € 373,750
Spain AMAPEX ENVIRONEMENT SLU (920814987) ESB64458037 participant PRC € 475,624 € 332,937 € 332,937
Italy WARRANT HUB SPA (970332420) IT02182620357 participant PRC € 460,500 € 322,350 € 322,350