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R&D
R&D
Aqualia adapts to the challenges of today's society (climatic, technological, digital and social) with research and development that:
- They rely on open innovation, collecting external and internal stimuli that contribute to the development of projects, from the identification of opportunities to the implementation of the results and their assessment.
- They involve all the organisation's staff and interested parties, with a particular emphasis on highly specialist people exclusively dedicated to innovation.
- They are integrated into European, national and regional R&D&I support programs, enhancing Aqualia projects, multiplying their impact and the company's assets.
- They focus on results, through an organizational methodology and a management system to obtain new products and processes, optimizing and protecting their value.
Thus, innovation projects support the company's activity to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) of the United Nations with special emphasis on affordable and high-quality water and sanitation service (SDG 6), an optimized energy balance (SDG 7) without affecting the climate (SDG 13) and responsible production and consumption (SDG 12). To materialize this strategy, we work along six main lines that are detailed below.
Sustainable Purification
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Adaptation of purification technologies to the size of the plants to minimize energy consumption and waste production. Use of nature-based solutions.
Processes
- Anaerobic and aerobic treatments
- Nutrient recovery
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Technologies for small populations
Products
Linked proyects
- LIFE INTEXT
- LIFE ZERO WASTE WATER
- LIFE INFUSION
- LIFE PHOENIX
- H2020 NICE
- LIFE RESEAU
- UMI AQUATIM
- HE D4RUNOFF
- INTERREG GESTEAU
Reuse, drinking water production and sustainable desalination
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Sustainable solutions for the regeneration and reuse of wastewater according to EU regulations. Optimization of desalination and purification processes. Recovery of materials from brines.
Processes
- Pre-treatments
- Disinfection and oxidation
- Elimination of contaminants from drinking water
- Use of pressure membranes
- Brine revaluation
- Use of pressureless membranes
Products
Linked proyects
Sustainability and energy efficiency
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Energy self-sufficiency and use of wastewater resources, allowing the production of biomethane and green hydrogen. Coupling of renewable energies to desalination processes.
Processes
- Biogas energy recovery
- Renewable energies in desalination
Products
Linked proyects
Circular economy and biofactories
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Transformation of WWTPs into biofactories with advanced purification and waste revaluation systems that allow bioproducts to be produced and sludge generation to be reduced.
Processes
- Bioproducts: Purple bacteria, mineral biofertilizers, biochar
- Biomass: Sludge thickening, co-digestion
Products
Linked proyects
Digital developments
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Digital developments and decision support systems that optimize energy consumption and water cycle management.
Processes
- Sensors
- Quality
- DWTP
- Desalination
- Drinking water networks
- Sewer networks
- WWTP Operation
- WWTP Design