FACSA will play a leading role at the Euromembrane 2018 Congress, which begins today in Valencia. This week's event will bring together scientists, academics, and industry representatives from various countries to discuss the latest innovations in membrane technology and share experiences in this field.
During the event, Elena Zuriaga, R&D&I technician at FACSA, will present the progress of the REMEB project and the advantages of using sustainable ceramic membrane bioreactors (MBRs) made from agro-industrial processes in municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. This European initiative, launched in 2015 by 11 partners from seven countries, has enabled the development of this MBR, which is currently undergoing validation at the Aledo Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Murcia, Spain.
This is one of the most advanced systems on the market for wastewater treatment, which, in addition to cost savings, promotes the reuse of treated water in agriculture.
In this regard, representing another of the partners in this project, Enrique Sánchez, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón and researcher at the Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-UJI), will talk about the manufacture of low-cost ecological ceramic membranes produced from waste such as olive pits and their optimization through the development of different selective layers that improve the quality of the effluent obtained.
The congress will also serve to present other work that FACSA is carrying out in the field of membranes, such as the system being applied in the reverse osmosis desalination plant operating in Nules to, in addition to reducing the concentration of nitrates in the water, improve the quality of this resource and reduce the operating costs of the installation; or the development of sustainable membranes with antifouling properties through the REBIABLE project.
As for the European project REMEB, funded by the European research and innovation program Horizon 2020, it started in 2015 and, together with FACSA and the ITC, is made up of the French engineering company IMECA PROCESS, the Cypriot consultancy ATLANTIS, the Norwegian company BIOWATER, the Council of Chambers of Commerce of the Valencian Community, the Castellón laboratory for environmental research and projects IPROMA, the Italian ceramic center CENTRO CERAMICO, the Turkish ceramic research center SAM, the Antonio Nariño University of Colombia and the Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment Entity of the Region of Murcia, ESAMUR.
The initiative will end next August.
More information about the conference: http://euromembrane2018.org/
