| projects-011 |
101094041 |
OTTERS |
Social Transformation for Water Stewardship through Scaling Up Citizen Science |
HORIZON |
HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05 |
HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-05-03 |
2023-01-01 |
2025-06-30 |
On going |
€ 000 925 625.00 |
OTTERS will aim at promoting and scaling up successful citizen science (CS) initiatives in the marine and freshwater domains via 1) accelerating the co-creation of standards in data collection, semantics, data quality, and data management making sure to abide by all ethical and legal standards; 2) promoting and scaling up successful water-related CS initiatives by clustering them under co-designed Spring-to-Sea campaigns to foster agency and increase ocean literacy; 3) connecting the citizen-generated data to other EU-funded projects and portals, including the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) and Digital Twins of the Ocean (ILIAD) to ensure the accessibility and reuse of the data and abide by all FAIR principles; 4) demonstrating the effectiveness of citizen science in participatory research, environmental monitoring and changing people’s behaviors to ensure the sustainability of water ecosystems and reach the goals of the EU Water Framework Directive and UN Decade of the Ocean. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101094041 |
Rivers and estuaries', 'Coastal waters' |
| projects-012 |
101136176 |
STORE2HYDRO |
Novel long-term electricity storage technologies for flexible hydropower |
HORIZON |
HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01 |
HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01-13 |
2024-01-01 |
2027-12-31 |
On going |
€ 004 315 796.25 |
The overarching aim of STORE2HYDRO is to introduce a new mindset for storage of electricity in connection with existing hydropower. Relatively small adjustments to existing hydropower facilities by retrofitting reversible pump turbine technology would allow the European electricity storage capacity to increase by 22TWh/y or more. The aim will be achieved by: i) Validated innovative mechanical solutions to TRL4-5 for larger-scale pumped, longer-duration storage of electricity in existing high head Reservoir-to-Reservoir (RtR) and low head Run-of-River (RoR) hydropower facilities. ii) Mapping untapped hydropower sources for long term electricity storage in Europe increasing the availability, robustness and safety of energy storage solutions. The novel technologies will enable the operators to run hydropower stations in a more efficient, cost effective and flexible manner than today also adapting to the energy system. This is without changing the regulating heights or volume of the reservoir/river reaches following the European Green Deal priorities. Also, turbine manufacturers can introduce new components for cost-effective retrofitting of pumped storage. The technology will be validated with detailed LCA and by consideration of CAPEX and OPEX of potential future plant. The 1st innovation is based on unique design solutions for a retrofittable reversible pump turbine technology enabling a cost-effective solution free of cavitation, enhanced flexibility, and reduced losses. The 2nd innovation is enabled by digital twins including hydraulic and sediment dynamics for pumped-storage. These tools give detailed information about the status of the current storage increasing the availability and robustness of the mechanical storage of electricity in existing RoR and RtR systems adapting to, for example, predictions of generation of intermittent electricity from wind and solar. Practically this will imply new storage of electricity in existing reservoirs and river stretches. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101136176 |
Water reservoir', 'Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-013 |
101138097 |
RESURGENCE |
INDUSTRIAL WATER CIRCULARITY: REUSE, RESOURCE RECOVERY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR GREENER DIGITISED EU PROCESSES |
HORIZON |
HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 |
HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-40 |
2023-12-01 |
2027-11-30 |
On going |
€ 009 222 570.50 |
RESURGENCE addresses industrial circular water systems in a wide perspective which embraces efficient technologies for water circularity, energy and feedstock recovery, with the aim of contribute to EU climate neutrality, circularity, and competitiveness.RESURGENCE will work in 4 case studies that include 3 industrial sectors – Pulp&Paper, Chemical and Steel – as well as a 4th case to explore the synergies between urban water treatment and industries.Innovative solutions will be tested for water treatment – membranes, electrochemical technologies, adsorbents, advanced oxidation processes and hybrid biological systems – exploring also the recovery of energy (heat, electricity, biogas, H2) and feedstocks ( bioactive fenols, biopolymers, cellulose, lignin, latex, acrylic polymers, phosphate & nitrogen, biochar, MOFs and metals, including Critical Raw Materials). Digital tools will be also developed and applied, including models for energy, water and risk management, physical and software sensors for data acquisition, digital twins, and decision-support tools enabling optimal water treatment technology set-up and day-to-day operation with seized flexibility opportunities on smart grids.The project will be guided by a comprehensive sustainability and economic assessment to support by evidence the gains of these technologies, togheter with H&S analysis. Local effects multiplication of case studies is pursued by promoting seeds of future hubs for circularity. A comprehensive consortium of 20 partners from 11 countries covering the whole geographical scope of the EU, and with international cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan will work together to achieve significant outcomes and produce long-term impact. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101138097 |
Urban water' |
| projects-014 |
101056799 |
DT4GS |
Open collaboration and open Digital Twin infrastructure for Green Smart Shipping |
HORIZON |
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01 |
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-13 |
2022-06-01 |
2025-05-31 |
On going |
€ 006 987 333.00 |
DT4GS is aimed at delivering an “Open Digital Twin Framework” for both shipping companies and the broader waterborne industry actors to tap into new opportunities made available through the use of Digital Twins(DTs). The project will enable shipping stakeholders to embrace the full spectrum of DT innovations to support smart green shipping in the upgrade of existing ships and new vessels. DT4GS will cover the full ship lifecycle by embracing federation of DT applications as well as utilising DTLF policies and related shared-dataspace developments for the sector. DT4GS applications will focus on shipping companies but will also provide decarbonisation decision-support system for shipyards, equipment manufacturers, port authorities and operators, river commissions, classification societies, energy companies and transport/corridor infrastructure companies. DT4GS’s objectives are to: 1. Support shipping companies in achieving up to 20% reduction in CO2e with a 2026 horizon, by developing and deploying real-time configurable DTs for ship and fleet operational performance optimisation in 4 Living Labs involving shipping companies, with different vessel types, and establishing fully validated industry services for Green Shipping Operational Optimisation DTs expected to be adopted by 1000+ ships by 2030.2. Establish a comprehensive zero-emission shipping methodology and support Virtual Testbed and Decision Support Systems that address both new builds and retrofits comprising: a. A DT4GS (Green Shipping) Dataspace for the broader shipping sector contributing to GAIA-X by establishing a core European industry resource that accelerates the green and digital transition of waterborne shipping and transport value chains.b. Simulation based solutions to retrofit ships, targeting 55% reduced CO2e reduction by 2030. c. A smart green “new-build” reference design per vessel type. d. Virtual Testbed services for reducing the cost of physical testing of GS solutions by 20%. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101056799 |
Coastal waters' |
| projects-015 |
262184 |
PROMETHEUS |
Treatment of high organic load, high temperature and high salinity industrial waste water containing recalcitrant contaminants |
FP7 |
No data |
SME-1 |
2010-11-01 |
2012-10-31 |
Completed |
€ 001 477 796.57 |
PROMETHEUS aims to treat high organic load high temperature (85°C), and high salinity industrial waste waters containing recalcitrant contaminants originating from injection/extrusion and post-washing processes in aluminium and rubber parts production industries. PROMETHEUS waste water treatment system treats these waste waters obtaining a final effluent meeting discharge requirements plus high purity water and chemicals (demoulding agent used in injection/extrusion processes) recovery for re-use plus a 99% reduction of waste production needing off-site treatment. There is no system in the market allowing for this. There is a competitive opportunity to export a new technology that addresses all these issues. There is pre-existing work done by members of the consortium on a batch system consisting in membrane filtration (UF/NF), reverse osmosis, and innovative evaporator units. The system has worked with waste water from rubber industries producing parts for the automotive industry. There is a need for further development of the system since it has only operated in batch and with one type of waste water. Adaption to other types of waste water will require studies on types of membranes and evaporators. There is also a need for controlling and modelling the system on a continuous mode and a cost-efficiency analysis. PROMETHEUS solution for waste water from injection/extrusion and washing processes in aluminium and rubber parts producing industries treatment results in a 99.5% water recovery for re-use in the plant (high quality water for even cooling towers use) and a 99% decrease in waste produced that needs off-site treatment. These figures result in the obvious environmental and economic (63% cost reduction compared to current waste water treatment systems use in the sectors) positive impacts. Expected benefits of the solution to the industrial waste water treatment sector are estimated to be €84.8 M of sales revenue after year 5 of commercialisation. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/262184 |
Urban water' |
| projects-016 |
239252 |
BIOFER |
BIOgeochemical cycling of iron in FreshwatER sediments under oxic and anoxic conditions |
FP7 |
No data |
PEOPLE-2007-2-2.ERG |
2009-04-01 |
2011-03-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 030 000.00 |
Iron constitutes one of the most abundant elements in the earth crust, and the second most abundant element that is redox-active in the near-surface aqueous environments. Although, it has long been recognised that microorganisms participate in the global iron cycle, the interconnection between biotic and abiotic reduction and oxidation processes in an ecosystem has not yet been demonstrated. This research proposal deals with the functioning of the iron biogeochemical cycle in a freshwater ecosystem that is influenced by biotic activity coupled with purely chemical processes. A complete description of the physicochemical parameters and redox gradients in the littoral sediment of Lake Constance will be performed. As a second step a modelling approach based on these field data is proposed, in order to simulate the variations in the energetical budget available to abundant microbes and their competition with the abiotic reaction processes throughout the entire iron cycle. The presented project is expected to provide important information for environmental and ecological studies, as well as engineering projects in the field of waste- or polluted natural water treatment. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/239252 |
Lake' |
| projects-017 |
252374 |
MORPHSWASH |
Morphodynamic of the Swash zone: Experimental and numerical modelling |
FP7 |
No data |
FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF |
2011-01-01 |
2012-12-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 165 458.60 |
One of the major shortcomings of Coastal Sediment Transport Models is the poor definition of the shoreward boundary of the fluid domain or, more specifically, of the Swash Zone (SZ). Following this assumption, the present project aims to provide both major advances in the knowledge of SZ processes and major improvements in the modelling capability of the SZ dynamics. Focus will, first, be in increasing the current knowledge of SZ dynamics and in implementing some of the recent advances in a new Lagrangian, intra-wave model, especially designed for the SZ flows. The model is such to take into account the time history of water particles when predicting the sediment transport at a given location. Previous studies suggest that Lagrangian methods offer many advantages in representing the complex processes occurring in the SZ. The next task to be undertaken in the course of the project is the inclusion of dynamical SZ mechanisms (evolving at the intra-wave time scale) in wave-averaged nearshore circulation models by using new Shoreline Boundary Conditions (SBCs). This fundamental piece of modelling has been the object of various recent implementation attempts made within the international research community. Experimental measurements of SZ flows, sediment concentration and intra-wave information of bed changes, outcome of an ongoing experimental EU project in which both the candidate and the host institution are involved, will be made available to help the modelling. Further experiments, aimed to validate the codes to be implemented, are also planned to be carried out at the host institution. The proposing research team, having available both extensive experience in SZ measurement and leading capabilities in SZ numerical modelling, is ideally positioned for implementing the complete version of SBCs in a nearshore circulation model which would, for the first time, enable proper computations of nearshore flows and morphodynamics. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/252374 |
Coastal waters' |
| projects-018 |
235755 |
PARTS |
Probabilistic Assessment of the Retention and Transport of Sediments and Associated Pollutants in Rivers |
FP7 |
No data |
FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 |
2009-04-01 |
2011-03-31 |
Completed |
No data |
Sediment dynamics in water bodies has been the subject of much study. Previously studies on moving sediments has focussed on their role in morphology. Recently, the transport and accumulation of sediment in natural rivers has become of interest to environmental scientists, as many pollutants are associated with sediments. Deterministic models still commonly used in engineering practice model sediment transport with average quantities. The latest research models use stochastic and now particle tracking approaches to better reflect nature. Random variable analysis is starting to be used but there is little data to test the new models. Grain scale measurements of transport have only recently been achieved as instrumental capabilities have increased. Increasing computing capability now has the potential to treat fluvial sediment systems with true probabilistic based simulations in which the fate of each particle can be individually tracked and modelled. Such a form of sediment modelling is still limited by the existing knowledge of the relevant grain scale physics rather than by computational limitations. The oldest but still most difficult questions to answer about river sediments is whether they do or do not move under the action of the flow and when in motion, where do they rest and for how long. The current proposal will use advanced instrumentation to measure hundreds of moving grains and local flow velocities. This data will be used to develop probabilistic approaches for transport rate prediction, further development of an existing discrete particle model will allow the time history of their grain movement including rest periods and their ultimate fate to be statistically described. This level of information will be required in the next generation of modelling tools that environmental scientists will need to predict the impact of pollutants associated with sediments that move and are then retained within river deposits for periods of time. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/235755 |
Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-019 |
299091 |
Ephemeral GSI |
How do groundwater-surface water interactions control recharge from ephemeral streams? |
FP7 |
No data |
FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IOF |
2012-11-01 |
2015-10-31 |
Completed |
€ 000 294 929.70 |
The aim of this Fellowship is to develop the first detailed process understanding for how groundwater-surface water interactions (GSI) control indirect recharge in ephemeral stream catchments. Such research is urgently needed to underpin sustainable water resources management in the context of global change. A multidisciplinary approach will be taken to integrate innovative and detailed field monitoring and analysis of a study catchment in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, with state-of-the-art numerical modelling techniques to derive process understandings transferable to other catchments. The sensitivity of groundwater recharge to future scenarios of changing landuse, climate and groundwater abstraction will be assessed. The Fellow, Dr Mark Cuthbert, shows exceptional promise in becoming a leading scholar demonstrated by a wide range of publications in highly ranked journals, involvement in collaborative research projects, and strong leadership and project management skills. He will be based for the first 2 years of the Fellowship at the University of NSW, focusing mainly on field aspects of the research and training. He will benefit from working with internationally leading scholars in GSI research and have access to a unique range of world-class equipment, catchment infrastructure and technical expertise. Returning to the EU to work with the University of Birmingham, modelling components of the research will be developed, supported by the facilities and groundwater-surface water expertise within the internationally excellent Water Sciences research group. In addition to the fundamental scientific research, the Fellow will receive training in a range of field, analytical and modelling techniques as well as complementary research skills. The Fellowship will enable him to fulfil his goal of becoming a leading researcher in near-surface hydrogeology, based within an EU university and strengthen European competiveness in this area. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/299091 |
Groundwater', 'Rivers and estuaries' |
| projects-020 |
237819 |
AQUASENSE |
Development of Novel Sensors for Contaminant Detection in Water using Near Infrared Light and Aquaphotomics |
FP7 |
No data |
FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008 |
2010-05-01 |
2013-04-30 |
Completed |
€ 000 265 736.18 |
Although water is the most widespread molecule in biological systems, it’s interaction with light remains poorly understood. Water is prone to contamination through biological processes, industrial practises and malicious tampering. Surface water reservoirs are exposed to contamination by thousands of micropollutants from pharmaceutical, agricultural and natural origins. Aquaphotomics is a new scientific discipline that concerns the rapid and comprehensive analysis of water-light interaction as a potential source of information for better understanding of the biological world. This proposal investigates the potential use of Aquaphotomics combined with Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and Near Infrared Chemical Imaging (NIR-CI) for early detection of contamination in water. Knowledge gained on the theory and application of Aquaphotomics acquired during the outgoing stage will be transferred to the EU during the incoming stage. This knowledge will be used in the development of real-time, multi-contaminant detectors based on NIRS and NIR-CI. Such real-time monitoring would enable dynamic modelling of water systems, which is not currently available, for increased understanding of the behaviour of contaminated water systems. It is envisaged that this work will lead to the development of a centre of excellence in Aquaphotomics at UCD and provide a protocol for the development of sensors based on NIRS and NIR-CI for rapid detection of contamination in water. |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/237819 |
Water reservoir', 'Urban water' |
