On 29th October 2020, the LIFE REWATCH project team hosted a virtual event, where the main results obtained along the operation of the REWATCH pilot plant were presented. For this virtual seminar, 4 partners of the REWATCH consortium had the opportunity to present the LIFE REWATCH project:

  • Carlos Ramos, researcher of Eurecat and technical coordinator of the REWATCH project, presented the main challenges of the petrochemical industry and how LIFE REWATCH project allows to face water scarcity in this sector, by means of the implementation of the REWATCH solution: an innovative treatment train able to produce high quality of reclaimed water.
  • Elisenda Taberna, engineer and project leader for Veolia Water Technologies Ibérica in REWATCH project, presented the main results obtained from two technologies implemented in the REWATCH solution: Actiflo® and AnoxKaldnesTM Moving Bed BioReactor (MBBR). These technologies allowed (i) the treatment of complex wastewater streams from the petrochemical industry, (ii) provide an effective barrier against wastewater variability and (iii) generate water qualities suitable for subsequent technologies.
  • David Arias, engineer and technical leader for DuPont Water Solutions in REWATCH project, presented the main results from 3 technologies implemented in the REWATCH solution: DuPont UltrafiltrationTM SFP-2880XP modules, DuPontTM B-FREETM system and FilmTecTM reverse osmosis. By means of these technologies, high water quality was achieved, which can be used as cooling water or boiler feed water.
  • Johann Poinapen, researcher of KWR, presented the REWATCH decision support (DSS) tool, which aimed to validate the economic, environmental and technical feasibility of the innovative treatment system for water reuse in the petrochemical industry. The REWATCH DSS tool includes 13 scenarios, with different combination of the applied technologies in the REWATCH, and it enables the users to design the adequate wastewater treatment steps by predicting the water quality obtained after each step as a result of the feed wastewater composition. REWATCH DSS tool is freely available on the REWATCH webpage (https://rewatch.eu/the-rewatch-tool/).

Originally planned to be an on-site Open Day and to introduce the versatile REWATCH prototype located in the petrochemical complex of DOW Chemical Ibérica in Tarragona, the session was shifted online due to COVID-19 pandemic.

This virtual event had the participation of 33 attendees, from universities and companies related to the petrochemical sector and wastewater treatment.

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