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Doing More with Less

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Challenges :1 - produce an effluent of stable quality from a highly variable influent

2 - decrease the environmental impact and cost of treatment processes by:

o valorise as much as possible the components of this effluent, - more selective processes

o decrease the energy consumption of the overall processo recycle effluents

The BLUE Book

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Avoid/minimise

Treat & reuse

Treat & recycle

Material recovery

Energy recovery

Destruction/disposal

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1. Low energy brine treatment2. Biological treatment to operate in extreme and variable

conditions3. Process intensification 4. Catalytic processes (e.g. organic compound removal, …)5. Nano-engineered materials6. Surface modification of membranes 7. Membrane nano-engineering to reach higher fluxes with lower

energy8. Adsorption, new materials with enhanced specificity 9. Low scaling/low fouling membranes10.Selective separation of valuable compounds 11.Recovery of organic matter to produce energy or use as a

resource in other applications12.Treatment of refractory COD by sustainable processes

The BLUE Book - needs

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Where are we going?

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Data from Sciencedirect.com - annual publications with these key words

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Technology Regulation and PoliciesBusiness models, performance measures; Procurement practice,

Contracts & incentives; Mindsets, culture & behaviour

The BAU ‘lock-in’ cloud

How do we get ‘beyond the R & D’? (ref Prof Charles Ainger, Cambridge University)

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Innovation

progress

Time

‘Landscape’

- standard

practice

‘Niche’

- new

ideas

‘BAU’ SustainableInnovate

R & D or

new idea

Wide adoption

of new solution

(After Ainger, 2010)

‘1st use’ full-scale project

Broad dissemination

1st ‘follower’ project

‘Case study’

- report of

1st project

‘What-if?’

study,

and/or pilot

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Barriers to innovation

• Ecological, social, political pressures

Local environment

Legislation

Competition

Lack of legislation

Political interference

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Barriers to innovation

Company strategies

Green credentials

Cost reduction

Lack of strategy

No competitive pressure

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Barriers to innovation

Financial pressures

SME spin offs

Subsidised RDI

Low risk – high return solutions

Risk averse lenders

High IRR needed

Lack of skills

Low cost economies

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Barriers to innovation

Networking & cooperation

Open innovation

Network from RDI to End user

Lack of open innovation

Intense competition

Lack of skills

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What’s the answer?

THANK YOU for your attention !

Please feel free to ask questions

+ 32 (0) 27 770 986

mike.farrimond@acqueau.eu

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