Water and Wastewater Research Co EI NUI Galway

Water and Wastewater Research – Co. EI, NUI Galway • Key Personnel Eoghan Clifford – eoghan. clifford@nuigalway. ie Xinmin Zhan; Mark Healy; Ed Curry (Insight, DERI) • Key Links. WATERNOMICS - www. waternomics. eu ITWat - www. itwatproject. com Dairy Water - http: //dairywater. ie/ Facilities - http: //www. nuigalway. ie/engineering-informatics/civilengineering/facilities/fullscalefacilitiesoutdoorunits/ College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy

Water and Wastewater Research – Co. EI, NUI Galway • WATER TREATMENT • WATER SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION • WASTEWATER TREATMENT (ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC) • WATER AND WASTEWATER SENSORS • REMOTE CONTROL AND MONITORING OF WATER/WASTEWATER SYSTEMS • ENERGY AND WASTEWATER • ENERGY AND SLUDGE College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy

CONSORTIUM OVERVIEW Market uptake Water ICT products Dissemination Pilot & demonstration Business models and exploitation @WATERNOMICS_EU 3 www. waternomics. eu

Facilities - Water Research Facility

Commercialisation example - PFBR Moneygall - PFBR no desludging after 2 years PFBR cost: 0. 22 k. Wh/m 3 treated < cup of coffee person per year!!) Shannonbridge

ITWat: Innovative sensors and operational/control measures for wastewater monitoring: Application of Imaging Technology • The Project Development of smart ICT and image-based sensor technology to monitor and control the operational performance of wastewater treatment plants (patents under application). www. itwatproject. com College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy

Development of KPI and benchmarking tools for WWTPs: To quantify the resources consumed benchmarking through key performance indicators offers an effective and rapid solution. This research focuses 3 main areas of consumption: • Energy, Chemical, Water College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy

Dairy. Water: Technology development and • Technology development (IASBR, nano-material based treatment, pulsed UV systems) www. dairywater. ie • Resource efficiency xinmin. zhan@nuigalway. ie • Cost-benefit analysis College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy

Ireland’s national Technology Centre for Biorefining & Bioenergy (TCBB) – co-hosted by NUI Galway in particular • Prof Vincent O’Flaherty – Acting Head of School of Natural Sciences, NUI Galway & PI at TCBB • Expertise in high-rate, low-temperature AD Wastewater Treatment • Wastewater’s potential for biogas (bio. CH 4) production www. tcbb. ie contact@tcbb. ie

TCBB industry member, NVP Energy - novel low-temperature anaerobic digestion wastewater technology originating from research and activity by Prof Vincent O’Flaherty and his research group at NUI, Galway.

• The NVP Energy technology was licensed from NUI, Galway in June 2013. • The process, which operates at temperatures <20◦C, treats effluent that originates from industrial and municipal sources, without the need for heat supply • In addition, the technology can reduce organic sludge volume by up to 90% when compared to aerobic systems. • The technology is very attractive as it has produced effluent which adheres to effluent release standards, e. g. Urban Wastewater Directive (UWWD) release standards, without the need for post-treatment. contact@tcbb. ie

Water and Wastewater Research – Co. EI, NUI Galway Eoghan Clifford – eoghan. clifford@nuigalway. ie Key Links. WATERNOMICS - www. waternomics. eu ITWat - www. itwatproject. com Dairy Water - http: //dairywater. ie/ Facilities - http: //www. nuigalway. ie/engineering-informatics/civilengineering/facilities/fullscalefacilitiesoutdoorunits/ Leachate - http: //www. nuigalway. ie/leachate/ Pathogen Removal – http: //pathogenremoval. nuigalway. ie/welecomeandintroduction. html Transport – www. irishgreenways. com College of Engineering and Informatics/ Ryan Institute for the Environment, Marine & Energy