Acronym BIOSUCK
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Decision support system on optimized waste collection by vacuum technology with simultaneous production of bioenergy from wastes
Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European
Coordinator Turid Rustad
Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UMSICHT - Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (Germany)
Institutions involved
NA - Bilfinger Water Technologies GmbH (Germany) ,
IWR - Engineering office for water management and resource management GmbH (Germany) ,
IETU - Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (Poland) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
Start year 2014
End year 2017
Funding (€) € 429,474
Website https://susfood-db-era.net/main/content/biosuck
Summary The project BioSuck aims at establishing a decision support system (DSS) that forces a redesign of the food processing industry with regard to an optimized waste collection system. This shall work via vacuum lines and subsequent processing of concentrated waste into bioenergy or recycling of nutrients. The redesign will save a significant quantity of water, because it requires considerably less water for cleaning purposes when waste is sucked off. This will accordingly decrease the disposed wastewater and thus reduce costs. The concentrated waste (high organic load fraction) can further be used for a self supply with nutrients (fertilizer, food or feeding purposes) and/or bioenergy generated by subsequent processes (biogas, bioethanol, hydrothermal carbonization). The DSS will need sufficient input data to enhance the combination of solutions for the opitmal redesign within the different sectors of the food processing industry (beverage, dairy, meat, seafood…). Therefore, various waste streams will be characterized by conventional and innovative spectral measurements to find new efficient solutions for waste categorization (e.g. bioactive compounds). Additionally, a summary of waste compositions will be made by literature research. The resulting database will supplementary contain the kind of waste accumulation and relevant characteristics of the food sector where it accumulates (possibility for nutrient recycling, etc.). A sustainability analysis of the technologies and processes will be carried out by an LCA and an environmental impact assessment. A conducted case study will reveal real life data to integrate this data into the DSS. Therefore a small test pilot system for concentrating waste via vacuum lines will be designed and built.
Keywords
Wastes;
Waste management;
Waste valorization;
Waste water;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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