Closing waste water cycles for nutrient recovery

Project presentation video (opens in new window)

Release of WalNut presentation video raising awareness upon projects objectives activities and expected impacts

Project website (opens in new window)

Official release of the WalNut project website The website will be continuously updated throughout the project execution

Report on Nanofiltration and selective crystallisation processes (opens in new window)

Report compiling the main results obtained at laboratory level for Ion exchange and membrane contactors processes and Smart BBF formulation This report will serve to quantify the performance and viability of the Ion exchange and membrane contactors processes and Smart BBF formulation as a nutrient recovery technologies

Inventory and integrated assessment of the EU regulations related to production and application of bio-based fertilisers (opens in new window)

Compilation and analysis of existing and future regulatory frameworks concerning nutrient recovery to establish a solid knowledge base for EU and Member State policy support

Report on Microbiological processes (opens in new window)

Report compiling the main results obtained at laboratory level for microbiological processes This report will serve to quantify the performance and viability of the microbiological processes as a nutrient recovery technologies and to select which process will be implemented at pilot plant level

Business model definition (opens in new window)

Definition of the methodology and models for the elaboration of the business plans of each of the technological solutions developed the pilot plants.

Report on public communication activities 2 (opens in new window)

These reports are aimed to provide with an overview of the progress of the implementation of the CED strategy over the project execution (M36).Indicator: YES/NO having the report completed.

Characterisation of waste water streams with different origin (opens in new window)

Collection of the results of the characterisations of all the waste water to be used as raw material on a laboratory scale

Platform user guide (pdf and DVD) (opens in new window)

D16 is the user guide of the developed platform in both printed and audiovisual form presenting in a simple and comprehensive way the platforms features and capabilities

Harmonised protocol for the characterisation of waste water streams (opens in new window)

Definition of a protocol to homogenise procedures at lab scale toa collect and characterise samples from the different waste water streams to be used as raw materials at laboratory b minumun citeriatest to validate the perfomance of each technology at lab scale

Project flyer (opens in new window)

Release of WalNut flyer raising awareness upon projects objectives activities and expected impacts It will be designed both for offline distribution at dedicated fairs conferences events workhops and online distribution through WalNut website social media and partners own channels and it will be translated in local languages by project partners to foster local distributionIndicatorYESNO having the project flyer designed

Nutrient imbalance analysis (opens in new window)

D12 will report the detailed analysis and evaluation of the results that will derive from the developed nutrient transfer model in view of availability new opportunities agronomic and environmental requirements and logistics costs

Product system models and inventory models for selected processes and the shortlisted technologies (opens in new window)

D 5.2. Will provide an overview of existing and novel inventory models capable of briding the data gaps identified in D 5.1.

Report on business opportunities within full value chain (opens in new window)

Identify different business opportunities of the technology/product development driven matured solutions within the whole value chainn of the nutrient recovery from waste water.

Report on ABC-BioPhosphate: multi functional biofertiliser and adsorbent (opens in new window)

Report compiling the main results obtained at laboratory level forABCBioPhosphate multi functional biofertiliser and adsorbent process This report will serve to quantify the performance and viability of the ABCBioPhosphate multi functional biofertiliser and adsorbent process as a nutrient recovery technologies

Barriers on BBF development (opens in new window)

D14 will describe the lockins and barriers in the performance of nutrient recovery technologies for BFFs synthesis along with these that hamper the final use of BFFs

Report on HRAC/CS & adsorption/ion-exchange process (opens in new window)

Report compiling the main results obtained at laboratory level for HRACCS adsorptionionexchange process This report will serve to quantify the performance and viability of the HRACCS adsorptionionexchange process as a nutrient recovery technologies and to select which process will be implemented at pilot plant level

Report on public communication activities 1 (opens in new window)

These reports are aimed to provide with an overview of the progress of the implementation of the CED strategy over the project executionIndicator YESNO having the report completed

EU27 matrix for bio-based input streams and NR technologies (opens in new window)

D13 will systematically present and evaluate the economically prime important nutrient resource based products and the current status of the recovery technologies from WW streams

Pilot plant demo definition (opens in new window)

Report with experimental results and key parameter design for pilot developments

Report on Ion exchange and membrane contactors processes and Smart BBF formulation (opens in new window)

Report with experimental results and key parameter design for pilot developments

Good experimental practice (opens in new window)

Good Experimental Practice GEP A harmonised protocol for the evaluation of the agronomic efficiency of BBFs for future EU policies

Nutrient flow analysis and Nutrient transfer model (opens in new window)

D11 will include a complete list of nutrients availibility from WW streams and the geographical distribution of crop nutrient needs along with the developed Nutrient Transfer Model

Digital platform (M14, M27, M54) (opens in new window)

D1.5 is a fully-operational, online interactive platform integrated in projects web that will provide all the necessary data for the entire value chain of agricultural nutrients from secondary resources.