| Summary: |
Olive oil production is one of the agro-industrial sectors that has a major environmental impact in the Mediterranean region, resulting in large amounts of highly polluted wastewater, normally characterized by a high content of organic matter. Although there are several treatment options that have already been tested, many of them are inadequate. In fact, this problem will only really be solved when stakeholders start to see the wastewater treatment not as an additional cost to the industry, but rather as a potential profit. Therefore, it is crucial to add value to these effluents, as well as to other wastes generated in the olive processing, minimizing more damage to the environment.
The strategy in the VERPRAZ project, which considers the implementation of the membrane distillation technology before the reforming step, will thus allow the development of a new product with several advantages and characteristics. This new technology will allow:
i) to obtain a water stream highly concentrated, by MD, to be valorized by RE;
ii) to obtain treated water, via MD, which can be recycled into the process;
iii) to obtain a high purity hydrogen stream through the use of a multifunctional reactor;
(iv) to make use of the energetic content of the stream exiting the reformer to sustain the energy requirement of all technology;
(v) to produce locally energy/energy vectors from agricultural wastes, whereby green hydrogen may also be used in transports or in fuel cells for the local production of electric energy.
As detailed below in this application, it is Adventech's objective to reveal the results of this project to facilitate the future introduction of this technology in the market. As far as the national market is concerned there are around 738 farms in Portugal with a total area of more than 50 hectares. Adventech is therefore targeting at least 30% of these exploitations. In what concerns international producers, Adventech also aims to strengthen its presence in Sp  |
Summary
Olive oil production is one of the agro-industrial sectors that has a major environmental impact in the Mediterranean region, resulting in large amounts of highly polluted wastewater, normally characterized by a high content of organic matter. Although there are several treatment options that have already been tested, many of them are inadequate. In fact, this problem will only really be solved when stakeholders start to see the wastewater treatment not as an additional cost to the industry, but rather as a potential profit. Therefore, it is crucial to add value to these effluents, as well as to other wastes generated in the olive processing, minimizing more damage to the environment.
The strategy in the VERPRAZ project, which considers the implementation of the membrane distillation technology before the reforming step, will thus allow the development of a new product with several advantages and characteristics. This new technology will allow:
i) to obtain a water stream highly concentrated, by MD, to be valorized by RE;
ii) to obtain treated water, via MD, which can be recycled into the process;
iii) to obtain a high purity hydrogen stream through the use of a multifunctional reactor;
(iv) to make use of the energetic content of the stream exiting the reformer to sustain the energy requirement of all technology;
(v) to produce locally energy/energy vectors from agricultural wastes, whereby green hydrogen may also be used in transports or in fuel cells for the local production of electric energy.
As detailed below in this application, it is Adventech's objective to reveal the results of this project to facilitate the future introduction of this technology in the market. As far as the national market is concerned there are around 738 farms in Portugal with a total area of more than 50 hectares. Adventech is therefore targeting at least 30% of these exploitations. In what concerns international producers, Adventech also aims to strengthen its presence in Spain. |
| Results: |
Outputs
Artigos publicados em revistas ISI
1. Esteves et al. (2020). Nanomaterials, 10, 876. DOI: 10.3390/nano10050876.
2. Cerqueira et al. (2021). Energy Conversion and Management, 238, 114146. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.1141464.
3. Cerqueira et al. (2021). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, 23629-23641. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.189.
4. Rocha et al. (2021). Renewable Energy, 169, 765 – 779. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.139.
5. Esteves et al. (2021). Chemical Engineering Journal, 411, 128457. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.128451.
6. Rocha et al. (2021). Chemical Engineering Journal, 430, 132651. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132651.
7. Rocha et al. (2022. Renewable Energy, 185, 1329-1342. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.052.
8. Rocha et al. (2022). Energies, 15 (3), 920. DOI: 10.3390/en15030920.
9. Rocha et al. (2022). Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 184, 277-290. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2022.05.048.
10. Silva et al. (2022). ChemEngineering, 6 (3), 39. DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering6030039.
11. Esteves et al. (2022). Chemical Engineering Journal, 435, 134809. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.134809.
12. Esteves et al. (2022). Journal of Environmental Management, 306, 114490. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114490.
13. Esteves et al. (2022). Chemical Engineering Journal, 448, 137586. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.137586.
14. Carvalho et al. (2023). Energy, 278, 127895. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127895.
15. Faria et al. (2023). Chem. Eng. Technol., 46 (2), 403–409. DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202200341.
Comunicações em congressos
1. Rocha et al., 11th International Symposium on Catalysis in Multiphase Reactors - 10th International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors, 21-24 de março de 2021, Milão, Itália. Apresentação oral.
2. Esteves et al., 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE-21) - Symposium on Environmental Engineering, Portugal, Porto, 28-29 de junho de 2021. Apresentação oral.
3. Esteves et al., 17th International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology (CEST-21), Greece, Athens, 1-4 de setembro de 2021. Apresentação oral.
4. Rocha et al., 23rd World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC-2022), 26-30 de junho de 2022, Istambul, Turquia. Apresentação oral.
5. Cerqueira et al., 23rd World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC-2022), 26-30 de junho de 2022, Istambul, Turquia. Apresentação oral.
6. Esteves et al., 9th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis (IX-CARBOCAT), 28-30 de junho de 2022, Saragoça, Espanha. Apresentação oral.
7. Rocha et al., 12th Edition of Global Conference on Catalysis, Chemical Engineering & Technology (CAT 2022), 5-7 de setembro de 2022, Chicago, Estados Unidos da América. Apresentação oral.
8. Fernandes et al., International Conference and Expo on Recycling and Waste Management, 9-10 de novembro de 2022, Evento Virtual. Apresentação oral.
9. Rocha et al., 16th International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering (ICHEAP16), 21-24 de maio de 2023, Nápoles, Itália. Apresentação oral.
10. Cerqueira et al., 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE11), 4-8 de junho de 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Apresentação oral.
11. Rocha et al., International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE27), 11-14 de junho de 2023, Quebec, Canadá. Apresentação oral.
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| Observations: |
Apresentações em poster
1. Esteves et al., 9th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis (IX-CARBOCAT), 28-30 de junho de 2022, Saragoça, Espanha. Apresentação em poster.
2. Esteves et al., IV Simposio de La Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente, 21 de janeiro de 2022, Granada, Espanha. Apresentação em poster.
3. Cerqueira et al., 16th International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering (ICHEAP16), 21-24 de maio de 2023, Napoles, Itália. Apresentação em poster.
4. Fernandes et al., 18th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2023), 11 - 15 de junho de 2023, Veneza, Itália. Apresentação em poster.
Comunicação “flash” em Workshop
1. Esteves et al., International School of Chemistry (edição web) “Chemistry for everyday life”, 1 de setembro de 2020.
Dissertações de Mestrado
1. Pedro Pereira Cerqueira (2020), Tese de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
2. Maria João Couto Fernandes Carneiro (2021), Tese de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
3. João Miguel Sousa Carvalho (2021), Tese de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
Teses de Doutoramento
1. Cláudio Rocha (2021). Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/136560.
2. Bruno Miguel Miranda Esteves (2022). Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
3. Pedro Pereira Cerqueira (a decorrer). Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
4. Ana Rita Fernandes (a decorrer). Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. |