Activated carbon treatment coupled to an AOP
Activated carbon is frequently used as a posttreatment process to refine water quality, i.e., to diminish the quantity …
Adsorption with sludge-based renewable adsorbents
Hydrochars are carbon-rich porous material obtained by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of feedstock materials. HTC is …
Ammonium adsorption on zeolites
The water treatment train proposed in this study case aims to treat water from an urban wastewater treatment plant to a…
Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) with degassing unit
The anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) is usually applied as pre-treatment for wastewater with high organic loads. H…
Automatic floodgates
Automatic floodgates are drainage ditches with IoT (Internet of Things) technology. Ditches collect and drainage rainwa…
Bioswale systems
Controlled artificial recharge and drainage (CARD) system
Digitalisation of the sewer network and predictive smart equalization contro
Most of the coastal aquifers in Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Albania, Turkey and Mor…
Early warning system for membrane fouling in anaerobic membrane bioreactors
The early warning system for membrane fouling (TRL 5) was developed for anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors (AnM…
Electrodialysis
Electrodialysis (ED) is an electrochemical separation process that (selectively) transports ions through electrostatica…
Electrostimulated anaerobic reactor
The electrostimulated anaerobic reactor (ELSARTM) combines anaerobic digestion with bioelectrical processes. It can be …
Hydrogen peroxide photolysis (UV/Hydrogen peroxide)
H2O2 photolysis (UV + H2O2) is and Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) that is based on hydrogen peroxide disproportion to…
Immobilised high rate anaerobic reactor
The immobilised high rate anaerobic reactor, also known as advanced anaerobic technology (AAT) can be applied in wastew…
Joint control system for two wastewater treatment plants
If two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are neighboured, but controlled separately, a joint control system can enhan…
Large scale Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) Systems
Large scale Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) systems are human-made or human-enhanced natural systems that harvest (e.g…
MELiSSA advanced separation systems
Micro-ecological life support system alternative (MELiSSA) is a bioregenerative life support system established by the …
Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is the combination of a membrane process like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a biolo…
Membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR)
Membrane distillation
Membrane distillation (MD) is a novel desalination technology that produces fresh water in a pure vapor state from seaw…
Metabolic Network Reactor (MNR)
The Metabolic Network Reactor (MNR) technology is Biopolus’ patented 3rd generation Integrated Fixed-film Activated Slu…
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR)
The moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) is a biofilm process that provides plastic carriers for microorganisms to grow on…
Natural ponds and artificial surface dams
Natural ponds and artificial surface dams are areas filled with water (such as rainwater, drainage water from automatic…
Nutrient removal and recovery via ion exchange and HFMC
Ammonia (NH4+) and phosphate (PO43-) are key components for fertiliser production and have a crucial role on the securi…
Reverse Osmosis
Naturally, if two solutions with respectively high and low salinities are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, the w…
Sewer mining
Sewer Mining is a treatment plant in a container in which: extracts wastewater from local sewers that run under every …
Small Bioreactor Platform (SBP)
The bioaugmentation treatment approach presents both an economical and environmentally friendly solution for wastewater…
Softening, coagulation and flocculation with alternative by-products
Hard water is any type of water that contains more minerals than average tap water. Mostly it has to do with elevated l…
Solar Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP)
In certain AOPs, such as TiO2 photocatalysis and the photo-Fenton process, the generation of ROS can be augmented by li…
Subcritical Water Extraction (SCWE)
Subcritical Water Extraction (SWE) is a method that benefits from the solvent properties of subcritical water. i.e. wat…
Submerged fixed-bed biofilm reactor (biofilter; FBR)
Biofilm processes are biological wastewater treatment processes in which active biomass is not (only) present in suspen…
UV Advanced Oxidation Process using spectroscopic sensors for monitoring purpose
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) can be used to degrade trace constituents that cannot be removed completely by conv…
UV/Ozone
Ozonation is an Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) based on the ozone gas generation and its dissolution into the pollute…
Ultrafiltration & nanofiltration membranes as pre-treatment for reverse osmosis
Ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes in combination with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes can be applie…
Ultrafiltration or nanofiltration with RO regenerated membranes
Ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) are membrane filtration processes whose purpose is to remove mainly suspen…