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Experts from FACSA, EURECAT, IQE, REVOLVE, SEALEAU, and SITRA recently met in Zaragoza to analyze how to recover high-quality resources from the brines generated in industrial processes in order to minimize waste, reduce the environmental impact of facilities, and increase their efficiency. The event included the participation of the European Commission's EASME Project Officer.
In this context, the latest edition of the European Innovation Partnership on Water (EIP Water) included a dedicated session to present the progress of the ZERO BRINE project, which aims to promote the implementation of the circular economy in this sector by redesigning the value chain for industrial brine treatment. The session also included a roundtable discussion to exchange views on the present and future of this type of treatment.
Coordinated by TU DELFT, the ZERO BRINE project includes 22 partners from universities, SMEs, process industries and end users from 10 European countries, with the aim of integrating innovative technologies to recover water, minerals and salts of sufficient purity and quality for the market.
To this end, it envisions the development of four pilot plants in different process industries - in the water, mining, textile and silica sectors - which offer enormous potential to replicate and deploy circular economy solutions in the field of industrial brine treatment.
In this way, integrated and adaptable systems are provided to minimize waste, effluent discharge and the environmental impact of industrial operations, while increasing economic efficiency by reusing recovered resources such as minerals (magnesium), salts, water and waste heat.
