Huelva (2023) - Water Challenge

ASEC Project

A project funded by the European Union´s European Innovation Council (EIC) (Horizon 2022-Accelerator Program, grant agreement number 190180588) aims to design and build an innovative disruptive technology to separate and valorise the water and solids from dredged materials as pilot plant scale.

Dredging is an essential activity to maintain maritime and river routes, coastal protection to flooding, among others. Every year, over 2 Bm³ of sediments are dredged around the world, 20-40% of which are highly polluted and must be treated before being disposed to landfill (as current treatment and separation technologies do not allow to cost-efficiently valorise the water and the solids from this dredged material). Water Challenge has developed and patented the first energy-efficient truly Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD+) technology able to separate 100% of dredged material into fresh water and crystalized solids in one step, without chemicals and with very low energy consumption (<20 kWh/m³).

Goal

The main goal of the project ASEC is to develop a pilot plant of 10 m³ per day of capacity to separate and valorise the water and solids from dredged materials. This plant will be pivotal to showcase the technology and business model, before scaling it and replicating it around Europe.

The key Objectives of the ASEC project are:

To build a pilot plant of 10m³/day and test it internally before being deployed to an operational environment.
To validate the pilot plant in operational environment.
To ensure all legal, contractual and financial obligations are carried out in an appropriate manner.
To strengthen our business plan to ensure a successful market penetration once the plant has reached the necessary technical maturity. Additionally, it will be increased the awareness of the technology by carrying out a dissemination campaign.

ASEC Project

Goal

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