Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TODE20230526023
- Term of Validity
- 9 June 2023 - 8 June 2025
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- German Clean Water Technology Lab provides scientific expertise and access to unique infrastructure for the optimization and development of aeration systems. It is able to perform quick performance tests as well as long term investigations for further development at labotatory, pilot and real scale. They are looking for partners interested in R&D services for further developing gas injection systems through investigations of the fluid dynamic, physicochemical and biological processes.
- Full Description
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The Clean Water Technology Lab – is a Helmholtz Innovation Lab located at the Department of Experimental Thermal Fluid Dynamics. It is an interface between research and industry where new ideas for sustainable water treatment are continuously tested and developed into breakthrough technological applications.
It offers various opportunities for collaboration, such as research and development in the fields of aeration systems for the treatment of wastewater.
The performance of aeration systems in activated sludge tanks determines in great part the energy consumption and the treatment efficiency of whole wastewater treatment plants.
The advanced measuring instruments and test facilities are available to conduct analyses of aeration systems in terms of:
- Oxygen transfer rate and efficiency
- Gas bubble size
- Mixing efficiency
- Contaminant removal
The infrastructure located within the fluid dynamics laboratory includes multiple tank and cold-flow tests stands as well as a biosafety level 2 certified wastewater laboratory for investigations with real activated sludge.
Analyses based on for example videometry, flow microscopy, or image processing algorythms for the characterization of physicochemical and biological processes involved in aeration, providing insights into the optimization potential of our partners systems are offered.
Two DN 900 columns with maximum filling level of 4 meters are installed within our wastewater laboratory and are equipped with instrumentation for oxygen transfer and nitrification experiments. The two identical columns allow for parallel experiments at depths similar to those in real activated sludge tanks.
The infrastructure at the fluid dynamics laboratory is complemented by the 14 cubic meter mobile activated sludge tanks, which can be installed as a bypass at real wastewater treatment plants. The two identical tanks are, in the same way as the DN 900 columns, ideal for parallel performance tests with the highest degree of comparability.
Experts at the Innovation Lab offer R&D services for industrial partners, municipal plant operators and other research institutions working towards the optimization of aeration systems. Research cooperation agreements and/or Commercial agreements with technical assistance are envisaged. - Advantages and Innovations
- The measuring equipment, test facilities and scientific expertise at the Innovation Lab allow for thorough investigations on the performance of aeration systems at all scales. The understanding of physicochemical processes involved in bubble formation can be studied in depth at our lab facilities, which allows for an understanding of the phenomena affecting the aeration system performance on a micro scale. The large scale facilities can then be used to validate the results of labotatory research on a practical scale. In this way, a comprehensive study and optimization of potential partners systems are made possible.
- Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Partners which are interested in R&D services for further developing their gas injection systems through investigations of the fluid dynamic, physicochemical and biological processes invovled in their applications are sought.
Additionally, the Innovation Lab is also be interested in the cooperation with research institutes active in wastewater treatment processes who see potential for joint projects involving efficient gas injection systems (e.g. activated sludge systems, membrane bioreactors, ozonation). - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- SME 11-49
- Big company
- R&D Institution
- SME <=10
- University
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 10004003 - Wastewater Recycling
- 010002009 - Water Pollution / Treatment
- 10004001 - Industrial Water Treatment
- 10004008 - Water Resources Management
- 10004002 - Municipal Water Treatment
- Market keywords
- 03007003 - Other analytical and scientific instrumentation
- 08004003 - Water treatment equipment and waste disposal systems
- 09008002 - Water, sewerage, chemical and solid waste treatment plants
- 09003001 - Engineering services
- 03007002 - Other measuring devices
- Sector Groups Involved
- Construction
- Renewable Energy
- Energy-Intensive Industries
- Targeted countries
- All countries