1. Ktisis Cyprus University of Technology

ElectroSAnMBR

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Project title
ElectroSAnMBR
Code
841797
Project Coordinator
Start date
28-02-2022
Expected Completion
01-03-2020
 
Funder
Funding Program
Marie Sklodowska-Curie
Participant
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Description

Abstract
Bilge water is the main pollutant of shipboard wastewater. It can be defined as saline, oily and greasy wastewater with a high COD. Bilge water includes lubricating oil, cleaning diesel oil, oily sludge, spills from the engine room, water leaks from internal pipes and seawater filtrations. According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations (MARPOL 73/78) and the European directive 2000/59/EC the discharge of oil residue to marine environments is prohibited. To meet these regulations, bilge water is either treated enroute in an oil separation system before being discharged to the sea or deposited at reception facilities on land. Chemical or physical processes are the most common methods for the treatment of bilge water however, they contribute substantially to operational cost. As for biological methods, so far, few data are available for their use on real bilge water treatment. Based on the above, it is obvious that alternatives are of great demand for companies dealing with bilge water treatment.

“ElectroSAnMBR” project aims to develop an innovative technology consisting of an electrolysis cell (EC) inside a Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAnMBR) for the treatment of real bilge water. The electrochemical system will be consisted by a pair of electrodes inside a SAnMBR. This e-SAnMBR system will be developed and optimized at a laboratory scale at Environmental Engineering Laboratory (EEL), Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), then it will be operated at pilot scale at Ecofuel Cyprus Ltd and the microbial profile in bioreactors will be examined at Environmental Bioprocessing Laboratory (EBL) at CUT. The electrodes will be constructed at the Nano/Micro Mechanics of Materials Lab (NMML) at CUT.
 
Keyword(s)
Novel electrodes
Anaerobic digestion system
SAnMBRs
e-SAnMBR
Biotransformation
Bilge water
Ecotoxicity