Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies
The European Union's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program aims to foster innovative environmental technologies to reach the market and reassure potential users. This paper presents an investigation of using ETV for three technologies, being developed within the EU Zero Brine rese...
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| author | Steve Harris Linda Kanders Fabrizio Vassallo Andrea Cipollina Sirous Ebrahimi Dimitrios Xevgenos |
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| description | The European Union's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program aims to foster innovative environmental technologies to reach the market and reassure potential users. This paper presents an investigation of using ETV for three technologies, being developed within the EU Zero Brine research and innovation project. The technologies were designed to recover high quality water, salts and minerals from brine solutions. The technologies in focus are the forward feed MED evaporator, the Multi Feed – Plug Flow Reactor Crystalliser and Eutectic Freeze Crystallization. The study sought to understand the challenges of the ETV process, the readiness and eligibility of technologies, and possible preparations within the project lifetime. Challenges identified included: understanding what sufficient market readiness is, and achieving this within the duration of a project (also linked to funding allocation for the ETV process); and developing suitable performance claims, supported with sufficient levels of test data. A simple framework is presented to aid the integration of ETV into the development process. It promotes the use of life cycle assessment to understand the environmental added value of the technology and aid the development of performance claims. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df14defcedec4dba9c5e38dcf0c0e3c32022-12-22T02:28:31ZengElsevierWater Resources and Industry2212-37172022-12-0128100176Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologiesSteve Harris0Linda Kanders1Fabrizio Vassallo2Andrea Cipollina3Sirous Ebrahimi4Dimitrios Xevgenos5IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Aschebergsgatan 44, 411 33, Göteborg, Sweden; Corresponding author.IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Aschebergsgatan 44, 411 33, Göteborg, SwedenDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze (Edificio 6), 90128, Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale Delle Scienze (Edificio 6), 90128, Palermo, Italy; ResourSEAs srl, Viale Delle Scienze (Edificio 16), 90128, Palermo, ItalyDelft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 5, 2628 CD, Delft, NetherlandsSEALEAU, Zuidlarenstraat 57, 2545VP, The Hague, the NetherlandsThe European Union's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program aims to foster innovative environmental technologies to reach the market and reassure potential users. This paper presents an investigation of using ETV for three technologies, being developed within the EU Zero Brine research and innovation project. The technologies were designed to recover high quality water, salts and minerals from brine solutions. The technologies in focus are the forward feed MED evaporator, the Multi Feed – Plug Flow Reactor Crystalliser and Eutectic Freeze Crystallization. The study sought to understand the challenges of the ETV process, the readiness and eligibility of technologies, and possible preparations within the project lifetime. Challenges identified included: understanding what sufficient market readiness is, and achieving this within the duration of a project (also linked to funding allocation for the ETV process); and developing suitable performance claims, supported with sufficient levels of test data. A simple framework is presented to aid the integration of ETV into the development process. It promotes the use of life cycle assessment to understand the environmental added value of the technology and aid the development of performance claims.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212371722000063Performance claimsEnvironmental technology verificationForward feed - Multiple effect distillationMulti feed plug flow reactor crystalliser (MF-PFR)Eutectic freeze crystallization (EFC) |
| spellingShingle | Steve Harris Linda Kanders Fabrizio Vassallo Andrea Cipollina Sirous Ebrahimi Dimitrios Xevgenos Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies Water Resources and Industry Performance claims Environmental technology verification Forward feed - Multiple effect distillation Multi feed plug flow reactor crystalliser (MF-PFR) Eutectic freeze crystallization (EFC) |
| title | Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| title_full | Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| title_short | Challenges in preparing for Environmental Technology Verification in a demonstration project: A case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| title_sort | challenges in preparing for environmental technology verification in a demonstration project a case study of three innovative water treatment technologies |
| topic | Performance claims Environmental technology verification Forward feed - Multiple effect distillation Multi feed plug flow reactor crystalliser (MF-PFR) Eutectic freeze crystallization (EFC) |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212371722000063 |
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