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The Biological Treatment of Gaseous Pollutants and Odours Group (BIOGAP) is now participating in the LIFE BIOGASNET project, whose aim is to develop a sustainable, biogas purification system in waste recycling centres and treatment plants for solid household waste.
The aim of the project is to demonstrate the viability of a low-cost, low-carbon footprint system for biogas conditioning, to promote the use of this fuel as a source of sustainable energy. The objective is also to reduce the carbon footprint in the energy cycle and promote the circular bioeconomy.
A prototype will be constructed that combines biogas desulfurisation with a system for treating waste effluent containing ammonia. Both techniques are based on biological processes developed by the BIOGAP Research Group, in collaboration with other university research groups. In this way, a double environmental objective is met, with the added value of producing by-product that are suitable for marketing in the fertiliser industry (elemental sulfur and/or ammonium sulfate). The prototype will be tested in two biogas production facilities of different characteristics to check its versatility.
The project is coordinated by the BIOGAP Research Group (that belongs to the TECNIO SSR-UPC centre). Other participants are two universities (the University of Cádiz and the National Technical University of Athens), two companies (Bioreciclaje de Cádiz, SA, and AERIS Tenologías Ambientales, SL) and Eurecat.
The project will take three years and a half. The total budget is 2.1 million euros, 55% of which has been funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union.
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- Researchers from the Architecture, Energy and Environment research group (AiEM) and the Design and Analysis of Architectural Structures research group of the Department of Architectural Technology (DiCEA), which are part of the Centre for Research and Services for the Local Administration (CRAL) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), have developed an innovative system for the structural strengthening of ceramic floor slabs using stress-activated timber, designed to intervene in occupied buildings in a fast, sustainable and replicable manner.
- A team of researchers led by the FLUMEN Research Institute at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has participated in the European ICARIA project. Its aim is to develop tools and risk maps that enable public authorities and infrastructure managers to anticipate the impacts of extreme climate events and make adaptation decisions on a more robust technical basis.
- The project is led by a team from the Rehabilitation and Architectural Restoration (REARQ) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Group on Building Science and Technology (GICITED), also from UPC, and CONSTRAULA.
- The company Trace ID and the group Twin Investors, in collaboration with the Textile Technology research group (TECTEX), which is part of the Institute of Textile Research and Industrial Cooperation of Terrassa (INTEXTER) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), are developing electronic devices to identify, monitor, and study the traceability of the products in which they are embedded.
