3rd year thesis evaluation
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Presentation prepared for the 3rd year evaluation of my thesis, provisionally entitled: “Treatment of polluted sludge with emerging contaminants: degradation and risk assessment”
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- 1. TREATMENT OF POLLUTED SLUDGE WITH EMERGING CONTAMINANTS: DEGRADATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT Guillem Llorens Blanch 3rd Year Evaluation June, 3th 2014
- 2. Main objectives Study of the fungal degradation of emerging contaminants in sludge Identification of degradation products and enzymes Design of a scalable process and optimization of the operating parameters for its application in real conditions Environmental and economic study of the processes by LCA and RA Water treatment generates sludge, which has to be treated before final disposal Emerging Contaminants are not yet regulated but it is expected to be PPCPs are a widespread and heterogeneous group that can achieved the environment trough the wastewaters and WWTP sludge Reuse of wastewater and use of WWTP sludge can cause an accumulation of these pollutants in the water cycle Justification June, 3th 2014 Introduction
- 3. Article 1: treatment of MBR sludge at Erlenmeyer scale Treatment of MBR sludge in bioslurry systems with Trametes versicolor Experiments finished Pending publication because the analysis has been carried out in an external laboratory, which takes more time to obtain the results and to discuss them Will be submitted to Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts June, 3th 2014 Work
- 4. Article 2: treatment of MBR sludge at reactor scale Treatment of MBR sludge in bioslurry systems at reactor scale with Trametes versicolor as a pre-treatment of anaerobic digestion Experiments finished Not published, will be made after article 1 June, 3th 2014 Work
- 5. Article 3: treatment of WWTP sludge in biopiles systems Treatment of WWTP sludge in biopiles systems with Trametes versicolor Optimization and first degradation experiments finished Optimization of the biopiles was presented – orally – at the conference: IAMAW 1st International Workshop (5-8 June 2012 - Santarém, Portugal) Soon, the microbiological analysis of the samples will start June, 3th 2014 Work
- 6. Article 4: treatment of Heavy Metals with Trametes versicolor Treatment of heavy metals with Trametes versicolor Optimization experiments finished The work is at a very early stage Depending on the results, real landfill and mining leachates would be treated June, 3th 2014 Work
- 7. Extension of the thesis submission deadline I still have 15 funded months (FPI grant) The development time of the thesis is large because: it is based in long-term experiments involves other external Research Centres Submitting the thesis in Sept. 2015 would allow to finalize new research lines that has arose from the initial experiments From July 2014 till January 2015 I’ll do a short stay in CSIRO Land & Water Labs (Adelaide, Australia); this will improve my thesis because: I’ll design and evaluate new equipment to treat rainwater New methodologies related to the treatment and monitoring of micro-pollutants in water could be included in the thesis June, 3th 2014
- 8. June, 3th 2014 Planning Present day Departure to Australia Spain Microorganism analysis (work made by other labs) Australia Sand-Bank Filtration LCA & RA Return to UAB Heavy Metals experim ents Global LCA & RA Thesis deposit TimeLine 03/06/14 26/06/14 16/01/15 Till May 2015 September 2015
- 9. Thanks