Winners of OFWAT’s newest Water Breakthrough Problem have been introduced on 16 Might, and included a mission to show sewage sludge into hydrogen, and one other one investigating remedy choices for PFAS.
Seventeen companies have been awarded a share of the £40 million prize pot, with every one demonstrating dedication to fostering revolutionary approaches to water and waste administration.
Yorkshire Water’ s Sewage Sludge Gasification mission presents a novel strategy to sludge administration. The product is claimed to be pathogen–free, wealthy in phosphorus and nitrogen, and has for a few years been utilized in agriculture to enrich soil and enhance its moisture retention. The mission has been awarded £2.3 million to hunt to alleviate vital challenges for the UK water trade and supply a substitute for recycling sludge to land.
An Aston College mission with engineering consultancy ICMEA-UK entails extracting power from the waste produced throughout sewage and water remedy and reworking it into hydrogen and/or methane, which may then be used generate power for houses or trade.
Extra details about the winners is obtainable right here.
