Water use has been increasing worldwide by about 1% per year since the 1980s. Global water demand is expected to continue increasing at a similar rate until 2050 due to rising needs of the industrial and domestic sectors, and will lead to an increase of 20 to 30% above the current level of water use. IntelWATT will provide a TRL7-8, innovative & intelligent water treatment technologies combining fresh water preservation with resources recovery and energy conversion based on the circular economy concept.
IntelWATT aims to develop innovative solutions with near-zero discharge using closed-loop systems in combination with recovery of energy and resources through the development of smart, cost-efficient tailor-made monitoring, separation and management systems applied in three different energy and water intensive industries. The goal of the project is to achieve water preservation along with energy production and material recovery in a thermoelectric power plant, a plastic electroplating facility, mining and wastewater treatment plant.
Fuelics, a Greek based deep tech company, participates in IntelWATT for the provision and re-development of exponential edge computing sensors. Fuelics will cooperate with world class experts of the academia and industry, namely:
- NCSR Demokritos (Coordinator)
- CNR
- CNRS
- PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A.
- Warrant Hub
- TH Koln
- University of Birmingham
- Politechico di Torino
- CUT MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- BIA GROUP
- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
- STUDIO FIESCHI
- TECHEDGE
- SORIGUE
- University of Jordan
- REDSTACK
- CIEMAT
- NOKIA
Learn more about IntelWATT here.
