Join us on Wednesday, March 19 for an insightful webinar exploring diverse solutions in sustainable water desalination!
Hosted by LIFE INDESAL and its consortium, this webinar will explain how circular solutions and advanced technologies are improving seawater desalination, and what we can expect in the future looking at the latest advances in this field.
Discover the latest advancements in energy-efficient desalination, resource recovery from brines, and circular economy practices through expert-led discussion and case studies.
Key topics include:
- The integration of three technologies as Reverse Electrodialysis, Low pressure Multi-Stage Reverse Osmosis and Electrodialysis with Bipolar Membranes in the project.
- The global status of osmotic energy production, focusing on industrial-scale applications in desalination.
- Insights from the sister project Sea4Value project on brine mining and recovering valuable minerals from desalination plant brines.
- Promoting electrodialysis with bipolar membranes for on-site chemical production from brines.
- Circular processing of saltworks bitterns for recovering raw materials within the sister project SEArcularMINE
- The evolution of reverse osmosis (RO) technology in seawater desalination.
This webinar is an excellent opportunity to engage with leading experts from Jorge J. Malfeito, Director of Innovation Department from ACCIONA Water Business, Frank Neumann, Director of the IMIEU Institute, Ramona Simon, Scientific Project Manager from DECHEMA, and two academia representatives, Jose Luis Cortina Pallas Professor and Leader of the research group Resource Recovery and Environmental Management, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Andrea Cipollina, Professor Of Chemical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Palermo as they share their research findings, practical insights, and vision for a sustainable future in water management and seawater desalination.
LIFE INDESAL WEBINAR PROGRAMME
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 10am – 12pm
Duration: 2h
Part I (10.00h-10.35h)
Opening & LIFE INDESAL Project overview and main results (15 minutes)
- Speaker: Luca Sbardella (Project Manager, Innovation Department, ACCIONA Water Business)
Evolution of RO seawater desalination technology (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Jorge J. Malfeito (Director of Innovation Department, ACCIONA Water Business)
Q&A (10 min.)
Part II (10.35h-11.05h)
Electrodialysis Bipolar Membranes (EDBP): turning brine waste into valuable chemicals (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Professor Jose Luis Cortina Pallas (Leader of the research group Resource Recovery and Environmental Management, UPC)
From Lab to Market: latest update and challenges in the upscaling of osmotic energy and brine valorisation (10 minutes)
- Speaker:Frank Neumann (Director of the IMIEU Institute)
Q&A (10 min.)
Coffee break (11.05-11.15h)
Part III (11.15h-11.45h)
Brine Mining and Resource Recovery.
Final results of the Sea4Value project and insights from the CEN Workshop on sustainable brine mining(10 minutes)
- Speaker: Ramona Simon (Scientific Project manager, DECHEMA)
Circular processing of saltworks bitterns for recovery of valuable raw materials within the SEArcularMINE project (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Andrea Cipollina (Professor of Chemical Engineering, UniPa)
Q&A (10 min.)
Part IV (11.45h-12.00h)
Discussion and Closing Remarks: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Desalination (15 minutes)
- Speaker: Representative from ACCIONA Water Business
- Summary of key takeaways from the webinar.
Final Q&A
Join us to dive into some rich discussions and insightful takeaways!
LIFE INDESAL (LIFE21-ENV-ES-101074444) is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
