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PhytoCharMe - A circular economy approach for the valorisation of soils in abandoned mine sites by using phytoremediation combined with biochar

A new methodology for the restoration/valorisation of abandoned mines sites, within the Iberian Pyrite Belt, in the SE of Portugal, is addressed. Considering the great environmental concern of the case study and always bearing in mind metals availability, the project focus on three main pillars: soil, biochar and plants.

NEMOSINE-Innovative Packaging Solutions For Storage and Conservation of 20th Century Cultural Heritage of Artefacts Based on Cellulose Derivative

A huge percentage of the recent European cultural heritage (CH) can be found in movies, photographies, posters and slides produced between 1895 and 1970 were made using cellulose derivates. More than 75 years of visual and audio memories are in serious danger to be lost due to the natural instability cellulose acetate (CA).

NEMOSINE improves the traditional storage solutions, such as freeze storage (below 5ºC), by developing an innovative package with the main goal of energy saving and extent conservation time.

ALTITUD3 - Assessment of Low-cost Aerial Intelligent systems for natural Terrain 3D mapping

3D modelling of terrain and vegetation structure is essential in several environmental applications, and in industries such as agriculture or mining. Recently, small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) started to be used as LiDAR and photogrammetric platforms to provide high resolution representations of the terrain surface. Project ALTITUD3 aims at

(i) assess and optimize UAV acquisition field practices and image and pointcloud processing methods, for generation of accurate 3D models; and

UNTIeD - UNlocking the megaTsunamI Deadlock: using the near-source impacts to constrain tsunami generation by volcanic flank collapses

UNTIeD intends to propose a multi-disciplinary approach to study the proximal impact of Fogo's megatsunami. The objectives are threefold: to reconstruct tsunami inundation of Santiago Island in Cape Verde in high resolution, to acquire marine geophysical data around Santiago and to provide a seamless high-resolution bathymetric/topographic dataset and to develop a more solid, evidence-calibrated numerical model for the generation and near-source propagation/inundation of collapse-induced megatsunamis.

INPACTUS - Black Liquor

Black liquor is a pulp mill effluent from wood cooking with a solid content of 15-18 wt.%, which is mostly lignin. The present study focuses the electrolysis of black liquor for energy recovery. The process has several economic and environmental advantages, as it simultaneously generates a clean fuel (hydrogen) at the cathode and a precipitated material with economic value (lignin) at the anode surface.

INPACTUS - LWood

The exploitation of Eucalyptus globulus plantations and subsequent processing on paper leads to the production of secondary products that can be used as biomasses for a liquefaction conversion process that will lead to their appreciation from the point of view more attractive energy.

INPACTUS - ASA

For printing and writing paper production, hydrophobicity is one of the critical requirements. Depending on the printing technology and the end use of the paper, the needs of the bonding process vary by changing appearance characteristics (whiteness, smoothness, and stiffness) and printing efficiency.

RecValTR – Recovery and valorization of rare earth elements from electric and electronic waste

In this project processes will be identified and developed for recovery of rare earths elements (REE), particularly the most critical five, neodymium (Nd), europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy) and yttrium (Y), from waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), namely NdFeB permanent magnets and phosphors, and waste of batteries and accumulators (WB&A), namely NiMH batteries.

The activities will comprise:

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