Pioneering a Circular Approach in Seawater Desalination
Join us on Wednesday 19 March 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.
Preliminary Programme
Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Time: 10am – 12pm
Duration: 2h
Opening & LIFE INDESAL Project Presentation (15 minutes)
- Speaker: Representative from ACCIONA Water Business
- Focus: LIFE INDESAL Project overview and main results
Evolution of RO seawater desalination technology (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Jorge J. Malfeito (Director of Innovation Department, ACCIONA Water Business)
- Q&A (5 min.)
Osmotic Energy Production (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Frank Neumann (Director of the IMIEU Institute)
- Focus: status (EU and worldwide) of osmotic energy production at industrial/full-scale level.
- Q&A (5 min.)
Brine Mining and Resource Recovery (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Ramona Simon (Scientific Project manager, DECHEMA)
- Focus: Final results of the Sea4Value project and insights from the CEN Workshop on sustainable brine mining
- Q&A (5 min.)
Circular Promoting Electrodialysis Bipolar Membranes for On-site Chemical Production from Brines (10 minutes)
- Speaker: Professor Jose Luis Cortina Pallas (Leader of the research group Resource Recovery and Environmental Management, UPC)
- Q&A (5 min.)
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 (5 min.)
Q&A, Discussion and Closing Remarks: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustainable Desalination (30 minutes)
- Questions & Answers
- Discussion of the key challenges in water management and opportunities for innovation
- Summary of key takeaways from the webinar.
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.